Grace Mugabe has filed a divorce suit to quit her 21-year-old marriage over concerns for portraying her as an irresponsible former First Lady of Zimbabwe and a disappointment to the nation’s economy.
Grace, the South African-born woman who filed the suit Wednesday claimed that it is about time she enjoys some peaceful life instead of being ridiculed and ostracized in years ahead for her role in the husband’s resignation as Zimbabwean President.
However, Lawrence Brown, Judiciary spokesman, has confirmed that divorce proceedings were in motion and if both parties agree, they could go their separate ways in less than a month.
A family stated, “She’s been very upset ever since Mugabe gave up power to his ousted Vice-president,” said a source close to the family. “She wanted a role as a First Lady, not as a woman who acts as subordinate. She is also not prepared to leave her luxurious lifestyle to live in a home of captivity. She thinks that the decor is despicable and beyond repair.”
Other reports claim that the key figure of the on-going Zimbabwean political crisis ‘Gucci Grace’ has filed for divorce on the alleged claims of eschewing any form of further embarrassment and disgrace that has already befallen her family.
Throughout her husband’s presidency, she had supervised the government’s poverty relief programmes and was a strong force behind women’s affairs in ZANU-PF. She assumed an increasingly political role in recent years.
Born in Benoni, South Africa, Grace had an affair with the married President when she worked as a secretary in his office. Following the death of the president’s first wife, Sally Hayfron after suffering kidney failure in 1992, Robert married and wedded her four years later in what was dubbed Zimbabwe’s “Wedding of the Century.”
The couple had two boys – Robert Jr, 25, and Chutunga, 21, – who have become “Playboys” flaunting their wealth and party exploits on social media.
Grace, 52, is also legendary for her ostentatious living. So much so that’s she been dubbed “Gucci Grace” for her shopping as millions of Zimbabweans live in poverty. Grace recently sued a Lebanese gem dealer for failing to deliver a 100-carat diamond ring, worth more than £800,000.
Her ambitions to take over from her ailing 93-year-old husband led to their demise, according to many observers and the sacking of popular vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared to have been the final straw.
The New Statesman reports that things came to a head this week when General Constantino Chiwenga and ZANU-PF officials forced the Zimbabwean godfather to resign.
Leading commentator on Zimbabwean politics Chris Mutsvangwa said: “It’s the end of a very painful and sad chapter in the history of a young nation, in which a dictator, as he became old, surrendered his court to a gang of thieves around his wife and tasting the bitterest part of separation in his marriage after 21-year fruitful
Source: UC News
