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Zimbabweans are currently grappling as to whether Grace Mugabe is entitled to diplomatic immunity following an incident in which she is accused of having assaulted a young lady who happened to be in a hotel room with her sons. When we speak of diplomatic immunities, under international law the UN conventions of 1961 and 1969 come into immediate focus. There is no doubt that international customary law affords the head of state full diplomatic immunity…

JOHANNESBURG – Lobby group AfriForum has refuted speculation that alleged assault victim Gabriella Engels and Grace Mugabe’s sons were using drugs the day she was beaten.   The Zimbabwean first lady allegedly assaulted Engels, aged 20, in a Sandton hotel on Sunday when she found her with her two sons.   The Zimbabwean government has since requested diplomatic immunity for her.   Engels, accompanied by her mother Debbie and AfriForum in Centurion, has made her…

ZAPU leader, Dumiso Dabengwa has implored Zimbabweans to honour forgotten liberation struggle icons such as the late Zanu founder, Ndabaningi Sithole, who was denied national hero status.   Dabengwa said Sithole and others should be recognised for their role in the liberation struggle, adding “we must identify and maintain a roll of honour for all those that sacrificed” their lives for the country’s independence.   “There are many heroes, who need our recognition and acknowledgement…

Police , overnight shot five terrorists dead in an Audi A3 some reportedly wearing suicide vests, in Cambrils South Spain. The terrorists are said to have knocked down several victims before crashing into a police car and a shoot out with police then occured, killing the five terrorists.Seven people including a police officer were injured on Spain’s most famous Boulevard which left the Audi  A3 was left overturned. The Spanish Prime minister has said that…

 WHO REMEMBERS THAT the former Zimbabwe Minister of finance , then MDC T Tendai Biti, now the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Leader told the people of Zimbabwe that President Robert Mugabe spends between $US4 million and US$6 million per trip, on his regular globe-trotting .   He went on to tell us that Mugabe actually believes that he is entitled to travel whenever he feels like it. The most alarming revelation by Biti was the…

POLICE in Harare have arrested the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda, on charges of undermining President Robert Mugabe’s authority.   Matemadanda’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, confirmed to NewsDay that Matemadanda handed himself over to the police’s Law and Order Section early yesterday.   “We took him to the police earlier today (yesterday). They recorded a warned-and-cautioned statement after charging him with undermining the authority of the President and causing disaffection within…

POLICE have issued summons against human rights activist, Lynett Mudehwe for allegedly staging a demonstration against Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko’s long stay in a posh hotel in Harare at taxpayers’ expense.   Mphoko spent more than a year in a hotel as his wife, Laurinda, reportedly rejected several houses the State had prepared for her husband following his appointment as Vice-President in December 2014.  newsday. By Richard Chidza Mphoko’s stay attracted demonstrations from civil society activists,…

A 67-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru, who allegedly raped his six-year-old daughter while the minor’s mother was fast asleep, has been arraigned before the courts.   The man, who cannot be named on legal grounds, shared the same bed with the complainant and her mother.   He appeared yesterday before Gweru magistrate Judith Taruvinga and was remanded in custody to Monday.   The court heard that on a date unknown to the prosecutor, but sometime in…

The 20-year-old South African model that Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe is alleged to have assaulted was offered cash to make potential charges “go away”, a lawyer said Thursday.   The wife of President Robert Mugabe is alleged to have hit Gabriella Engels on Sunday at a Johannesburg hotel.   Engels said she suffered deep cuts to her forehead and the back of her head and has opened a police case alleging assault with intent…

There has been a terrorist attack in Barcelona which involved a vehicle being driven at high speed into a crowd of people. Fatalities the attack and injuries total are yet to be confirmed as Catalan police are not willing to give numbers yet. However Spanish media say 13 people are dead and 20 injured so far after a van droe into crowd of people in a busy pedestrian and tourist area particularly in Summer. Police…