Nelson Mandela's will read: was worth $4.1million

The will of former South African
President and world hero, Nelson
Mandela was read to his family
members today February 3rd.

Reading the 40 page will, Deputy Chief
Justice Dikgang Moseneke said
Mandela's third wife, Graca Machel, is
entitled to half the estate under South
African marital law but could waive her
claims and opt for specified assets that
include properties in her native
Mozambique. Machel has not made a
decision on whether to weave her
rights, Moseneke said.
The will directs that each of his children
and some of his grand-children are to
receive $300,000. His upscale
Johannesburg house, where he spent
most of his life after being freed from
apartheid prison, would be home to his
deceased son Makgatho's children.

His longtime domestic staff including his
personal assistant, Zelda Le Grange,
also shared in the fortune with 50,000
rand each.
Mandela's Political Party, the ANC, is to
receive royalties from his political books
and testimonial adverts. The money is
expected to help propagate the
ideologies of the party.

Local Schools in South Africa he
attended as well as the Wits and Fort
Harte Universities also benefited from
his will as funds were provided which
would be given as bursary and
scholarship to students.

The will, which was first written in 2005
and amended in 2008, is open for
contest within 90 days.