Police Minister Fikile Mbalula incorrectly told reporters Mugabe had handed herself over to South African authorities.

Police are now saying that no warrant of arrest has been issued against Mugabe.

Grace Mugabe allegedly assaulted 20 year Gabriella Engels with an electrical extension cable on Sunday after finding the woman, who is described as a model, in an upmarket Sandton hotel room with her sons Robert and Chatunga.

Engels laid charges and told reporters she did not know the men in the room were Robert Mugabe’s sons.

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said the First Lady was cooperating in the matter and had turned herself into authorities, insisting that she would be charged

Reporters rushed to the Randburg magistrates’ court where Mbalula  told them Grace Mugabe would appear.

A police source said she would be charged with assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

The court closed for the day without this happening and police spokesman Vish Naidoo said no arrest warrant had been issued against Mugabe.

He would respond to reporters questions about whether Mugabe was now considered a fugitive in South Africa.

Authorities in Zimbabwe dismissed the incident as a media attempt to tarnish the first family.

Mugabe was in South Africa for medical treatment to her foot after what is described as a freak accident.

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The Deputy Minister was released on bail of 317 euros after appearing in a the Randburg Magistrates Court near Johannesburg yesterday (Thursday) where he was charged with two counts of assault with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.

A third woman claim she was assaulted by him a month ago in Ermelo, 210 kilometers east of Johannesburg

Deputy Minister of Higher Education Mdaduzi Manana was filmed assaulting Mandisa Duma at a Johannesburg nightclub last weekend after a political argument.

Manana has apologized unreservedly for what he calls a shameful incident.

He allegedly also assaulted Duma’s cousin, who called him gay.

The leader of South Africa’s upper house, the National Council of Provinces, Thandi Modise says she disgusted in Manana.

Freda Oosthuysen, of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, which is one of the parties in South Africa’s ruling triple alliance, says Manana is a disgrace.

The deputy minister handed himself  in to police hours before his court appearance.

South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority says Manana will receive no special treatment.

Nevertheless Police Minister Fikile Mbalula is lambasted on social media for not having Manana arrested earlier and held in custody before his appearance.

The pressure group Women Against Abuse is calling for harsher penalties for those guilty of crimes against women

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Mbalula says the country’s police aervice is monitoring the situation in Coligny northwest of Johannesburg.

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There’s been  a furious response to Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte being granted bail.

At least three houses in the North West town have been torched by angry community members.

The two men are accused of murdering a 16-year-old boy Motlhomola Moshoeu and then throwing  him out of a moving pick up truck.

The accused maintain the youth jumped from the truck while being taken to the police station.

Violent clashes erupted in the remote farming community after the accused were granted bail of 350  euros.

Residents of Coligny took to the streets after the court decision, burning down three white family homes.

A witness has said Mosheu, who died of a broken  neck, was deliberately thrown from the truck driven by the accused

At least two photographers were assaulted for taking pictures of the fires.

Magistrate Magaola Foso told a packed court room there’s no link between the witness evidence and accused.

He’s aware of the  tensions around the case but will not respond emotionally.

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