Mandela will not attend World Cup opening match

Former South African President Nelson Mandela will not attend the opening match of the soccer World Cup on Friday after his great grand-daughter was killed, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said.

The Foundation said in a statement that Mandela, 91, learned of the death of Zenani Mandela on Friday morning.

"It would therefore be inappropriate for him to personally attend the 2010 FIFA World Cup opening celebrations," the statement said. (