London, August 15 (ANI): Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla is embroiled in a love triangle scandal involving his second wife Grimaud, who gave birth to his brother's child.
"The Mandela family has sent my wife Nkosikazi Nobubele Mandela (nee Anais Grimaud) back to her home after it was discovered she has been having an affair with one of my brothers," the Daily Mail quoted him as saying in a statement.
"I confirm this affair resulted in a son that Nkosikazi Nobubele gave birth to in 2011. I can also confirm DNA tests conducted have confirmed the child is not mine.
"The revelation of this affair has come as a shock to me and the rest of my family. It has been made more painful because it is my own brother who is at the centre of the crisis," the statement read.
The statement did not identify which of Mandela's three brothers is the father.
The scandal is just the latest in a series of controversies involving Mandla, whom the 94-year-old former politician had anointed as his political heir.
The 38-year-old politics graduate married Grimaud, at the time when he was still officially married to his first wife Tanda Mabunu-Mandela.
Mandla is the oldest, born in 1974, followed by Ndaba (1983), Mbusu (1991) and Andile (1993).
Ndaba was quoted in South African daily The Sowetan as saying the child was not his, adding: "Nobody knows who the father is, but I can confidently confirm that it was not me.
"Mandla told me that he was not the father. She [Grimaud] left because of their problems, the child's paternity was probably one of the main reasons. I have never touched her in a physical or sexual way," he said.
Mandla is the first son of Nelson's son Makgatho Lewanika, an attorney who died of Aids in 2005. (ANI)
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