People question why Mandela’s granddaughter is giving her children the Mandela surnameZoleka Mandela is the granddaughter of the late Nelson Mandela, through Zindziswa Mandela second daughter of the late Winnie Madikizela Mandela. She is a writer, motivational speaker, and political activist who survived breast cancer twice. She has opened up about a lot of struggles that she faced during her childhood days including being sexually abused.

 

 

 

 

 
Zoleka took the surname Mandela from her mother Zindziswa, and she gave all her children the surname. According to African cultures, a man is the head of a family and all members of a family must be defined by his Surname. Both males and females must take their father’s Surnames, especially males because if they take their mother’s Surname a whole tribe will be lost.

All the children born from any of Mandela’s children take the surname Mandela. Zoleka recently gave birth to baby number Six and she is a Mandela. People are still questioning why are her children Mandelas? People think there’s no need for Zoleka to give her her babies the Mandelas surname.