Johannesburg – Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe has been fined R600 000 by the Alexandra magistrate court in Johannesburg and deported after he pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm.
His cousin, Tobias Mugabe Matondze was sentenced to serve three years in prison for attempted murder for shooting and injuring a man.
The late Robert Mugabe’s son, Chatunga arrived in Harare late Wednesday evening and was whisked away by security.
The investigating officer told the court that the victim of the shooting Sipho Mahlangu was paid R250 000 and another R150 000 is yet to be paid. In total the defence want to pay the Mahlangu R400 000.
When South African police arrived at the crime scene, they could not find the gun, and it has not yet been recovered.
The shooting, which happened at the Mugabe residence in Johannesburg’s upmarket, leafy suburb of Hyde Park, is the latest in a litany of cases involving Mugabe’s sons.
The Johannesburg house was bought for the Mugabe boys when their father was still in power in 2017 for R43 million, which was the equivalent of about US$3.2 million at the time.
Grace Mugabe could come to South Africa to support her son because of a warrant of arrest issued in 2017 after she allegedly assaulted South African model Gabriella Engels at a Johannesburg hotel.
