BY NEWS 24
Mandla Mandela
11:40 - Mandla : I still refuse to be associated with the squabble over my
grandfather's money. Real agenda will be revealed.
11:40 - Tokyo Sexwale says "our job is to protectMadiba's
legacy, not trample on it. It must live for a 1000 years".
11:38 - Mandla:
As for my remaining two brothers: They are not my father's children. Proof is
there in the birth of my own child....
11:36 - Mandla: [My father] impregnated a married
woman and he [Ndaba] is a product of that. He should be careful when insulting
my mother.
11:36 - Mandla:
I'm highly disappointed in my brother Ndaba who told the media Mandla was born out of wedlock.
11:35 - Mandla:
The Mandelas are in the lower "left-hand house" and have no claim
whatsoever to the Thembu kingship.
11:34 - Mandla:
I will continue to do this with the help of the Mvezo traditional council and
development trust
11:33 - Mandla:
Mvezo is still bedeviled by excessive poverty. My focus, with the help of ANC
govt, is to address these challenges here.
11:33 - Mandla:
He would laugh and smile at me. He would ask if anyone opposed me becoming the
Mvezo chief. None of them challenged it.
11:32 - Mandla:
Back then my grandfather prophesied about these days. He would ask 'who of you
will live in rural areas?' All my brothers said no
11:31 - Mandla: Nelson
Mandela was there when I became chief. Now
individuals opportunistically question my legitimacy as chief.
11:30 - Mandla: Nelson
Mandela said he could not assume chieftanship.
He asked me to take it on. He reminded me of my 1st responsibility: service.
11:30 - Mandla says the timing of the family's decision to urgently do the exhumations
is "curious".
11:29 - Mandla:
I have a right to determine where my father (Makgato) will be buried. I am the
chief...
11:29 -
11:28 - Mandla:
The issue of the family remains: we repatriated in 2011 after following
protocol. For two years the applicants have said nothing.
11:26 - Mandla:
And Kweku Amuah also has no business in Mandela family matters, like most other
applicants, according to our customs
11:26 - Mandla : Tokoziwe Mandela is belongs to her own family [maternal]. Has no
business in Mandela family matters.
11:25 - Mandla says Makaziwe should focus on her own family and marriage. But so far
all she does is sow divisions in the family.
11:24 -
11:23 - Mandla:
Having stood against my family in the case brought by Makaziwe et al, when they
tried to remove George Bizos etc as trustees...
11:21 - Mandla:
The real root of why this emerged and the entire family turned against me -
this same family took their grandfather to court for his money.
11:21 - Mandla:
I committed my life to development of this community. Now I'm the subject of
attacks in the media. Disappointed at High Court... but I will not challenge
this further. It will serve no purpose. Will now address the real reason my
family turned against me.
11:19 - The life I led in Johannesburg was that of an individual not a servant
to the people, saysMandla.
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11:05 - Regan Thaw tweeted earlier: Distinct lack of preparation prior to Mandla's
briefing. Reporters laying out chairs themselves. No one here to help.
11:02 - There's no sign of Mandla
Mandela at the Mvezo briefing except
journalists, tweets EWN'sRegan
Thaw.
11:01 -
10:53 -
10:28 -
10:20 - For background on the saga involving Mandla
Mandela an the reburial of Nelson
Mandela's children's remains, read here.
10:20 - Forensic tests are currently being done to identify the remains of three
of Nelson
Mandela's children, tweets eNCA's Gareth Edwards.
09:47 - Mandla
Mandela has confirmed that he will hold a media
briefing and journalists can ask "whatever they want", tweets the PE
Herald's Michael
Kimberley.
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