Mandela grandson 'bolstered'

26 August 2015 - 02:45
By S'duduzo Dludla

A statement by a man who claimed to have seen the grandson of Nelson Mandela and his teenage rape accuser kissing passionately helped to secure the young man's release on bail. Magistrate Pieter du Plessis granted the 24-year-old Mandela R7000 bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court yesterday.The accused, who in his bail statement said he would plead not guilty, faces charges of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl at a restaurant in Greenside, Johannesburg, on Augus...

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