In mourning, Mandela will not attend the opening of the World.

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One of the great-grand-daughters of the former South African president died in a car accident after the concert to launch the World Cup.

It is a hard news for Nelson Mandela when all theSouth Africa is the feast to celebrate the beginning of the World Cup Soccer. Zenan, his great-granddaughter of 13 years, was killed in the night of Thursday to Friday in a car accident. Right in mourning, the leading anti-apartheid decided not to attend the opening of the World on Friday afternoon, according to his entourage.

Nelson Mandela and Zenan in 2008. 

"In these circumstances, it would be inappropriate he should personally attend the opening ceremonies of the World Cup," said a statement from the Mandela Foundation. Despite his fragile health, Nelson Mandela, aged nearly 92 years, must attend at least briefly at the ceremony Friday afternoon at Soccer City, the huge stage erected between Soweto and Johannesburg. His involvement was decisive in awarding the World in South Africa. But according to his foundation, the first black president of the country is "devastated" by the disappearance of Zenan.
The teenager was killed while returning from the opening concert of the World Cup in Orlando Stadium, where products include the Black Eyed Peas and Shakira before thousands of spectators. Only one car was involved in the accident and no one else was injured.


The driver was intoxicated:
The driver of the car, a man whose identity was not released, was driving while intoxicated, police said. When arrested, he must appear in the afternoon before a Johannesburg court to be formally charged with manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.
Some media reported that the former wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, was also in the vehicle and was transported to a clinic but made no injuries, but the information was denied by the spokesman Mandela Foundation.

Kicking off the opening match, South Africa Mexico, Is scheduled for 16 hours at Soccer City, followed by a France-Uruguay in the evening in Cape Town.
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