Grace Mugabe orders son off 'dirty' mine wrangle

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly ordered her son Russel Goreraza off Tolrose Gold Mine in the mineral-rich Kadoma as the ownership wrangle continues to escalate.

Goreraza, Grace's son from her first marriage before she married President Robert Mugabe, is locked up in a bitter ownership wrangle of the mine with Jameson Rushwaya.

"About two months ago, the First Family sent an emissary to Rushwaya to find out what was going on. They realised that Goreraza had been drawn into the fight by businessman Patterson Timba after the later realised he was losing the intriguing battle for control of the mine to Rushwaya," a source told NewsDay.

"Given the bad publicity the wrangle has attracted, the First Lady has called her son off the feud. She (Grace) is not as bad as people portray her and on realising that her son was being used for a dirty deed, the First Lady pulled the plug."