Former President Nelson Mandela’s great granddaughter was killed in a car crash on her way from the 2010 Fifa World Cup kick-off concert in Soweto on Friday morning, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said.
Zenani Mandela, 13, the grandchild of Zindzi Mandela, was killed after the car she was travelling in crashed in Johannesburg, the Foundation said in a statement.
The driver was arrested and police were investigating a case of culpable homicide, he said.
Zenani, who celebrated her 13th birthday on June 9, was the eldest child of Zoleka Seakamela and one of Nelson Mandela’s nine great grandchildren.
The Foundation said the family has asked for privacy as they mourn this tragedy. – Sapa