Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla, has been refused a visa to visit the UK by the British Government for his alleged support of and for ‘glorying’ Hamas, according to The Citizen.

In a letter accompanying the refusal to grant the visa to Mandela, the Home Office said: ‘Your presence in the UK has been assessed as not conducive to the public good on the grounds that you have engaged in unacceptable behaviour.'

‘You have made multiple statements which explicitly support Hamas and their terrorist violence, including glorifying the 7 October attack on Israel and their recently deceased leader Ismail Haniyeh,’ the letter said.

Haniyeh was the Hamas political leader assassinated by Israeli forces in Beirut in July. However, the former MP and chief of Royal House Mandela at Mvezo Komkhulu in the Eastern Cape was adamant that the decision would not deter him from supporting the freedom of the Palestinian people.

Mandela applied for the visa on 8 October and the British Home Office replied in a letter dated 21 October refusing to grant it.

Mandela blamed the Zionist lobby for drumming up support to ensure he was refused the visa because he has been to the UK countless times without any restrictions being imposed on him.

‘The purpose of our visit to the UK was to engage in a speaking tour under the theme Dismantling Apartheid: SA to Palestine. The visit was scheduled for the entire UK including Ireland.’

The Home Offfice said any future UK visa applications Mandela makes will be considered on their individual merits.

‘However, you are likely to be refused unless the circumstances of your application change. In relation to this decision, there is no right of appeal or right to administrative review,’ it said.

Full report in The Citizen