Nelson Mandela's Ex-wife Winnie Launches Legal Claim To His Home

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has reportedly launched a legal claim to the former South African leader's rural home in the Eastern Cape.
Madiba passed away on 5 December last year and wrote in his will that the house should be left to his family members, to preserve the unity of the Mandela family. Winnie's lawyers said in a letter quoted by the Daily Dispatch newspaper that since the house in Qunu was bought while the two were still married, traditional custom dictated it should be inherited by Madikizela-Mandela and their children.


Her lawyers have apparently claimed that according to abaThembu culture, her children and descendants are entitled to the home. The claim also includes the Qunu farm.
 Mr Mandela's estate was provisionally valued at 46m rand ($4.3m; £2.5m) following his death in December.

The thrice-married Mr Mandela divorced Mrs Madikizela-Mandela in 1996. The couple had two daughters, Zinzi and Zenani.

Mr Mandela has one surviving child, Makaziwe, from his first marriage to the late Evelyn Mase. He was married to Graca Machel, the wife of Mozambique's late President Samora Machel, at the time of his death.