Crowd erupts on seeing Mandela enter stadium.(News)

would attend the Johannesburg rally, with a source in the ANC Youth League saying the Nelson Mandela Foundation was being difficult.

Yesterday the foundation referred all queries to ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe, who said it was "none of your business".

"We had a really good rally and that is what matters. Nelson Mandela came to attend it," Mantashe said.

Mandela sat straight-faced with a slight smile on his face throughout the rally, and did not show any reaction or acknowledgement when Zuma hailed him as an isithwalandwe (veteran, the highest honour in the ANC).

The crowd erupted on seeing Mandela …