He is seen in a video reciting "In the name of Allah, God Almighty" as he took the marriage vows before an Imam at a mosque in South Africa's Cape Town city on Saturday.
“I wish to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Rabia's parents, her extended family and the Muslim community, for welcoming me into their hearts,” Mandla Mandela said in a statement.
He is an MP and the chief of the Traditional Council in Mvezo, the birthplace of anti-the apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013.
Mandla Mandela has not commented on whether he has changed his faith, but some South African journalists and Twitter users are saying he has become a Muslim:
Islam Charity SA
Mandla Mandela (Grandson of Nelson Mandela) Nikkah
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