Posted on 06/28/2013 3:52:33 PM PDT by Jyotishi
As Nelson Mandela fights for his life in hospital, his relatives are pitted against each other in a legal battle, reportedly over where members of the family should be buried.
Sixteen members of the Mandela family have brought an urgent application to a regional court, reportedly to force Mandela's grandson Mandla to return remains of family members to a plot in the ancestral village where Mandela has said he wants to be buried.
Mandla, a local chief in nearby Mvezo, had exhumed the remains of three of Mandela's children in Qunu in 2011 and brought them to his village, allegedly without the consent of the rest of the family.
"I have been instructed by the 16 family members including (daughters) Makaziwe and Zindzi to take action against Mandla," the family lawyer Wesley Heyes said.
Heyes refused to comment on the reason for the legal tussle, but local media said it was about a long-running feud over the remains.
"We can't say anything further due to the sensitivity of the case," said Heyes.
The court was told that a sheriff delivered the paper to Mandla's homestead and found the gates locked. The papers were nailed to the gate after several unsuccessful attempts to hand them over.
Just bury the ol’ fart now and be done with it. ;-)
Reminds me of the Generalissimo Francisco Franco saga of many years ago. It took that sumbitch forever to die. Same with this turd, apparently.
Who the hell do they think they are, the Jacksons?
Him and Arafat, he must have had 15 death threads here.
They must be keeping him machine-alive for an audience with the visiting Hussein.
I still remember Chevy Chase doing the 80s “SNL News” skit: “In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.” LOL.
“his relatives are pitted against each other in a legal battle, reportedly over where members of the family should be buried.”
Dam’ straight. Whoever owns the land he is buried on, has a major money maker.
In Before the Obligatory Monty Python (Holy Grail) Picture.
Yup. They’ll sell tix for that. Buck a pop.
Hell, *I’d* pay to go see Winnie’s grave. Just to know the place is safe.
Kenya had a case back in the ‘80’s where the family feud over burial place went all the way to the supreme court, with crowds of 3000+ marching on the supreme court building.
Mixed marriage (different tribes) The deceased, S.M Otieno, a leading lawyer, had wanted to be buried on his farm outside Nairobi. His tribe (Luo) said that his spirit would haunt their area unless he was buried in his tribal area.
Mrs. Otieno (Kikuyu) was the sister of the Kenya Foreign Minister. Nevertheless, she lost and her husband was buried in his tribal area (Luo, same as Obama) after 5 months of haggling.
I suppose there are some people who don’t find this amusing.
I’d say split him down the middle and let each side
have half...
Hell, *I’d* pay to go see Winnie’s grave. Just to know the place is safe.
Heck, I’d burn a tire in her honor right
on her headstone.
Yeah, it’s a kind of incense.....
Diesel and Rubber and maybe some pork...
“In other news... Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead”.
LLS
“Jane... you ignorant...” :-)
LLS
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