Nelson Mandela (C) posing on May 16 with his daughter Princess Zenani
Dlamini (L) and granddaughter Ndileka (R) in 2011. Mandela’s children
have asked a court to remove their father’s friend and lawyer George
Bizos from the boards of two Mandela-related investment funds.
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They allege that Mr Bizos, a cabinet minister, Mr
Tokyo Sexwale and Mandela’s ex lawyer Bally Chuene forced themselves
onto the boards of the two companies worth around $1.7 million.
Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela’s children have asked a court to remove their father’s friend and lawyer George Bizos from the boards of two Mandela-related investment funds, local dailies said Wednesday.
Nelson Mandela’s children have asked a court to remove their father’s friend and lawyer George Bizos from the boards of two Mandela-related investment funds, local dailies said Wednesday.
Two daughters of ailing 94-year-old Mandela,
Makaziwe and Zenani, filed the papers on Tuesday, two days after the
anti-apartheid hero left hospital where he was being treated for
pneumonia, the Star and the Sowetan newspapers reported.
They allege that Mr Bizos, a cabinet minister, Mr
Tokyo Sexwale and Mandela’s ex lawyer Bally Chuene forced themselves
onto the boards of the two companies worth around $1.7 million.
Mr Bizos is an old personal friend of Mr Mandela and a renowned human rights lawyer who defended Mr Mandela during his 1960s trial for treason.
Mr Bizos is an old personal friend of Mr Mandela and a renowned human rights lawyer who defended Mr Mandela during his 1960s trial for treason.
The children claim that the three were never
appointed as shareholders or directors of Harmonieux Investment Holdings
and Magnifique Investment Holdings.
The two companies were set up to channel proceeds from the sale of Mr Mandela’s iconic handprint for his benefit and those of his children.
The two companies were set up to channel proceeds from the sale of Mr Mandela’s iconic handprint for his benefit and those of his children.
The prized handprint, said to have been
accidentally created while working on a sketch inspired by his 27-year
imprisonment on Robben Island, contains in the centre an image that
resembles the African continent.
Makaziwe said in the filing that neither her nor
Zenani “in our capacity as directors, or in any other capacity, have
ever received any notice to pass a resolution appointing, or have ever
appointed” the three people as directors, the Star reported.
She added that the three have ignored a request for them to quit the company.
Mr Bizos fired back by accusing the daughters of trying to “get their hands on things that should not be sold.”
“There is no basis to the allegations. We are not hijackers,” Mr Bizos told the Star.
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