Mandela’s grandson to be prosecuted for gun offence

South Africa will charge one of Nelson Mandela’s grandsons with assault and brandishing a gun at another man, a prosecutor’s official said yesterday, in a further embarrassment for the anti-apartheid hero’s large and fractious family.

Mandla Mandela is due to appear in court on Friday, Luxolo Tyali, a spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority, told Reuters. “The NPA has decided to prosecute him and summons have been issued,” Tyali said.

South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper said the younger Mandela was reported to have drawn a gun on a 44-year-old teacher whose vehicle had collided with one driven by a guest of Mandla Mandela’s.