Grandson of ailing South African hero thrust an increasingly acerbic family feud firmly into the public eye Thursday.
Mandla Mandela, forced by a court to return the remains of three of Mandela’s children to the revered South African leader’s proposed burial ground in Qunu, launched a tirade at close family members.
Mandla reacted furiously to the court order, accusing one of his brothers of impregnating his wife and others of being born out of wedlock.
He also accused other close relatives of money grabbing. “In the past few days I have been the target of attacks from all sorts of individuals wanting a few minutes of fame and media attention at my expense,” Mandla said at a nationally televised press conference. He accused Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe of trying to “sow divisions and destruction” in her family.
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