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Mandela's Great-Granddaughter Killed in Car Crash

   VOA News 11 June 2010
   Cars  drive  on  the  M1 highway near the scene where Nelson Mandela's
   great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash, 11 Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   Cars  drive  on  the  M1 highway near the scene where Nelson Mandela's
   great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash, 11 Jun 2010

   The great-granddaughter of South Africa's anti-apartheid leader Nelson
   Mandela  has  been killed in a car crash as she traveled home from the
   concert kick-off for the 2010 soccer World Cup.
   The  Nelson Mandela Foundation said Zenani Mandela died in the one-car
   accident  on a Johannesburg highway.  It said no one else was injured
   in the crash.
   Police  in Johannesburg have charged the driver with drunk driving and
   say they are considering "culpable homicide" charges as well.
   Zenani  had celebrated her 13th birthday only two days earlier. She is
   one of nine great-grandchildren of Mr. Mandela, who was South Africa's
   first black president.
   The  foundation  said  the  Mandela  family  asked for privacy as they
   mourned their loss.
   The  World  Cup  soccer  championship officially begins Friday, with a
   match-up between South Africa and Mexico in Johannesburg.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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