Mandela case: Showdown in Mvezo

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Officials had to break down the gate at Mvezo village when Mandla Mandela was ordered to return the remains of Mandela's children back to Qunu.

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Showdown in MvezoOfficials from the court sheriff’s office

broke down a gate to the Mvezo village on Wednesday to gain access to the remains

of three of Nelson Mandela's children.Mandla Mandela, chief of the Mvezo

village, earlier in the day lost a challenge against a court order instructing him to

rebury the remains in Qunu.Pictures by Delwyn Verasamy