Mandela was more at ease with Mbeki's successor, Zuma, although the Nelson Mandela Foundation was upset when his grandson, Mandla Mandela, flew him out to the Eastern Cape to attend a pro-Zuma rally in the midst of a storm in 2009.
Mandela lebih mudah bersosialisasi dengan pengganti Mbeki Jacob Zuma, walaupun Nelson Mandela Foundation kecewa karena cucunya, Kepala Suku Mandla Mandela, menerbangkannya ke Eastern Cape untuk menghadiri rapat umum pro-Zuma di tengah badai pada tahun 2009.