South Africa: lawyers seek recognition for 2 women alleged to be Nelson Mandela's daughters
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Attorneys for the families of two women who have sought to be recognized as children of Nelson Mandela have contacted the executors of his will.
Michael Katz, a lawyer for the executors, said Monday that he had received a letter citing the women's claims, but that it was not a petition for money from the will.
The Star, a South African newspaper, has reported that one of the women, Onica Mothoa, says she does not care about the anti-apartheid leader's inheritance but wants to be recognized as his daughter. The Star reported that the other woman, Mpho Pule, died several years ago.
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The Nelson Mandela Foundation says Mandela had six children, and three died. It does not mention Mothoa and Pule in a genealogy.
Mandela died Dec. 5.