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Did Mandla sell rights to Mandela's funeral?

Feb 20, 2012 | Kathryn Kimberley | 61 comments

MANDLA Mandela has 15 days to declare to the High Court whether or not he has sold the television rights to the funeral of his grandfather, former president Nelson Mandela.

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Thu May 23 21:34:14 SAST 2013 ::
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Feb 20, 2012

TupacAmaru

Eintlik authi e Mandla ya khinya. He's only sailing on his mkhulu's successes. I mean he not really famous for anything.

I know he sold the rights to SABC. Truth be told.
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Feb 20, 2012

Baba_T

Dear Mandla

Are you not ashamed of what you doing to the Mandela Name?

Have you no Respect

Ditoro tsa gago di tla go sala morago.

Jy is 'n Mo3rskont van 's Kind

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Feb 20, 2012

RobinH

Greedy man with no respect.
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Feb 20, 2012

maneater

Did Mandla sell rights to Mandela's funeral?
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yes he did!!!
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Feb 20, 2012

Pointman

If he had not sold the rights we he would have said so by now. This duckling and diving means he has something to hide. This guy is an old style parasite.
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Feb 20, 2012

MommaC

What a disgrace,

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Feb 20, 2012

BaleliM

This is so disappinting that you can profit from someone's death. Your grandfather for that matter. The love of money remains the root of all evil.
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Feb 20, 2012

MGEEZ

Mhhh..... Mandla!!!! I guess will wait to hear from the court now won't we???
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Feb 20, 2012

TDK

Ja ke masepa a motho. How can he sell the right behind Mandela's kids. He has no respect for the law. Voesek Mandla.
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Feb 20, 2012

ayobaness

tata is goin 2 die ka heart attack
just bcoz of this man
ok after that divorce will u still be available?
i just want 2 marry u nd divorce u nd get my shares as well

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Feb 20, 2012

WarrenG

These sick people... all they think about is $$$ planning a death. Fukk them all and bugger Sowetan for profiting from the story too... Mandla and journo's rot in hell, you disgusting humans
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Feb 20, 2012

skhokho21

If you can believe that he sold these rights, how come you don`t believe that the whole family is involve? More over he is the leader/head of the Mandela family, he is allowed to do these things in the name of the family. You all have funeral covers while you are alive for your parents & other family members, is that a disgrace?

Coming to his 1st marriage, he is giving marriage a bad name, more over why do people still get married in COP at old age? This is serving him right, it looks like this wi.f.e wants to spite him, she is not really after money, having said that courts should consider what you brought tot the marriage becoz now they must also share the cattle.
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Feb 20, 2012

cdek

greedy bustard! mandela is Still alive for Heaven's sake!!!!!
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Feb 20, 2012

potjiekos

And please, never ever live tata alone with that boy in a room....he would strangle him...
This young man is bad news. Baie gevaarlik.
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Feb 20, 2012

MRPRESIDENT11

This guy must honestly rot in jail for impersonating TATA
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Feb 20, 2012

Tsek

MRPRESIDENT11
This guy must honestly rot in jail for impersonating TATA
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hehehehe hae wat kind of pres are u gane, hai chief dnt say impersonating if u dnt knw the meaning of that charge chief uzoba a laughn stock...

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Feb 20, 2012

5446thatsmynumba

Where there is smoke there is surely fire. This little ungrateful sploilt brat has sold his granddad's funeral rights period.
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Feb 20, 2012

braben

Let's give the boy a break he has lost his a moral compass
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Feb 20, 2012

lindsay

@braben
Let's give the boy a break he has lost his a moral compass
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did he have one? it doesn't look like it.
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Feb 20, 2012

SeshegoGuY

Spare the rod...
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Feb 20, 2012

braben

We are all greedy and Guys we all know that we can sell our parent if the right price can be offered
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Feb 20, 2012

Jaja'sQueen

@MGEEZ
Ja, we'll have to wait for the courts. I don't know these people and have no idea what is going on in their private lives.
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Feb 20, 2012

DJWinner

What if he dies first? Some people are unbelievable.
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Feb 20, 2012

Nincompoop

This Mandla is a real nincompoop.
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Feb 20, 2012

Shredder

1Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Feb 20, 2012

RobinH

braben: Speak for yourself.
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Feb 20, 2012

DeCock1

Kodwa lentwana uMandla iqaqadekile mani!! kunini kukhalwa ngalentwana....ukujonga ilifa lexhego kodwa lisaphila...rhaaa kwedini uyandonyanyisa!!
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Feb 20, 2012

Geeny

mandla se gat! disrespectful and greeedy! destroying the Mandela Family name and i dont know why are madibas kids not stoping him! there must be some way of stopping this fool
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Feb 20, 2012

truthhurt

He's Own Family Chopping Him Into Pieces And Eating Him Alive!

X.h.o.s.a.s and money, I am sorry that the old man is X.h.o.s.a, i wish he was a Motswana or something else.
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Feb 20, 2012

DeCock1

truthhurt

yha whatever dude....
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Feb 20, 2012

Dikmol

Mandla want to see his father dead, and soon. Shame on you baba. You are a disgrace and beware, God may decide things to be the other way round. You should not only be ashamed, you should apologise to the whole family and nation for this dastardly deed. You are always in the news for hurting someone. I pray that u change and become a better Chief, Chief. Right now o lewaza la Chief. Snaai..
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Feb 20, 2012

hindsight

Word is he sold the rights to BBC and SABC will buy the rights(if they have not bought them already) from BBC..this was reported by the Sunday times in 2009.
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Feb 20, 2012

Makhosini0408

He has made himself the custodian of the Mandela family. He needs to own up.

@truthhurt
Your tribalism diatribe is nauseating, especially in 2012.
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Feb 20, 2012

truthhurt

DeCock1
truthhurt

yha whatever dude....
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U know i am right!
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Feb 20, 2012

skhokho21

Do n`t you people have life covers for your parents? I don`t see anything wrong with what he has done, you people are just not happy becoz you won`t have that much for your parent`s funeral.

truthhurt, your utterances don`t deserve a response.
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Feb 20, 2012

F-1000021

What about if he die before the old man?
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Feb 20, 2012

LaVidaLoca

Some years back i worked with a guy from the same place as this Mandla guy, he claimed that Mandla was an azzhole, Now i see what he meant....

and i have a strong believe that he did sell the rights, the w!fe knows that very well since it happened during their happier times.
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Feb 20, 2012

skhokho21

Makhosini, own up to who? The guy is the head of the family, he has been given the authority to represent the family. I will expect black here to understand that each & every clan has its own person as the head. If there was money to be made on his name its a good thing they cash in now while they are alive. Why was his old house turned into a museum? Remember Madiba does not have a son & bo Zenani & other girls are married & as women cannot talk ebuhlanti namadoda hence this guy is representing the family.
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Feb 20, 2012

DeCock1

truthhurt

bullsh!t!!!
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Feb 20, 2012

Makhosini0408

@skhokho21

I think the issue here is that he sold the rights to SABC. By the way, for legends like Mandela, the SABC, as a state broadcaster should have material in its archives, to be aired as a tribute, should anything happens to him. It is a standard practice in most countries, but in this case, the SABC is going to benefit because all news agencies must buy rights from it to broadcast the funeral.

If the SABC paid Mandla, where did it get the money from because it was in the red and it had to be bailed out?
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Feb 20, 2012

truthhurt

DeCock1
truthhurt

bullsh!t!!!
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Swear all u like, the truth is the truth it wont change.

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Feb 20, 2012

DeCock1

truthhurt

I am not amazed as YOUR truth is always different from the rest of us....
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Feb 20, 2012

Makhosini0408

@skhokho21
If my memory serves me well, when this allegations came to the fore, it was reported that there were rumblings in the Mandela family about this issue, even Mama Winnie Mandela was not happy and a family meeting was converned.


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Feb 20, 2012

Dee45

DEAR MANDLA Mandela U GONNA DIE FIRST AND MADIBA LIVES FOREVER

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Feb 20, 2012

Dikmol

Feb 20, 2012truthhurt
He's Own Family Chopping Him Into Pieces And Eating Him Alive!

X.h.o.s.a.s and money, I am sorry that the old man is X.h.o.s.a, i wish he was a Motswana or something else.
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Hahaha, ai mare le wena monna. tlttltltltl....this has nothing to do with tribal inclination. it is greed, and disrespect, and selfishness adn stupidity. It span across the board..across all tribes adn nations. Tlohela MaXhosa man, they are good entertainers by the way....hehehehe
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Feb 20, 2012

moletjie

how does south african law allow polygamy and criminalize bigamy ?this doesn't make sense to me
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Feb 20, 2012

skhokho21

@Makhosini, yes there were & still are rumblings. Winnie was put in her place, akasengo mfazi wakwa Madiba, wagoduswa ne 20M yakhe & we don`t want to go back to the reason the old man left her. They (Winnie & daughters) want to burry him in GP while he & his tribe want him next to his ancestors in E.C. They have also cashed in on his legacy like this man. If SABC want the exclusivity, then they must pay for it. I don`t agree when you say its the standard practice & this is not the first time the media buys rights to an event so that everybody else can buy from them. I applaud the SABC becoz they will make more than they have made in the past 10 years by selling to other media houses.
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Feb 20, 2012

TKay

This is on hell grandchild who is a disgrace to the family...whose child is he mara
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Feb 20, 2012

Bizoski

This guy iyandibhora, its all about money, let alone living on his grandfathers name, no wonder the ANC even had to intervene seeing what a disgrace lempuku iz, yerr sies!
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Feb 20, 2012

skhokho21

Moletjie, if you enter into the westernalised marriage, the law does not allow you to enter the polygamy (traditional/cultural) without the 1st w.i.f.e`s consent. So the 1st w.i.f.e want them to be divorced (share thier assests) before he is allowed to marry his 10 wives. If he could have gone straight for customary marriage, he could have all his wives walking next to him.
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Feb 20, 2012

Makhosini0408

skhokho21
I said it is standard practice for State broadcasters to have a documentary, in their archives, in this case, which is referred to as Project M because Mandela is an icon. Firstly, I am not sure, if the SABC, we able to afford the price, as it was in the red. If it paid Mandla the money, more heads are going to roll.

I also think that the Mandela family, should elect another custodian as Mandla is in and out of Court, for wrong reasons.
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Feb 20, 2012

Skopokopo

Mandla,
You are digging your own grave, the grave u think you dig for your Grand Father, you are the one who will enter in in. Mandela is going now where!!! Uzofa Kuqala Wena Greedy!!
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Feb 20, 2012

Skopokopo

TKay
This is on hell grandchild who is a disgrace to the family...whose child is he mara
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He is the son of Mr Mandela's son Makgatho from tata's first marriage to late Mrs Evelyn Mandela.
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Feb 20, 2012

online-evangelist

it matters not WHO DOES WHAT ON WHOM TO WHOSE benefit.

All shall pass from this world to the world unseen_ How old will you be in 100 Years,where will you be?
just a rhtoric question! i wanna imply that you are no immune to death_ neither of us is exempted from its sting...God made the way of escaping its venom The way is Jesus

Get saved! " the Books will be opened, and anyone not found in the Book Of life, shall be cast in to the lake of fire"....is your name in the Lamb's book of Life??

How shall you escape if You neglet such a salvation...ohh Child of Africa.

the preacher has spoken
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Feb 20, 2012

skhokho21

so he did not break any law, the std practice is also not on any paper its up to the family to do as they want. He is the only one available at the moment to move the Mandela name foward, as you know his daughters are married using other surnames.
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Feb 20, 2012

BoetieInBrasil

@skhokho

Move the name forward...like Beckham and Beyonce? No, I think he is more like Ghandi and Mother Tereza. They don't need to be in OK magazine.
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Feb 20, 2012

skhokho21

BoetieInBrasil, you have lost me, break it down for me slowly.
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Feb 20, 2012

Nys1

Ok...
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Feb 20, 2012

joyful

I knew it can't be good if it is about the spoiled brat mandla! sies, how disgusting and how low this man stoops! riding on his grand dad's coats! sies!
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Feb 20, 2012

joyful

@braben
We are all greedy and Guys we all know that we can sell our parent if the right price can be offered

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talk for yourself you evil person! you are probably the kind of person who will sell their paresnts for muti purposes! sies!
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Feb 20, 2012

boyzin

you one stupid in a proudly Mandela family
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