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| Sixteen relatives have pressed charges against Mandla. Makaziwe Mandela, daughter of the former South African can be seen left along with grandson Ndaba, centre, and granddaughter Ndileka Mandela, right, in court yesterday |
It comes after Mandla Mandela today lost a court battle against 16 members of his family who accused him of moving the bodies of three of the former South African president's children without their permission.
A Mthatha court ruled that the remains should be moved back to a family graveyard by 3pm GMT today.
The sheriff of the court broke down the gates to the home in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province with an axe before police officers searched the ground. Three hearses were also spotted in the area, South Africa's Eyewitness News reported.
Mandla Mandela reburied the remains of three of the 94-year-old statesman's children in his birthplace of Mvezo in 2011. The Mandela relatives claim Mandla Mandela had not sought permission or even informed family members when he did so.
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| His Grand Father remains in a critical condition in Hospital
The family took Mandla to court after he reburied the remains in his birthplace of Mvezo in 2011.
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The Mandela relatives claimed that he had not sought permission or even informed family members when he did so.
The revered statesman has long said that he wants to be buried in Qunu, where his children were buried in the family plot, and where he retired to when he stood down as president.
According to details of his will which have been published, he wishes to be buried in a simple grave in a garden of remembrance at his home - the place he has previously said holds his fondest childhood memories.
Last week the court ordered an interim order for the bodies to be moved around 14km from Mvezo to Qunu.
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