South African royals concerned at Mandela family `instability`

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 01:52

The tribal royal house in South Africa of which Nelson Mandela was a member on Sunday expressed concern at "instability" in the icon`s family and urged calm as his estate is settled.

Winnie Mandela blasts family feud reports

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 08:26

Nelson Mandela`s ex-wife Winnie has denied there was a dynastic battle within his extensive family, amid reports of a renewed feud shortly after the peace icon`s death.

Mandela grandson reportedly locked out; no comment

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 16:27

Mandla Mandela, grandson of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, won`t comment on a report that he was locked out of the family`s homestead in the village of Qunu by relatives four days before his grandfather was buried there.

Mandela family feuded as peace icon lay in state: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 14:31

A feud within Nelson Mandela`s family raged even as the peace icon lay in state, with members arguing over access to his rural homestead, a report said on Tuesday.

Will Nelson Mandela`s gravesite remain off limits?

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 08:26

Will the gravesite of Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest statesmen the world has ever seen, be permanently off limits for the public?

Nelson Mandela laid to rest at state funeral

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 10:49

A 21-gun salute and full honour guard escorted the coffin of Nelson Mandela as his state funeral got underway Sunday in the rolling hills of his rural boyhood home.

Nelson Mandela `returns home` to final resting place

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 03:32

Nelson Mandela`s remains were returned to his beloved rural childhood village on the eve of a traditional burial on Sunday, the final leg of his exceptional 95-year journey.

Sorrow, frustration as 100,000 say goodbye to Nelson Mandela

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 05:07

Hundreds of South Africans broke through a police cordon in a last-gasp bid to join the estimated 100,000 people who viewed Nelson Mandela`s remains during three days of lying in state.

Mandela village under lockdown ahead of burial

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 17:26

South African troops and mounted police patrolled Nelson Mandela`s boyhood home of Qunu on Thursday, with the village under virtual security lockdown ahead of the peace icon`s burial there at the weekend.