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A son of late Zimbabwe leader Mugabe is ordered deported from South Africa
The court said Mugabe must pay R600,000 after pleading guilty to firearm-related and immigration charges in a plea deal.
- On Wednesday, Magistrate Renier Boshoff ordered the immediate deportation of Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe from South Africa after he pleaded guilty to brandishing an object "likely to lead a person to believe it is a firearm" and violating immigration laws.
- Mugabe, 29, accepted a plea deal for charges unrelated to a separate shooting incident at his Johannesburg home in February, where a worker was shot and wounded.
- His co-accused, Tobias Tampirepi Mugabe Matonhodze, pleaded guilty to attempted murder over the shooting and received a three-year prison sentence; Matonhodze will be deported to Zimbabwe after completing his time.
- The worker injured in the shooting received a compensation settlement of 250,000 rand, with an additional 150,000 rand payment pending; the firearm used in the incident remains missing.
- Robert Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years before being removed in a 2017 coup and dying in Singapore two years later; his family has faced multiple criminal cases over the years.
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Mugabe avoids jail time, is deported and fined R600,000 over shooting incident
The trial of Bellarmine Mugabe, son of late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, and his cousin Tobias Matonhodze has concluded with Mugabe’s immediate deportation and a R600,000 fine. Matonhodze, who pleaded guilty to the more serious charges, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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South Africa: Bellarmine Mugabe, youngest son of Zimbabwe's late despot Robert Mugabe, is deported from South Africa and sentenced to a fine.
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