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Grace Mugabe forces students to abandon school
17 Dec 2016 at 00:27hrs | Views
First Lady Grace Mugabe's alleged invasion of three upmarket houses in
Harare left children homeless and forced to abandon school.
One of the affected missed her end of year examinations.
Grace is embroiled in a $1,4 million diamond ring saga with a businessman, Jamal Ahmed.
The ring, ordered from Dubai through Thatchfree Investments (Pvt) Ltd was meant to be President Robert Mugabe's 20th wedding anniversary gift for Grace.
Grace tried in vain to reverse the purchase by demanding a refund.
Private run Zimbabwe Independent reported Friday that Sikhathazile Ncube, a domestic worker for Ahmed at 409 Harare Drive in Pomona said that alongside her sister who has two school-going daughters, were evicted from the property on October 14.
At the time of eviction, Ncube was off duty.
"The respondents' guards, who were now in control of the premises, forbade us to wait at the gate and instructed us to go and wait by the traffic lights at the intersection of Harare Drive and Alpes Road and that they would call upon receiving third respondent's instructions," Ncube said.
Ncube said at 10am on October 15, the guards escorted them to the servants' quarters and directed them to remove their belongings.
"I have not been allowed on the premises since our enforced eviction and when my sister's daughter who needed a document that was on the premises with her mother's property to enable her to write her A (Advanced) level examinations, I was advised I could not enter the premises.
"The child was escorted by the respondent's guards to her mother's quarters, (who) watched over until she found the document and she was escorted to the gate. As my sister had nowhere to leave the Form 3 child, the child was forced to leave school without writing (her) end-of-year examinations".
One of the affected missed her end of year examinations.
Grace is embroiled in a $1,4 million diamond ring saga with a businessman, Jamal Ahmed.
The ring, ordered from Dubai through Thatchfree Investments (Pvt) Ltd was meant to be President Robert Mugabe's 20th wedding anniversary gift for Grace.
Grace tried in vain to reverse the purchase by demanding a refund.
Private run Zimbabwe Independent reported Friday that Sikhathazile Ncube, a domestic worker for Ahmed at 409 Harare Drive in Pomona said that alongside her sister who has two school-going daughters, were evicted from the property on October 14.
"The respondents' guards, who were now in control of the premises, forbade us to wait at the gate and instructed us to go and wait by the traffic lights at the intersection of Harare Drive and Alpes Road and that they would call upon receiving third respondent's instructions," Ncube said.
Ncube said at 10am on October 15, the guards escorted them to the servants' quarters and directed them to remove their belongings.
"I have not been allowed on the premises since our enforced eviction and when my sister's daughter who needed a document that was on the premises with her mother's property to enable her to write her A (Advanced) level examinations, I was advised I could not enter the premises.
"The child was escorted by the respondent's guards to her mother's quarters, (who) watched over until she found the document and she was escorted to the gate. As my sister had nowhere to leave the Form 3 child, the child was forced to leave school without writing (her) end-of-year examinations".
Source - online
