WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA SAYS SHE NEVER DIVORCE MANDELA Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has filed a sensational claim against her former husband’s will, submitting that her divorce from the famous statesman was fraudulently obtained. Other revelations contained in court documents suggest she was not even in the country when her divorce from Nelson Mandela was finalised, and that no settlement was reached. Ms Madikizela-Mandela has spilt the beans in a bid to wrest control of the Qunu property so beloved by Mandela, and which he placed under the aegis of a trust upon his death last year. She initially pleaded her case in a letter to the trustees, including lawyer George Bizos and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, earlier this year. However, Ms Madikizela-Mandela stepped up her challenge when her overtures were rejected. Her lawyer, Mvuzo Notyesi, filed papers in the Mthatha High Court on Tuesday. In laying out her case, Ms Madikizela-Mandela has gone right back to their betrothal. A copy of the marriage certificate apparently shows that it was issued in terms of Act 21 of 1978 (of the Republic of Transkei). The Mandelas were married in June 1958. The certificate is clearly a fraudulent document and it is quite obvious that (during) the divorce hearing the court was misled and the divorce order was obtained through fraud or misrepresentation, Ms Madikizela-Mandela submitted in her affidavit. Further, the Republic of Transkei did not exist in 1958 as independence was only granted in 1976. Ms Madikizela-Mandela also claims that the signatures on the certificate belong to neither her nor her former husband. Our marriage officer was reverend Gamndana and not GGK Madikiza, as recorded on the certificate. Ms Madikizela-Mandela will also seek to rescind the divorce order. In her court papers, she says the court never ordered the forfeiture of the Qunu property as they never engaged in any settlement negotiations over their properties. According, (Nelson Mandela) is not at liberty to dispose of our property at will. The divorce order makes it pertinently clear that the question of assets was never finalised. Ms Madikizela-Mandela wrote that she was not even present at court when the divorce order was granted, as she was in Beijing attending a conference. She also made a shocking claim that the first time she saw the divorce order was in August this year. She and Mandela had agreed to deal with issues of property at a later stage and, as it turned out, we never had the opportunity to do so. However, (Mandela) always knew that the Qunu property belonged to me, Ms Madikizela-Mandela submitted in the affidavit. source bdlive.co.za/national/2014/10/15/madikizela-mandela-claims-divorce-fraud
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:24:10 +0000
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