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A South African High Court on Tuesday threw out an application by Nelson Mandela's ex-wife to block a planned meeting to discuss infighting in the late peace icon's family. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who is claiming ownership of the former president's rural home, was trying to stop the Mandela family from holding talks at the Qunu property without her permission. In a report published in a local weekend paper Madikizela-Mandela had warned that should the meeting go ahead, "violence is likely to erupt and thereby tarnish the good name of both myself and the late Mr Nelson Mandela". Organised by Mandela's oldest grandson Mandla, the meeting is expected to discuss differences that have arisen in the family and to agree on a traditional head of the Mandela family following the former president's death.
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