Harare — Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, returned to her homeland on Tuesday from South Africa after failing to turn herself in to South African police to face charges of assaulting a woman in Johannesburg. "Yes, she is back in the country. We don’t know where this issue of assault charges is coming from," said a senior Zimbabwean government official, who declined to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the media. Earlier on Tuesday police spokesman Vishnu Naidoo said Grace Mugabe was not in custody, but her whereabouts were known. She is accused of allegedly using an extension cord to assault a model in a Johannesburg hotel. The 52-year-old wife of President Robert Mugabe allegedly hit Gabriella Engels, 20, on Sunday evening at the hotel where her two sons were staying, leaving the victim with injuries to her forehead and the back of her head. The Democratic Alliance, said it could confirm Mugabe had returned hurriedly to Zimbabwe late Tuesday, without citing ...
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