nelson mandela 's handprints have no right to sell them .
the main purpose of the companies was to channel funds from the sale of 94 - year - old nelson mandela 's handprints for the benefit of the mandela family .
as the nation prays for the ailing former president to get well , the star can reveal that mandela ’s daughters makaziwe and zenani mandela , supported by mandela ’s grandchildren , have made a court application to have advocate george bizos , businessman tokyo sexwale and lawyer bally chuene removed from harmonieux investment holdings and magnifique investment holdings .
bizos , chuene were never appointed by mandela as major shareholders or directors , court papers say .
makaziwe says in her affidavit : “ all nelson mandela 's children have launched a court case against several longtime associates of the former president in a dispute over the control of two companies , a south african newspaper reported wednesday .
file photo : reuters reuters in their application before the johannesburg high court on monday , the pair argued that bizos and chuene were not properly appointed and should thus be removed .
the companies , according to court documents and a source , were established by mandela ’s former lawyer , ismail ayob .
file - in this june 17 , 2010 file photo , former south african president nelson mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great - granddaughter zenani mandela in johannesburg , south africa .... ( associated press ) the case was filed monday in the johannesburg high court by mandela 's daughters , makaziwe and zenani mandela , reported the star , and was supported by the grandchildren of the anti - apartheid leader , who recently left a hospital after treatment for pneumonia .
all three _ bizos , chuene and sexwale _ were invited to resign as directors , which invitation they declined .