South African police have confiscated cameras they say were illegally filming Nelson Mandela’s house in his home village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n
Police spokesman Vishnu Naidoo told the BBC that two media groups were being investigated.<\/p>\n
The cameras were found in a neighbour’s house and had been constantly filming the ex-president’s residence, he said.<\/p>\n
The anti-apartheid icon, who is 93, has appeared increasingly frail since he retired from public life in 2004.<\/p>\n
Col Naidoo said under South African law, it was illegal to film or photograph the houses of presidents and former presidents as they were considered “national key points”.<\/p>\n
Police were informed about the cameras approximately a week ago, he said.<\/p>\n
“When our police got there they discovered that the cameras were indeed there and the house was being constantly filmed,” he said.<\/p>\n
Once investigations were completed, the police would approach the public prosecutor “to determine a way forward”.<\/p>\n
He declined to reveal the name of the media groups suspected of placing the cameras in Qunu, where Mr Mandela grew up.<\/p>\n
Mr Mandela stood down as South Africa’s president in 1999 after serving one term, handing over to Thabo Mbeki.<\/p>\n
After leaving prison in 1990 following more than 27 years in jail, he led the African National Congress party to a landslide victory in 1994 – the first time South Africa’s black majority was allowed to vote. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South African police have confiscated cameras they say were illegally filming Nelson Mandela’s house in his home village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n