In Harare, the young wife of a president's son finds herself at the center of a case that tests whether proximity to power insulates anyone from the weight of the law. Kelsea Tafirenyika, 22, stands accused of harboring controlled opioids in quantity, concealing cannabis in a luxury vehicle, and carrying an identity document bearing a name that does not exist in her country's civil records. The court has not yet decided whether she may wait for trial in freedom or in custody, and the investigation reaches further than the courtroom — toward an unnamed supplier still at large and questions abou
Mnangagwa's daughter-in-law faces drug charges, identity fraud allegations
Tafirenyika and co-accused Jessub alleged police used excessive force during arrest, prompting court-ordered medical examinations.
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