Former South African president Nelson Mandela’s great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela, thirteen year old was killed in a car crash on the way home from a concert on the eve of the World Cup. Zenani was the eldest child of Zoleka Seakamela and one of the nine great grand-children of Nelson Mandela. Zenani Mandela and her mother both were in a car which rolled near the Selby offramp on the M1. Police has informed this which is contrary to earlier reports, Mandela’s former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was not in the vehicle. Zenani Mandela was travelling in a car returning from the World Cup Kick-Off Concert at Orlando Stadium when the accident happened. The car met with an accident.Gauteng police has informed that the driver arrested just after the accident which killed former president Nelson Mandela’s great grandchild. The driver will face a charge of drunken driving and culpable homicide.
The information has been provided by the Nelcon Mandela Foundation said in a statement that “The family has asked for privacy as they mourn this tragedy”.