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Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe (née Marufu; born 23 July 1965) [2] is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur, politician and the widow of the late President Robert Mugabe.She served as the First Lady of Zimbabwe from 1996 [3] until her husband's resignation in November 2017, [4] a week after he was ousted from power. [5]
Nhamodzenyika Mugabe (1963 – 1966) Robert's first son, born in Ghana to mother Sally, died three years later of malaria. [4] Grace Mugabe (née Ntombizodwa; born 23 July 1965) [5] entrepreneur, politician a First Lady of Zimbabwe from 1996 [6] to 2017 [7] Robert Mugabe junior, second son of Robert and Grace, fashion designer, [8] born c. 1992 [9]
Robert Mugabe and Grace Mugabe in 2013. On the second week of October 2017, tensions between Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Grace Mugabe, two leading figures to replace the 93-year-old Robert Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe, were prominently displayed in the public sphere. [7]
In 1997, Grace Mugabe gave birth to the couple's third child, Chatunga Bellarmine. [494] Robert Mugabe Jr. and his younger brother, Chatunga, are known for posting their lavish lifestyle on social media, which drew accusations from opposition politician Tendai Biti that they were wasting Zimbabwean taxpayers' money. [495]
[8] [9] Ministers were said to be "furious" at the prospect of Grace Mugabe, the President's wife, returning to the stricken country with "crates of luxury goods" while Zimbabwe was in the middle of a self-inflicted crisis that resulted in mass starvation. A British minister remarked "The thought of Mugabe gorging himself on French food while ...
First Lady Grace Mugabe was head of the league from 2014 until her expulsion from the party amidst the 2017 coup d'état. The Women's League held its seventh elective conference in Harare from 23–26 June 2022, with a keynote address delivered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [4]
On 20 November, students at the flagship University of Zimbabwe gathered outside exam venues, declaring that they would not write exams until Mugabe had resigned as president. They also demanded that the PhD degree that was awarded to First Lady Grace Mugabe be rescinded, citing that the integrity of the university had been compromised as a ...
Grace Mugabe: 17 August 1996 21 November 2017 Auxillia Mnangagwa: 24 November 2017 Incumbent: Emmerson Mnangagwa: See also. President of Zimbabwe; President of Rhodesia;