Nelson Mandela's grandson,Mandla Mandela, 37, has ignored an order from his first wife in getting married again.

Mandela with his first wife Tando Mabunu Mandela 

 Mandela with his second wife, French beauty Anais Grimaud

Nelson Mandela's grandson and chosen political heir has defied a legal ban by taking a second wife, despite not being divorced from his first wife.
South African MP Mandla Mandela ignored a court order taken out by his first wife to marry Swazi princess Nodiyala Mbali Makhathini on Christmas Eve in rural Eastern Cape province.
Nelson Mandela's charismatic grandson, 37, had wed his first wife, Tando Mabunu-Mandela, during a civil ceremony in 2004, but has since sought to have the marriage annulled.
She's refused and in fact taken out court proceedings to stop him remarrying, which could be legal South African law.
She did this after he wed a French speaking teenage beauty from Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
The action meant Mrs Mabunu-Mandela had her estranged husband's 2010 marriage to Anais Grimaud declared illegal on the grounds of contempt of court.
A sheriff last week seized assets worth 100,000 rands (£7,600) from Mandla after he failed to pay maintenance to his first wife pending their divorce that has been lagging since 2009.
But Mandela this time defied a court order from his first wife when he wed Mbali Makhathini, reigniting the debate in South Africa over polygamy and cohabitation law.

Mrs Mabunu-Mandela's lawyer, Wesley Hayes, said his client was applying for an annulment
Mr Hayes said: 'Both Mandela and his new wife are in contempt of court. They ignored a court order.
'Mandla should focus on getting divorced successfully rather than marrying more wives.'
Mandela's apparent third marriage is the latest bout of controversy to surround the South African icon's grandson in recent years.
In June 2009 he was been accused of selling the television rights to his grandfather's funeral for £225,000.
A family member claimed Mandla Mandela has been scheming to arrange exclusive coverage of the event with South African state broadcaster SABC.
Mandla is one of 266 chiefs heading the 2.6-million-strong Thembu branch of the Xhosa nation.
He was made an MP in 2009 and immediately appointed to the parliamentary committee for rural development and land reform.

President Jacob Zuma's first wife Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo.

 South African President Jacob Zuma's second  wive's  Thobeka Madiba

South African President Jacob Zuma's third  wives

Polygamy is widely recognised as a common practice in South Africa, not least because it is exercised by the country's own president.
President Zuma, a Zulu, currently has five wives, who all receive maintenance payments from the South African state.
He wed Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo in 1973 before going on to marry Nompumelelo Ntuli, 36, in 2008 and Thobeka Madiba in 2010.
The statesman, who has more than 20 children, is also believed to have several fiancees and was previously married to two other women.
He divorced in 1998 from cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and his second wife Kate Mantsho committed suicide in 2000.