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Mandla airs the dirty laundry
Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela spoke in great detail at a media briefing yesterday, following the outcome of the feuding family’s court case over family graves.
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Mandla said he would not appeal The Eastern Cape High Court’s dismissal of his application to stop the exhumations of Mandela’s three children. The case has revealed a Mandela family feud that has cast the family in the media spotlight yet again while Nelson Mandela fights for his life in a Pretoria hospital.
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Mandla Mandela’s press conference has been nothing short of sensational!
Where will this end?
May sanity prevail -
Part one: Mandla Mandela slams relatives
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Mandla says he was denied the right to be heard and that he will not challenge the matter further: “It will serve no purpose,” he told reporters. During the briefing he said his grandfather would be highly disappointed in the unravelling family feud and that his family members were solely interested in his grandfather’s money.
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Part two: Mandla Mandela slams relatives
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#Mandla Mandela: ‘It’s all about the money’: ow.ly/mEEq0
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Mandla, who said he did not want to air the family’s dirty linen went on to reveal that his brother Mbuso had impregnated his (Mandla’s) estranged wife, who gave birth to baby boy born in September.
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#MandelaGraves Mandla says Mbuso was the brother who impregnated his (Mandla’s) wife and the family have not discussed this matter. RDV
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Mandla denied that he was born out of wedlock following his brother Ndaba’s allegation. He went to reveal that his father Makgatho Mandela impregnated a married woman and his brother Ndaba was a product of that relationship . “He should be careful when insulting my mother,” warned Mandla.
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Mandla #Mandela is highly disappointed in his brother Ndaba, who told the media he was born out of wedlock.
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Mandla Mandela says Ndaba #Mandela is a product of adultery & has no business challenging his legitimacy.
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Mandla says there are many people parading as Mandelas and denounced his aunt Makaziwe. Mandla said she was creating divisions and that she should concentrate on her own family.
He told reporters that when his grandfather (Nelson Mandela) had asked him and his brothers who would be interested in heading the chiefdom he was the only one who showed interest. Mandla says previously, family members had no problem with his chieftaincy, “but now individuals opportunistically question my legitimacy as chief.” -
#Mandla says Makaziwe should focus on her own family and marriage. But so far all she does is sow divisions in that family.
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Makaziwe Mandela is pictured below.
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Mandla said he would not engage with the media again. His main focus was being with his “critical but stable” grandfather.
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Mandla said he refused to be associated with the squabble over his grandfather’s money and said that he stood against his family when they filed court paper against George Bizos and Tokyo Sexwale.
Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela spoke in great detail at a media briefing yesterday, following the outcome of the feuding family’s court case over family graves.
He said that he would no longer address the media and he wanted to focus on eradicating poverty in Mvezo.
