By Chrysanthus Ikeh
Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela Mandela has filed court papers challenging the late South African president’s will.
According to Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Mrs Madikizela-Mandela wants ownership of Mandela’s house in rural Qunu, which was left to the family trust and his widow, Graca Machel.
In the papers filed in Mthatha High Court, the former Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology has claimed that the registration of the house under Mandela’s name was unlawful and should be set aside.
‘The Qunu property remains my house and therefore the testament in so far as it seeks to dispose off that property is invalid and liable to be set aside from the will.’
The couple divorced in 1996 and she was not named in his $4.4 million (3.4 million euro) estate in the will which was released in February 2015.
