Johannesburg: A man identified as one of Nelson Mandela’s grandsons has been arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl, South African police said yesterday. Mbuso Mandela is in police custody and will appear in a Johannesburg magistrates court on Friday for a bail hearing, said police spokeswoman Brig. Mashadi Selepe. He appeared briefly in court Monday when he was charged with rape. The rape allegedly took place at a restaurant in Greenside, a Johannesburg suburb, on August 7, Selepe said. The matter was reported to police a week later and Mandela was arrested last Saturday, she said.

Mbuso is one of the late South African president’s 17 grandchildren. The police, however, insisted that he would not be treated differently from any other suspect. Pic/GettyImages