Mandela family seeks criminal charges in grave rift

July 03, 2013 00:32

Nelson Mandela's family sought criminal charges of grave tampering against the former South African president's oldest grandson today amid an escalating row linked to the eventual burial site of the ailing anti-apartheid hero.

The grandson Mandla allegedly had the remains of three of Mandela's children moved from the revered leader's ancestral village of Qunu in 2011 without the rest of the family's consent.

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