South Africa: Explainer - Grace Mugabe and the Intricacies of Diplomatic Immunity

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Zimbabwe's first lady, Grace Mugabe, has been granted diplomatic immunity and allowed to leave South Africa after allegedly attacking and injuring a young South African woman, Gabriella Engels (20), in Sandton, Johannesburg. Politics and Society Editor, Thabo Leshilo, asked international law expert, Professor Hennie Strydom to unpack the issues.

Was Grace Mugabe entitled to diplomatic immunity?

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