Mandla Mandela

• Young DJ set to be first black African in space

  No one in Mandla Maseko's family has ever stepped outside South Africa, but the young township DJ is set to rocket into space next year.

• Nelson Mandela's grandson reportedly locked out, declines comment

  Mandla Mandela, grandson of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, won't comment on a report that he was locked out of the family's homestead in the village of Qunu by relatives.

• Nelson Mandela's grandson faces assault charges: South Africa prosecutors

  South Africa will charge one of Nelson Mandela's grandsons with assault and brandishing a gun at another man, a prosecutor's official said on Sunday, in a further embarrassment for the anti-apartheid hero's large and fractious family.

• Nelson Mandela grandson accused of pointing gun at a driver

  South African police are investigating Nelson Mandela's grandson for allegedly pointing a gun at a driver in a road rage spat, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

• Nelson Mandela 'stronger and stronger': grandson

  South African peace icon Nelson Mandela is "steadily improving" six weeks after he was admitted to hospital with a recurring lung infection, his grandson said on Monday.

• Nelson Mandela remains critical, grandson to lodge complaint against court document over his health

  Nelson Mandela remained hospitalised in a critical state Sunday after doctors ruled out turning off his life support unless he suffers massive organ failure.

• Nelson Mandela family feud: South Africa's shocking 'soap opera'

  A grave-digging dispute has added to the bitter family feuding, over sex, money and power, among Nelson Mandela's heirs which has set South Africans on edge as the anti-apartheid icon lies critically ill in hospital.

• Doctors rejected turning off Nelson Mandela's life support

  Nelson Mandela's doctors have rejected the idea of turning off Nelson Mandela's life support unless he suffers massive organ failure, a close family friend told AFP today.

• Nelson Mandela's grandson lashes out at family in grave row

  Nelson Mandela's oldest grandson Mandla hit back today in a bitter family quarrel, launching a tirade against his close relatives after he was ordered to return the remains of three of the ailing anti-apartheid hero's children.

• South African judge orders grandson to exhume Nelson Mandela's children

  A judge ordered Nelson Mandela's grandson to exhume the bodies of three of the anti-apartheid leader's children today and return them to their original graves, the latest twist in a dispute that has divided South Africa's most famous family.

• Nelson Mandela's grandson to face charges in grave dispute

  A family feud over the burial site of three of Nelson Mandela's children intensified Tuesday when criminal charges were filed against one of his grandsons, as the ailing 94-year-old former president remained hospitalised in critical condition.

• Nelson Mandela's family in court fight over burial locations

  As Nelson Mandela fights for his life in hospital, his relatives are pitted against each other in a legal battle, reportedly over where members of the family should be buried.

• Nelson Mandela on life support, President Jacob Zuma cancels foreign trip

  Nelson Mandela is on life support, unable to breathe on his own, an elder in the South African icon's clan said yesterday, all but extinguishing hopes for the Anti-apartheid hero's recovery.

• Nelson Mandela spends 12th day in hospital

  Former South African President Nelson Mandela spent his 12th day in hospital today at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria.