Grace Mugabe turns self in to S Africa police
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe handed herself over to South African police and was due in court yesterday, officials said, after allegedly assaulting a model who was at a Johannesburg hotel with her two sons.
During the incident, which occurred on Sunday, Mugabe, 52, allegedly attacked Gabriella Engels, 20, with an extension cord, leaving her with wounds on her forehead and the back of her head.
"She's not under arrest because she cooperated and handed herself over to the police," South African Police Minister Fikile Mbalula told reporters.
"From the police side, we have had to act in the interests of the victim, we have opened a case."
Pictures on social media appeared to show Engels with a bleeding head injury after the alleged incident in Capital 20 West Hotel in the upmarket Johannesburg district of Sandton.
Mugabe allegedly arrived with bodyguards and accused Engels of partying with her sons Robert and Chatunga, both in their 20s, who are based in the South African city.
Mugabe, who is 41 years younger than her husband Robert, has two sons and one daughter with the Zimbabwean president.
Grace Mugabe regularly speaks at rallies in Zimbabwe and is seen as one potential successor to take over from her increasingly frail husband.
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