Judgement was reserved in the Mthatha High Court yesterday in the civil case of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who is attempting to seek the rights to former president Nelson Mandela’s home at Qunu in the Eastern Cape.
Lawyers for Madikizela-Mandela argued that despite the couple’s divorce in 1996 after 38 years of marriage, the customary marriage between the two had remained intact
Advocate George Bizos, who is one of the executors of former president Nelson Mandela’s will, earlier slammed Winnie-Madikizela Mandela for seeking the rights to Mandela’s Qunu home, saying she did nothing for nothing for 17 years after the property was registered in Nelson Mandela’s name.
Winnie was left out of Madiba's will, which was released in February 2014, after his death in December 2013.
