Nelson Mandela's grandson appears in court on rape charges

[Lite Beer]

Nelson Mandela's grandson appears in court on rape charges
LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A grandson of Nelson Mandela accused of raping a 15-year-old girl will remain in police custody, while his defense lawyers collect more evidence for a bail hearing, a South African judge ruled on Friday.

Mbuso Mandela's bail hearing was postponed to Tuesday to give his defense team more time to locate a witness who they say could testify that the incident was consensual, a judge ruled.

The judge in the Johannesburg magistrate's court also ordered the prosecution to produce the official identity document of the teenager accusing Mbuso Mandela of rape, in order to settle the defense's dispute that the girl is 16, the age of legal consent in South Africa.

Members of the Mandela family were in the cramped courtroom where Mbuso Mandela, 24, appeared calm as he sat behind his lawyer. He has been in police custody since his arrest last Saturday.

The rape allegedly took place at a restaurant in Greenside, a Johannesburg suburb, on Aug. 7, police said.

-- (c) Associated Press 2015-08-22

[ezzra]

What happened there? did the gene pool got muddled somehow along the way? and from one of modern

time's great statesman to a common criminal? like they say, you can't choose your family....

[Seastallion]

What happened there? did the gene pool got muddled somehow along the way? and from one of modern

time's great statesman to a common criminal? like they say, you can't choose your family....

Ahhh, Mandela was labelled a terrorist 40 odd years ago. Now it fits with your worldview and theory of genes.

[squarethecircle]

What happened there? did the gene pool got muddled somehow along the way? and from one of modern

time's great statesman to a common criminal? like they say, you can't choose your family....

Ahhh, Mandela was labelled a terrorist 40 odd years ago. Now it fits with your worldview and theory of genes.

Not PC to say so but South Africa does have one of the highest rape rates in the world. And - if you take things like crime rate and police corruption as evidence - it was more in order and overall better shape prior to 1991.

[Scott]

A troll post has been removed.

[SOTIRIOS]

......oh well.....

[whatproblem]

Bad blood ,mandala was a terrorists,and his wife organised beatings

[balo]

Just another day in S-Africa , young guy gets drunk and rape a girl, and maybe he didn't know she was under the legal age etc.

[eliotness]

What happened there? did the gene pool got muddled somehow along the way? and from one of modern

time's great statesman to a common criminal? like they say, you can't choose your family....

You forgot who his grandmother is, the horrible Winnie !

[eliotness]

Just another day in S-Africa , young guy gets drunk and rape a girl, and maybe he didn't know she was under the legal age etc.

In most of southern Africa the "legal age" is a joke. As soon as a girl starts her periods she is regarded ripe for sex, consensual or not !

[Steely Dan]

If the grandson is convicted and imprisoned I somehow doubt there will be as many songs calling for his release as there were for his Grandfather.