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Mandla Mandela welcomes ruling on Winnie’s Qunu land claim

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Mandla Mandela has welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) in Bloemfontein to dismiss Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s claim of the Qunu property - which belonged to her late ex-husband, Nelson Mandela.

This was after Madikizela-Mandela had approached the SCA to appeal a decision by the Mthatha High Court which dismissed her application to acquire the Qunu property.

READ: Royal family welcomes dismissal of Winnie’s Qunu application

Mandla, the eldest grandson of late former president, in a statement he released on Friday afternoon from his trip in Senegal, said he hoped the court decision had put the matter to rest.

“The Supreme Court of Appeal has spoken, and we welcome the judgement it has delivered regarding the residence of uTatomkhulu President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. We believe that this outcome respects the last wishes of uNkosi Dalibhunga [Mandela’s praise name] and is in accordance with his last will and testament as executed by the administrators of his estate and his family led by his wife Mamu Graca Machel and the Royal House of Mandela Chieftainship under my leadership. We are pleased to close this chapter of this saga and trust that it finally puts this matter to rest,” Mandla said.

READ: Qunu chief says Madikizela-Mandela is mistaken in battle for Qunu 

After the Mthatha High Court dismissed the application in 2016, Madikizela-Mandela’s lawyer, Mvuzo Notyesi, told City Press that the struggle icon had given instructions to appeal the decision in “every court until the Constitutional Court, if necessary”.


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