
Now What Happens To “Gucci Grace”?
The people of Zimbabwe may have mixed feelings
about the passing of Robert Mugabe. In his last days, he was brutal to his people,
and left his country divided and impoverished. But he was also the founding father of the
nation, who put an end to white minority rule. Grace Mugabe, who is now 54 years, does not
share the complex legacy of her husband. She’s unpopular in many corners, and now that
her husband is dead, her assets and future in the country could even be at risk. It is a dramatic turn-around for Grace, whose
ambition to take her husband’s job, was cut short in 2017, during an apparent coup, that
she was the catalyst for. Grace Ntombizodwa Marufu married Robert Gabriel
Mugabe in a lavish ceremony in 1996, following the death of his first wife, Sally Mugabe,
from kidney disease four years earlier. While Mugabe was still married to Sally, Grace
bore him two children, but their relationship was kept secret from the Zimbabwean people. They had a third child in wedlock. The circumstance surrounding the illness,
and subsequent death of Sally Mugabe itself, is subjected to suspected foul play, and it
can be left to anyone’s imagination. At that point, Mugabe’s revered status as
liberator of Zimbabwe, was a distant memory. His turn towards despotism emerged in 1983,
when he sent the North Korean-trained 5th Brigade, to crush dissent in Bulawayo, massacring
tens of thousands of Zimbabwean citizens. Mugabe and his family started to run the country
as their own. His wife evolved into a figure of fun, with
her shopping trips to European capitals, earning her the name “Gucci Grace”. Her extravagant spending continued through
the late 2000s, at the same as the country’s economy went into free fall. By 2014, as Grace’s political ambitions began
to emerge, her husband was keen to lend his backing. Eyebrows were first raised when Grace, not
known for her academic skills, was awarded a doctorate degree by the University of Zimbabwe. She then took over the ruling Zanu-PF’s powerful
women’s wing, a position that gave her a seat at the heart of the party’s all-powerful decision-making
body, the politburo. And in spite of her political inexperience,
Grace told a rally, that she wanted to become president. She went on to campaign against political
rivals, even succeeding in side-lining some of them, including former Vice President,
Joice Mujuru, and seven other government ministers. But her biggest mistake was moving against
then-vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe’s right-hand man, who had a strong following
in Zimbabwe’s military, and among the war veterans who fought in the liberation struggle. In his national address after Mugabe’s death,
now President Mnangagwa only had kind words, as he extended condolences to Grace, saying, “Amai Mugabe stood by her husband to the very
end, thus imparting to our nation, a lasting lesson on devout love and care. For that we deeply thank her, as we join her
in the grief of loss and bereavement, which is also ours to feel and bear”. President Mnangagwa’s conciliatory words could
give some insight about her future in Zimbabwe, but it’s certainly a far cry from the words
she had for him only just a few years ago. Grace publicly humiliated Mnangagwa, known
as the “Crocodile”, for his well-honed survival skills. At one political rally, she told supporters
that Mnangagwa had to “stop it”. This line became her way of admonishing those
she perceived, to be trying to take over her husband’s job. She saw plots everywhere. But by 2017, the Zimbabwean army had enough. Alarmed by Mnangagwa’s sacking as vice president,
and Grace’s ever-growing grip on power. If you wanted to get in touch with Mugabe
at the time, you had to go through the First Lady’s office, the army put Mugabe and Grace
under house arrest. By November that year, Mugabe had resigned,
and Grace’s political career had bitten the dust. Now many of the same people she targeted from
2014, are in power and the knives are slowly being sharpened. But Grace continued to draw controversy. In 2018 she fell foul of South African authorities,
over the alleged assault of a model in August 2017, with an extension cord. Her diplomatic immunity saved her from prosecution
at the time. Grace denied attacking the model, and said
she was protecting her son from a “drunken young woman”, according to a 2017 deposition. Once Mugabe’s funeral is over, and the wreaths
are taken away, Grace may find herself exposed on all fronts. Mnangagwa has initiated an anti-corruption
commission, which has seen several former Mugabe loyalists face investigations. Gucci Grace may well be asked to account for
the source of her wealth, now that Mugabe has gone. The best solution for Gucci Grace now, may
well be perhaps to live out her days in Singapore, where Mugabe died, and far from the very people
she tried to destroy. Please check in the description box below,
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Rest in Peace Mugabe never mind u surrounded by tears
Mzansicaster…good info BUT!!
think…winnie…winnie…
WINNIE MANDELA!
we are not! going full on Warqueen Commie. No!.
Dan Roley. Indianapolis.
*Rwanda Private Security Forces.
2019.
This is very selfish
They must leave Gucci grace alone they should have delt with Robert himself. Now they want to cause another early death in Mugabe's family why ? That was her time she was not the leader mugabe was. We cld also investigate Ed all the wealth he made what company he run that gave him such huge amounts if not billions? I am team grace
Grace, did you want your husband to rule forever?
Its called KARMA BITCH
batty hole white bully, you need to tell us what the white bullies do to black people in south Africa and so many other places in Africa to become the owner of 85% of their land in South Africa, or zip up you F IN mouth, this no joke
Good they have to take some of the billions ….. to many people need food she is not good and greedy
She’ll be prostitute don’t worry about that .
Her assests should be seized!
Leave MUGABE GRACE ALONE.
Grace have chances of became the leader of zimbabwe because in the name of mugabe she can start a new party
She will become a secretary to another big whip, and later to…
She thought the end is for others.
BLACK MAN'S ENEMY IS NOT THE WHITE MAN, BUT HIS OWN LEADERS ARE HIS OPPRESSORS
AFRICAN LEADERS ARE GREDY AND SELFISH
THERE IS THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF EVERYTHING…..THIS IS WISDOM
Open your eyes and see Emerson will be 1000 time worst that mogabe what mogabe did was child play Emerson crocodile help to beat morgan Chandigarh to death he in mogabe lieutenant right hand 👨
all black african politicians are corript to the core.They all are money grabbers.Africans can only strive under colonial rule!!!!!
Plz leave my sista have got her money I'm team grace
Its current president duty to govern well Rhodesia and leave Grace alone, move on as a country and develop from Kenya
bye bye grace
Grace has to vacate the blue roof. She has to take her children away and return all the farms and money that Mugabe left behind. A real leader would not endure watching his people starve and toil during intra- country visits. After such daytime sickening observations Mugabe would go back to his mansion and enjoy the luxuries of life the blue roof offers. The contradictions are too great to comprehend. Zvandirwarisa ini….
Grace is sooooo evil, agent of Satan.. Zimbabweans pray, Satan has no power, Goliath must fall in Jesus name
Yes accountability. She must..Thank you.
Can you just leave the woman alone…Mugabe ssw Grace as an nel so stop
Thanks God for the end of ditators!!
Leave her alone