Nelson Mandela has left his more than 3 million euro estate to his family as well as South Africa’s ruling ANC, former staff and schools he attended.<br /><br /> Monday’s reading of Mandela’s will had been expected to trigger fresh turmoil among his <br />squabbling relatives but war has not broken out, so far.<br /><br /> Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke told reporters in Johannesburg that reading wills to families was “always an occasion that is charged with emotions”. <br /><br /> But he said: “I am not aware of any contest of any type. ..The will has been duly lodged and has been accepted and registered as such.”<br /><br /> Mandela’s large family came together at December’s memorial service for the former South African president who died aged 95.<br /><br /> His estate includes homes in his Eastern Cape home province and Johannesburg as well as royalties from book sales, like his autobiography, “Long Walk to Freedom”.<br /><br /> Some of his fortune will go into a trust to provide for his more than 30 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.<br /><br /> The Mandela name has already been used as a marketing brand by several younger members of the anti-apartheid hero’s family.<br /><br /> Some of his grandchildren have started a line of caps featuring his image under the brand “Long Walk to Freedom”. <br /><br /> Two of his granddaughters based in the United States starred in a reality television show called “Being Mandela”.
