A grave-digging dispute has added to the bitter family feuding, over sex, money and power, among Nelson Mandela's heirs which has set South Africans on edge as the anti-apartheid icon lies critically ill in hospital.
The Nobel peace laureate is famous the world over for spending 27 years in jail and then reconciling with his white oppressors after he became the nation's first black president.
But as the 94-year-old Mandela fights for his life, a legal battle among feuding relatives over his eventual resting place has descended into a messy public soap opera.
Mandela's three deceased children were reburied on Thursday after 15 family members, including his three daughters and wife Graca Machel, won an urgent court order against Mandela's oldest grandson, Mandla.
The family said the 39-year-old Mandla, who is the clan's traditional chief had moved the remains from Mandela's childhood home in 2011 without the consent of the rest of the family. Full story...
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The Nobel peace laureate is famous the world over for spending 27 years in jail and then reconciling with his white oppressors after he became the nation's first black president.
But as the 94-year-old Mandela fights for his life, a legal battle among feuding relatives over his eventual resting place has descended into a messy public soap opera.
Mandela's three deceased children were reburied on Thursday after 15 family members, including his three daughters and wife Graca Machel, won an urgent court order against Mandela's oldest grandson, Mandla.
The family said the 39-year-old Mandla, who is the clan's traditional chief had moved the remains from Mandela's childhood home in 2011 without the consent of the rest of the family. Full story...
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