The legal battle about the Mandela family gravesite will now be open to the public, including the media, Eastern Cape high court judge Lusindiso Pakade ruled in Mthatha on Tuesday.

Pakade said he received a letter from the SA National Editors Forum asking that the matter no longer be held in camera.

There were no objections to the request from the applicants -- comprising 16 Mandela family members, and the respondents -- which include...read more here: Mandela family gravesite legal battle open to public