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Ndaba Thembekile Zweliyajika Mandela (born 23 December 1982) is an author, mentor, spokesperson, entrepreneur, political consultant, and the grandson of Nelson Mandela. He was born in Soweto, South Africa. Mandela is currently the co-founder and chairman of the Mandela Institute for Humanity. [1]
Zwelivelile "Mandla" Mandela, MP (born 21 June 1974) [1] is the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and the grandson of Nelson Mandela. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He graduated from Rhodes University with a degree in Politics in 2007.
[26] [27] Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, remained with his grandfather's body for all three days, in accordance with AbaThembu tradition, which requires an adult male family member to remain with the body until burial.
The racist system implemented by the white minority government was abolished in 1994 and Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected leader. “My grandfather’s movement and freedom was likewise restricted but he refused the condition of release from prison that restricted him to the Transkei.
Zwelivelile "Mandla" Mandela said his grandfather's 1990 release from jail "was the culmination of nearly 350 years of struggle" that had no modern equivalent.
Makgatho Mandela, lawyer, son of Nelson Mandela; Ndaba Mandela, humanitarian, grandson of Nelson Mandela (through Makgatho) Ndileka Mandela, activist, granddaughter of Nelson Mandela (through Thembekile) Thembekile Mandela, son of Nelson Mandela. Thembekile died in a car crash in 1969 while Mandela was in prison.
Mandela was more at ease with Mbeki's successor, Zuma, [336] although the Nelson Mandela Foundation was upset when his grandson, Mandla Mandela, flew him out to the Eastern Cape to attend a pro-Zuma rally in the midst of a storm in 2009.
Shutterstock (2) Sharing his thoughts. Nelson Mandela‘s grandson Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela reacted after Meghan Markle compared her wedding to his grandfather’s release from prison.