ZIMBABWE'S FIRST LADY, MR.GRACE MUGABE. |
ANC MP Loyiso Mpumlwana has defended Grace Mugabe’s alleged assault on a young South African woman, saying that beating young lovers is part of their culture.
Zimbabwe’s first lady recently caused controversy when diplomatic immunity saw her dodge the assault charges laid against her by Gabriella Engels.
Mugabe allegedly beat the 20-year-old South African woman with an electrical cable in a Sandton hotel, where she was staying with the Mugabe sons, and Mpumlwana said that her behaviour was unacceptable only from a eurocentric point of view.
"I like what you are saying … a people-centred justice service that is accessible, reliable and efficient," Mpumlwana, who is a member of the justice committee, said. "Beautiful English there, but who are the people?
"We have been colonised mainly by the English. Our system of the courts is still that. The African values are not regarded by the system; it is the European values. There is a clash here and we need to find out in your transformation what you are doing.
"She finds these two boys with about two or three girls, sleeping. She is angry and beats the girls up. It is expected in the African culture. The other girls ran away and this one was unfortunate to get a beating.
"You can ask any African. I find a boy in the house at 2am, sleeping or whatever they are doing with my daughter; I beat them up. That is our culture.
SOURCE:
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