Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla has accused his relatives of battling for control of the former South African president’s legacy.
On Wednesday police exhumed three bodies, believed to be of Mr Mandela’s children, from Mandla’s homestead, after court action by his relatives.
He accused the relatives of being vengeful and washing the family’s “dirty linen” in public.
Mr Mandela remains “critical but stable” in hospital, a new update says.
President Jacob Zuma issued a statement after visiting the hero of the fight against white minority rule in a Pretoria hospital.
The ANC Gauteng Women’s League sing outside Mr Mandela’s hospital
The dispute between Mandla and his relatives is linked to where Mr Mandela, 94, will be buried.
Court papers filed last week revealed that he has been on life support. He was admitted on 8 June with a recurring lung infection.
His wife Graca Machel on Thursday said Mr Mandela was sometimes “uncomfortable, but he has never been in pain”.
Africa Restored
July 4, 2013 at 3:26 pm
Get well soon Papa Mandela we still need your presence very much! May the good Lord restore your health just as he did with Lazarus and others.
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July 4, 2013 at 4:42 pm
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Kwacha-Rebased Lungu
July 4, 2013 at 4:50 pm
I can ‘t wait for 18th July 2018. I will attend his 100th birthday!
veve
July 4, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Always madiba for life,we still need u grandpa.
poverty striken
July 4, 2013 at 5:02 pm
It’s good to be poor. Nobody fights when you are dead. Over what? I can imagine how many will follow when Madiba passes on.
embam mwale
July 4, 2013 at 6:54 pm
A real nigger doesn’t reach the age of 60yrs
1 piston
July 4, 2013 at 9:07 pm
Mandela is tired,old and frail let him die in peace no one lives forever
ba medza
July 5, 2013 at 6:19 am
They simply want him to reach 100 years & then let him him die.
kalulumpunga
July 5, 2013 at 6:32 pm
LOL. They will disconnect once the candle is blown!
lubinda for 2016
July 5, 2013 at 8:35 am
the guy is on life support….do you know what that means.??? it means he is dead and they are only keeping him alive with all sorts of equipment……just pull the plug off people and let the man rest