JOHANNESBURG -- It should have been a moment of triumph -- Nelson Mandela, basking in the cheers as Africa's first World Cup opened. Instead, South Africa's beloved anti-apartheid icon stayed at home with his family Friday in northern Johannesburg during the opening ceremony and game, mourning his 13-year old great-granddaughter Zenani, who died in a car crash on the way home from a tournament-eve concert in Soweto. The Nelson Mandela Foundation said the tragedy "made it inappropriate" for the former president, who is 91, to attend the opening ceremony in Johannesburg.
Johannesburg metro police spokeswoman Edna Mamonyane said the driver if the car had been arrested and charged with drunk driving. Mamonyane said the driver whom police didn't identify, could also face homicide charges. "The metro police found that he was drunk," Mamonyane said. "He lost control of the vehicle and it collided with a barricade."
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