Nelson Mandela leaves behind £2.52 million

Anti-apartheid hero and former South African president Nelson Mandela has left his 4.1 million Rand (£2.52 million) estate –excluding the royalties -- to his family members, the African National Congress (ANC), ex- staff and local schools, it emerged from the reading from of his will on Monday.

The will has been accepted by Mandela’s clan, with no contestations coming up so far. The 40-page will was first written in 2004 and was later amended in 2008. The will was summarised by deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke at a news conference.

Mandela, who died in December at the age of 95, has left behind an estate, which includes an upscale house in Johannesburg, a modest dwelling in his rural Eastern Cape home province and royalties from book sales, including his autobiography, “Long Walk to Freedom”. Mandela was conferred with the Noble Peace Prize in 1993.

Mandela’s third wife, Graca Machel, is likely to waive her claims to the estate, Moseneke said at the conference.