Grave dispute divides family as Mandela lies in hospital


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  • Saturday, 29 Jun 2013

MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) - A dispute between factions of Nelson Mandela's family over where the family grave should be went to court on Friday when his eldest daughter and more than a dozen other relatives sought an injunction against Mandela's grandson, Mandla.

With the 94-year-old in critical condition in hospital, the state broadcaster SABC said a court in Mthatha had ordered Mandla to return the remains of three of Mandela's children from the village of Mvezo, where the anti-apartheid icon was born and where Mandla is now an influential tribal chief, to Qunu, the village 20 km (13 miles) away where Mandela spent most of his childhood.

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