Grace Mugabe: the rags to riches rise and fall of 'Gucci Grace'

The first lady of Zimbabwe has support from the ruling party’s Youth League, but is widely disliked among the general population

Even before Tuesday night’s dramatic events, which could yet mark the end of her rags-to-riches story, it had not been a great year for Robert Mugabe’s mercurial wife, Grace.

There was the extraordinary incident in which she allegedly assaulted a young model in Johannesburg – and needed diplomatic immunity to avoid an embarrassing court case.

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