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Complaint to be lodged against Mandela lawyers


Mandla Mandela's lawyer says a complaint will be lodged against the Mandela family's lawyers for misleading the courts on the condition of former president Nelson Mandela's health.

Gary Jansen says they still need to formalise the complaint to the Law Society and the bar council.

The complaint relates to an affidavit submitted by the 15 members of the Mandela family in an application to exhume the remains of Mandela's children.

Jansen says the family applied to court as a matter of urgency, and they relied on certain affidavits in particular with regards to the health of Madiba which wasn't true.

He says the Mandela family's lawyers used the affidavit to mislead the court.

Jansen says a formal complaint will be lodged by Monday morning with the Eastern Cape Bar Council and the Cape Law Society against the instructing attorney and the advocate representing the Mandela family.

Meanwhile, King Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo of the Thembu tribe says Mandla Mandela is being expelled "from all rank of duties" over the family feud.

King Dalindyebo says Mandla Mandela, a chief in the Mvezo area, wouldn't be allowed any involvement in tribal affairs until he apologizes.

The king says as long as the family does not need him in their premises, they don't need him in the Madiba clan at all.

The family dispute had shocked many South Africans, even prompting a plea from retired archbishop Desmond Tutu for Mandela's family to settle its differences as a show of respect for the ailing former president.

There was no official updateon Saturday on the condition of the 94-year-old Madiba, who is still in a critical but stable condition.