SOUTH AFRICA: Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter is laid to rest following a fatal car crash

Record ID: 453196

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter is laid to rest following a fatal car crash
  • Date: 18th June 2010
  • Summary: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (JUNE 17, 2010) (REUTERS) FUNERAL SERVICE IN PROGRESS VARIOUS OF FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA MOURNERS RECORDED MESSAGE BY MODEL NAOMI CAMPBELL PLAYED ON SCREEN AT FUNERAL SERVICE MANDELA AND HIS THIRD WIFE GRACA MACHEL (WEARING PINK SCARF) MANDELA'S GRANDSON MANDLA MANDELA DELIVERING SPEECH WOMAN WEARING BLACK HAT AND FUR COLLAR WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA (ZENANI'S GREAT-GRANDMOTHER), WOMAN WEARING PINK SCARF ZINDZI MANDELA (WINNIE MANDELA'S DAUGHTER AND ZENANI'S GRANDMOTHER), WOMAN IN BLACK IS ZOLEKA MANDELA (ZENANI'S MOTHER AND ZINDZI'S DAUGHTER), AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN, MACHEL AND MANDELA SITTING IN ROW VARIOUS OF CHILDREN LAYING SINGLE WHITE ROSES WIDE OF FUNERAL SERVICE ENDING / MANDELA SITTING IN PEW MANDELA LEAVING CHURCH PEOPLE LEAVING CHURCH
  • Embargoed: 3rd July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVADUE6F1Y8P58UPNLERCA11KHUU
  • Story Text: The funeral service for the great-granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, who died in a car crash last Thursday (June 10) on her way home from the World Cup kickoff concert, has ended in Johannesburg on Thursday (June 17).
    The funeral for Zenani Mandela, aged 13, was held in the church at her school, St Stithians College in Lynne Park, Sandton.
    A frail looking Nelson Mandela, 91, the much beloved father of post-apartheid South Africa, attended with his third wife, Graca Machel, his daughter, Zindzi, and his granddaughter, Zoleka - Zenani's mother.
    Mandela's second wife and Zenani's great-grandmother, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also attended the service at the packed-out church.
    Fellow pupils from St. Stithians College laid single white roses and wiped away tears throughout the ceremony and photographs of Zenani with family members were shown on a widescreen in the church.
    Model Naomi Campbell delivered a recorded message which was played during the service.
    Her death cast a cloud over South Africa's day of joy in becoming the first African nation to host the World Cup.
    Mandela pulled out of his appearance at the opening of the World Cup last Friday (June 11) after hearing the news that Zenani had been killed - two days after her 13th birthday.
    Zenani was one of nine great-grandchildren of Mandela.
    The driver of the car, a family friend, was arrested and is expected to appear in court after the World Cup ends.
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