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Citizens from Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and the DRC are there protesting against their respective heads of state.

Zimbabwean, Zambian, DRC and Swaziland citizens are protesting outside the SADC summit against their heads of state. Picture: Hitekani Magwedze/EWN.

PRETORIA - Members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Democracy Forum, a coalition of civil society organisations, are calling for their respective presidents to resign for various reasons.

They've been protesting outside the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) in Pretoria where the SADC summit is being held.

Foreign dignitaries are in Pretoria attending the summit.

Citizens from Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo are there protesting against their respective heads of state just a kilometer away from the department.

Zimbabwean citizens are calling on their First Lady Grace Mugabe to be arrested.

She is a disgrace, Grace Mugabe is a disgrace.

Mugabe, who is currently in the country, is facing criminal charges after she allegedly assaulted 20-year-old Gabriella Engels in a Sandton hotel on Sunday.

Since the International Relations Department confirmed that it had received communication from the Zimbabwean government invoking diplomatic immunity for Grace Mugabe, there has been no further communication from the department on a decision.

The Police Ministry says it will not be arresting Mugabe until it receives an official indication from Dirco.

The group is being barred by police from protesting at the gates.

(Edited by Winnie Theletsane)

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