Mandela grandson speaks on AIDS

NELSON Mandela’s grandson followed the former South African president’s example by telling thousands of mourners at his father’s funeral that his mother had also died of AIDS a year earlier.

Mandla Mandela spoke at the funeral of his father Makgatho, 54, Nelson Mandela’s last surviving son, at Qunu.

Hours after Makgatho died in a Johannesburg hospital last week, Mandela announced that his son was HIV positive and had died of Aids-related complications. The disease kills about 600 South Africans a day.