The executors of Nelson Mandela’s will said that the late anti-apartheid hero left 46 million rand, or around $4.1 million, to his family, his staff, schools and the South African ruling political party.
“Through the process of collating we have found that the estate reflects an estimate of around 46 million,” Justice Dikgang Moseneke, one of the executors, told the media in Johannesburg Monday, reports Bloomberg News. “This still has to be subjected to verification.”
According to the Associated Press, Graca Machel, Mandela’s third wife, is set to receive half the estate, since the marriage was “in community of property.” She has up to 90 days to claim her part of the estate.
Mandela’s will was written up in 2004 and updated a year later and again in 2008. There are three executors: Moseneke; human rights lawyer George Bizos and Themba Sangoni, the chief judge from Mandela’s birthplace.
Although there were some disputes among the family late last year, Moseneke told the media that the reading of the will “went well.”
Mandela died on Dec. 5 at age 95. He was South Africa’s first black president, elected after apartheid ended. His death was followed by 10 days of national mourning before he was buried on Dec. 15.
image: Wikimedia Commons
