The DA has filed papers with the Constitutional Court requesting direct access to argue that the diplomatic immunity granted to Zimbabwe’s first lady was without legal merit. In an official statement the DA said the decision taken by the Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, to grant Grace Mugabe immunity should be set aside because it is without legal merit and should thus be declared unconstitutional and invalid. "The DA believes that the decision by the minister‚ in granting immunity‚ was hasty‚ embarrassing and‚ above all‚ illegal and unconstitutional. It is‚ frankly‚ unconscionable that after the scathing ruling by the Constitutional Court in the [Sudanese President Omar] al-Bashir matter that the ANC-led government would once again let a high profile person escape justice in SA." "It is clear that Grace Mugabe was granted immunity simply to shield her from being tried in a court of law for her assault on Gabriella Engels and two others o...
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