ASSAULT CLAIMS
MPs want to grill Nkoana-Mashabane on Mugabe’s immunity
Parliament’s portfolio committee on international relations and co-operation is anxious to grill minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on her decision to grant diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe. National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete announced on Thursday that Parliament would look into the minister’s decision to let the wife of President Robert Mugabe avoid justice after she had allegedly assaulted a woman in Johannesburg. The DA and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) wrote to Parliament, asking for an inquiry. The DA has also taken Mashabane to court to compel her to explain her decision. Nkoana-Mashabane wrote to the speaker, explaining why she absolved Mugabe of all culpability and gave her diplomatic immunity over the incident. International relations and co-operation committee chairman Siphosezwe Masango said that a meeting between the minister and the committee would clarify her rationale rather than allow the opposition to exploit the situation to impeach the ...
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