/ 9 February 1999

PARKS FACES ARREST

PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela’s spokesperson Parks Mankahlana faces arrest for failing to pay child maintenance for his eight-year-old daughter, The Sunday Times reports. The mother of his daughter claimed that he only paid once for the upkeep of their child and is seeking R40000 in back payments. Mankahlana confirmed that he was contacted at home in Cape Town by police after the opening of parliament on Frida) and told the arrest warrant was issued in October. He said: “It is true that I have a baby in Nelspruit, but as far as I know everything is okay.”