World Cup: Relative involved in death of Mandela kin

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The office of former South African President Nelson Mandela said a relative was driving the car in which the anti-apartheid leader’s great-granddaughter was riding when she was killed in a crash early Friday. After learning of 13-year-old Zenani Mandela’s death, Nelson Mandela canceled plans to attend Friday’s opening ceremonies of the first World Cup ever held on African soil. Sello Hatang, spokesman for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said Saturday the man was a relative, but that he could not be more specific, according to the Associated Press. The man has not been named. Police say the man could be charged with drunk driving and homicide. -- Kevin Baxter in Rustenburg, South Africa