Grace ‘diamond ring dealer’ in trouble over here also got a diamond lover too

Lebanese national Jamal Joseph Hamed, who is embroiled in a $1,4 million diamond ring row with First Lady Grace Mugabe, has been dragged to court by local businessman Ahmed Abass Ahmed over $1,475 million allegedly advanced to him as a personal loan nearly 10 years ago.


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BY CHARLES LAITON

First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe

Ahmed issued the summons against Hamed on May 5 this year, but the Lebanese is yet to respond to the lawsuit.

According to Ahmed, the lawsuit emanated from the duo’s loan agreement entered between the parties on December 10, 2008.

Ahmed said on the date and month in question, he advanced Hamed a loan amounting to $1 475 000 and in terms of the agreement, Hamed was supposed to have repaid the whole amount on or before February 28, 2009.

Grace Mugabe
Mugabe in 2013
First Lady of Zimbabwe
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 August 1996
Preceded by	Sally Hayfron
Personal details
Born	23 July 1965 (age 51) Benoni, South Africa
Political party	Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front
Spouse(s)	Stanley Goreraza (Divorced) Robert Mugabe (1996–present)
Children	Russell (with Stanley) Bona (with Robert) Robert (with Robert) Chatunga (with Robert)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

“The defendant (Hamed) duly signed an acknowledgement of debt confirming indebtedness to plaintiff (Ahmed) and arranged for a payment plan, which plaintiff never fulfilled,” Ahmed said.

Zimbabwe

Country in East Africa

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscape and diverse wildlife, much of it within parks, reserves and safari areas. On the Zambezi River, Victoria Falls make a thundering 108m drop into narrow Batoka Gorge, where there’s white-water rafting and bungee-jumping. Downstream are Matusadona and Mana Pools national parks, home to hippos, rhinos and birdlife.

Capital: Harare

President: Robert Mugabe

Population: 15.6 million (2015) World Bank

Currencies: United States Dollar, South African rand, Euro, Renminbi, Indian rupee, Pound sterling, Botswana pula

Official languages: English, Shona, Ndebele, Tswana, Xhosa, Chewa, Venda, Tsonga, Tonga

“Sometime in May 2016, defendant had made an attempt to pay $302 000, but unilaterally terminated the transfer of the money and defendant remains in breach thereof.”

The local businessman further said in breach of the terms and conditions of the agreement, Hamed, despite demand on diverse occasions, had refused, neglected and/or failed to fulfil his contractual agreement, prompting the former to seek the intervention of the court to recover his money.



“Wherefore plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is for payment in the sum of $1 475 000, interest on the sum of $1 475 000 calculated at the prescribed rate and costs of suit on a legal practitioner and client scale,” he said.