Mbuso Mandela relinquishes nearly all rights to his daughter

Baby mama asks court to make agreement official

- By Ngwako Malatji

In a bizarre move, Mbuso Mandela's baby mama has exempted him from paying maintenance towards the upbringing of their nine-year-old child. However, he is required to give his baby mama five days' notice before making contact with the child.

He should also seek written consent from her if he wants to communicate with the child's teachers and medical doctors.

The startling titbits are contained in the mother's application for an order to declare their parenting plan agreement an order of court. Although both Mandela and his baby mama have signed the agreement, he was given 10 days to oppose the application for it to be made an order of court.

In the application, which she filed in the Johannesburg High Court about two weeks ago, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she fell pregnant with Mandela's child in 2015 after they met in 2013.