Zanu-PF supporters from Masvingo Province decided to show their support for First Lady Grace Mugabe by denouncing Gabriella Engels. Engels is the twenty-year-old South African model who was allegedly assaulted by Grace at a Sandton Hotel in South Africa. Engels reported the assault to the South African Police Services which lead to a major diplomatic row and Grace avoided prosecution after she was granted diplomatic immunity. However, the matter appears not to be over yet, after South African civil rights group AfriForum filed a court application at the Pretoria High Court challenging the decision to grant Grace diplomatic immunity. The Democratic Alliance also filed another challenge at the Constitutional Court.
The Zanu-PF supporters held up placards which claimed that Gabriella is no angel. Literally translated, the placard’s message reads
Masvingo has declared that Engels is not an angel
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