Mandela family feud over where he should be buried

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By ANDREW MELDRUM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - As Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old former president should be buried went to the courts, according to South Africa's national broadcaster.

Mandela's oldest daughter, Makaziwe, and 15 other family members have pressed a court application to get Mandela's grandson to return the bodies of three of Mandela's children to their original graves in the eastern rural village of Qunu, according to the SABC.

The grandson, Mandla Mandela, acknowledges having reburied the three bodies 20 kilometers (13 miles) away in the Mvezo village, where he plans to create a Mandela shrine, hotel and soccer stadium, according to the South African Press Association.

Grandson Mandla Mandela has until Saturday to respond to the court filing, reports said.

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela addresses the media in front the house of her former husband and former South African President Nelson Mandela in Soweto, Friday, June 28, 2013. Members of Nelson Mandela's family as well as South African Cabinet ministers have visited the hospital where the 94-year-old former president is critically ill. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

[Cooley Hurd]

1. A great man and legacy merely shadowed by this sideshow...

...his kin should let him pass first.

[enough]

2. It's remarkable how families of people who have used their lives to great effect

can end up wasting their own lives on meaningless trivialities. It happens so often.

[JI7]

3. hmm, seems like the grandson is hoping to cash in while the daughter just

wants him buried where other family members are.

[LovingA2andMI]

4. Ummm....

WTH is this in the media? This is a PRIVATE FAMILY MATTER.... smh....

[okwmember]

10. Well it was until one side decided to go to court.

[Historic NY]

5. Grave robbing to make money is well......

tacky. That why the mummies are being sent home by most museums, along with our own native peoples.

[jberryhill]

6. Write a will folks.

Look up what's needed in your state, ask a lawyer who does them, if your finances and family are uncomplicated maybe look into an "I love my spouse" will from one of those kits or services.

While you are at it, get an advance health directive - let people know your choices about medical treatments and interventions.

[hughee99]

7. A friend's father was diagnosed with terminal cancer a few years ago.

He spent his few remaining months planning out everything from medical directives and finances, to selecting his own coffin and wardrobe to the music playlist and menu for the wake. I'd like to take the time to have all this stuff planned out before I go, so my family won't have to deal with virtually any of the arrangements. Having helped another friend with family arrangement after an accidental death (no advanced planning at all), I would never want to see someone else have to go through that while grieving.

[quadrature]

8. everybody wants in on Mandela's act . nt

nt

[DallasNE]

9. This Is Sad To See Happening

How does a grandson have the power to make these choices? Outwardly, it looks like he is doing this for a business venture to line his pockets. It breaks my heart.

[SemperEadem]

11. (Weddings) and Funerals bring out the worst in some people

[Wolf Frankula]

12. I Earnestly Hope He Pops out of his Hospital Bed

Does a two step dance and shouts,

"Bring Me a Cold Beer, I'm Oh So Thirsty!"

Wolf