Johannesburg – The remains of three of former president Nelson Mandela’s children, who were buried in Mvezo, were found on Wednesday evening, Eastern Cape police said.

“All three’s remains have been found and have been put into the different hearses,” police spokesperson Mzukisi Fatyela said.

“They were found in the same area but they were unmarked.”

He said the remains were being taken to a mortuary.

Earlier in the day, the ailing icon’s grandson Mandla Mandela, who is also the Mvezo chief, lost a challenge against a court order instructing him to rebury the remains in Qunu.

The Eastern Cape High Court later also dismissed an application by Mandla to have the earlier order rescinded.

Mandla exhumed the graves of the three children in 2011 and reburied their remains in Mvezo.

Mandla’s lawyer said it was illegal for the Mandela family to exhume the remains because there was no one at Mvezo to show them where the remains were, and the graves were not clearly marked.

Health officials started digging for the remains in the early evening after officials from the sheriff of the court’s office broke open a gate to Mvezo village to gain access to the graves.

ENCA cameras filmed an official using a pick-axe to force open the gate.

Three hearses and police vans entered the village.

They were to transport the remains of three of Mandela’s children from Mvezo, where he was born, to Qunu, where he grew up.

Mandela’s eldest surviving daughter Makaziwe Mandela and grandson Ndaba Mandela reportedly arrived at Mvezo along with the officials from the health department.

On Tuesday, criminal charges were laid against Mandla over the exhumation and reburial.

Fatyela said a case of tampering with a grave had been opened.

“The investigation started yesterday [Tuesday] after the case was opened,” he said.

Fatyela said members of the Mandela family laid the charge, but declined to name them.

Mandela remained critically ill on Wednesday in a Pretoria hospital, where he is being treated for a recurring lung infection.

– SAPA

Johannesburg – An 11-year-old girl was raped and stabbed several times in her Soweto home on Wednesday, Gauteng police said.

“The girl was sleeping in a house in Bram Fischerville with her little brother when she was attacked on Wednesday morning,” Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said.

A man entered the house and raped the girl before stabbing her three times in the upper body.

“She managed to call for help and the neighbours responded. She was taken to hospital where she is in a critical condition,” said Makhubela.

Cases of house robbery and rape have been opened. No arrests had been made.

– SAPA

North West – A seething ANC on Tuesday night threatened to discipline its defiant councillors in the Tlokwe municipality, accusing them of going out of their way to embarrass the party.

This came after councillors once more voted out as Tlokwe mayor ANC Maphetle Maphetle and replaced him with the DA’s Professor Annette Combrink.
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Mvezo – Health department officials started digging to find the remains of three of former president Nelson Mandela’s children in Mvezo on Wednesday, Eastern Cape police said.

“The graves are not marked, but when they find the coffins they will identify the remains,” Lt-Col Mzukisi Fatyela said.

“Police are on the scene monitoring the situation.”

Earlier in the day, the ailing icon’s grandson Mandla Mandela, who is also the Mvezo chief, lost a challenge against a court order instructing him to rebury the remains in Qunu.

Mandla exhumed the graves of the three children in 2011 and reburied their remains in Mvezo.

Mandla Mandela’s lawyer said it was illegal for the Mandela family to exhume the remains because there was no one at Mvezo to show them where the remains were, and the graves were not clearly marked.

Officials from the sheriff of the court’s office broke open a gate to Mvezo village on Wednesday afternoon to gain access to the graves. ENCA filmed an official using a pick-axe to force open the gate.

Three hearses and police vans entered the village.

They were to transport the remains of three of Mandela’s children from Mvezo, where he was born, to Qunu, where he grew up.

Mandela’s eldest surviving daughter Makaziwe Mandela and grandson Ndaba Mandela reportedly arrived at Mvezo along with the officials from the health department.

On Tuesday, criminal charges were laid against Mandla Mandela over the exhumation and reburial.

Fatyela said a case of tampering with a grave had been opened.

“The investigation started yesterday (Tuesday) after the case was opened,” he said.

Fatyela said members of the Mandela family laid the charge, but declined to name them.

Mandela remained critically ill on Wednesday in a Pretoria hospital, where he is being treated for a recurring lung infection. – Sapa

London – It may be a “kind thing” to return honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani to South Africa sooner rather than later, a London court heard on Wednesday.

“It could be six months, then another six months, then on and on,” psychiatrist Dr Ian Cumming said, the British Press Association reported.

“It could make things worse and could be better to get on with it. Actually it may be a kind thing for him to actually get on.”

Cumming visited South Africa and had been reassured that Dewani would be admitted to a general ward at Valkenberg Hospital in Cape Town, rather than a unit where people were sent by the courts.

He was confident the standard of Dewani’s ongoing medical treatment would be “robust” and would not drop once he left Britain.

“The receiving hospital there will prepare themselves very well,” said Cumming.

“There will be exchange of information and reports and a handover. It is likely a nurse will accompany him from the UK to South Africa.

“I think they would make it as robust as possible. They would not stop whatever medication he is on. That would be bad practice and they would not do that.”

Dewani, 33, who has depression and post traumatic stress disorder, is accused of orchestrating the death of his 28-year-old wife Anni. She was shot as the newly-wed couple travelled in a minibus taxi on the outskirts of Cape Town in November 2010.

Dewani is facing extradition to South Africa for her murder, in which he denies any involvement.

The Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London heard that in 2011, Dewani tried to take an overdose, but since then had not spoken directly about self-harm or suicide.

Cumming said Dewani’s attitude towards suicide was that “he would not be bothered if he was dead” rather than saying he would kill himself.

He was “evasive” about these questions, but did not seem to have active plans on the matter.

Dewani’s post traumatic stress was severe, his depressive illness was moderate to severe, and his current risk of self harm was real and significant, but not immediate, said Cumming.

He had received treatment for his mental condition since his wife’s death, most recently at two units near Bristol. The place where he was currently being treated seemed to be a “protective mechanism for him”, Cumming said.

Previously, Dewani’s lawyers expressed concerns that he would be a high suicide risk if he returned to South Africa, and that his human rights could be breached because of the risk of violent and sexual assaults in jail, and of contracting HIV or Aids.

The South African authorities said if he was found not to be mentally ill, he would be given a single cell in prison to reduce the risk of attack.

Travel arrangements to get Dewani back to South Africa would involve “a lot of logistical and planning” and perhaps even sedation. This “would not be ideal” but, according to Cumming, such arrangements would be possible. – Sapa

Nyasha Mushekwi’s agent, Ralph Nkomo, has confirmed with Soccer-Laduma that the striker will be jetting out to Belgium tonight (Wednesday). The Mamelodi Sundowns player has been linked with a move to Belgium for some time.

The Brazilians were hoping to hold onto the Zimbabwean, after the club exercised the option on his contract earlier this year. However the player’s wish has always been to further his career abroad.
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Orlando Pirates Administrative Manager, Senzo Mazingiza, has confirmed to the Siya crew that he has left the Parktown-based club.



“Yes, it’s true that I have resigned from Pirates for personal reasons. I wasn’t pushed out of my job or anything like that, I just decided that it was time for me to leave,” Mazingiza told the crew.
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Kaizer Chiefs’ international players will return to training on Monday as they prepare to defend their league title.

It was reported last week when the Amakhosi began their preseason that their international stars had been given extra time off to recuperate from their exploits for club and country, and it has now been revealed that they will return on Monday.
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Former Ajax Cape Town defender Matthew Booth will be playing for Bidvest Wits this season after signing a one-year-deal.

Wits CEO Jose Ferreira confirms that the deal has happened.

The former Bafana Bafana defender joins Musa Bilankulu, who signed a two-year-deal yesterday.
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Free State Stars have signed former Kaizer Chiefs player Mthokozisi Yende.

Yende has penned a two-year deal with Mike Mokoena’s side.

The talented midfielder travelled with Ea Lla Koto to China recently, where they came third in the Shanghai International Football tournament in China.

“Yes, we have signed Yende on a two-year contract,” team manager Rantsi Mokoena tells KickOff.com.

Mokoena says the club has been following Yende’s career since he was with Pretoria University, but they could not snatch him up at that stage as he went to play for Chiefs.

Yende spent last season on loan at Maritzburg United, and his contract with Chiefs expired in June.

“He is a player of high intensity and we are of the hope that he will adapt quickly into the team. He played when we were in China and I was impressed with him,” Mokoena says.
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