Mandela's relatives to visit prisoners as part of Edinburgh book festival

Zindzi Mandela and her grandchildren will hold private reading at Shotts prison

Three relatives of Nelson Mandela, including his youngest daughter, Zindzi, are to visit Scottish inmates and their families as part of the Edinburgh international book festival in August.

Zindzi Mandela, South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, will take the former leader’s great-granddaughters Zazi, eight, and Ziwelene, seven, to a private reading and discussion in the family unit of Shotts prison in North Lanarkshire.

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