Mugabe Son Fined, Deported for Toy Gun Stunt

0:00It's April 29th. From every corner of the globe, this is Global News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey, with the story. A South African court slapped Bellarmin Chautanga Mugabe, the youngest son of Zimbabwe's late leader Robert Mugabe, with hefty fines and deportation. For pointing a toy gun at someone and breaking immigration rules, the guy, who was in his late 20s, got hit with a 400,000-rand fine for the toy gun stunt. That's about 24,000-one. $100, plus $200,000-rand for the immigration violation. This all stems from a February arrest at a Johannesburg mansion where Mugabe was crashing. He and his buddy, Tobias Mattenhansa, have been locked up since then, both copying pleas and deals with prosecutors. The toy gun thing was a separate mess from the main drama. Meanwhile, the worker shot twice in the back at that mansion got some justice with a 250,000 -rand settlement already paid, and another 150,000-rand on the way.

1:00Mattenhansa took the fall for attempted murder and other charges, landing a three-year prison stretch before his own deportation. Investigators say the real gun from the shooting is still out there somewhere. No trace yet. Bellarmin Mugabe's old man ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years after independence in 1980, got booted in a 2017. Very cool, and passed in 2019 and 95. So the fallout keeps rippling for this high-profile family with fines paid and borders closing fast.