Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty ImagesThe move comes after Mugabe – the wife of the 93-year-old Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe – failed to appear in court to face charges of assault. Robert Mugabe travelled to Pretoria on Wednesday night in an apparent attempt to help his wife, arriving early for a summit of regional leaders. “We were chilling in a hotel room, and [the sons] were in the room next door. She flipped and just kept beating me with the plug, over and over,” Engels told local media. Accusing the first lady’s bodyguards of standing by and watching during the alleged assault, Engels said: “The front of my forehead is busted open.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2017 14:03 UTC