Nelson Mandela today pulled out of the World Cup opening ceremony after learning of the death of his 13-year-old great granddaughter.
Zenani Mandela died when the car she was travelling in flipped on a highway as she was being driven home from a concert to celebrate the start of the football tournament.
Mr Mandela, 91, had been expected at the opening celebrations of the first match - South Africa v Mexico - today at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.
Zenani was one of Mr Mandela's nine great-grandchildren.
Zenani Mandela is pictured with her great-grandfather Nelson Mandela. The teenager, who turned 13 on Wednesday, was on her way home from a concert when she was killed in a car crash
...Truly, a very sad moment for Nelson Mandela...May the soul of the child rest in Peace.
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