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Minister Nathi Mthethwa met with the designated liquidators, Tugendhaft Wapnick Banchetti & Partners, to resolve the management of the Nelson Mandela House in Orlando West, Soweto.
Locals and tourists flock to Nelson Mandela’s home on Vilakazi Street in Soweto. Image: Gia Nicolaides / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – The Department of Sport, Art and Culture has suspended the liquidation process of the Mandela House Museum in an attempt to find an amicable solution with the debtors.
Minister Nathi Mthethwa met with the designated liquidators, Tugendhaft Wapnick Banchetti & Partners, to resolve the management of the Nelson Mandela House in Orlando West, Soweto.
The national heritage site and monument that is part of the former president’s legacy has been closed to the public for months after reports that the museum is being liquidated to pay off debt incurred by the Soweto Heritage Trust, to which Mandela had donated the house.
The minister’s spokesman, Masechaba Khumalo, said that the museum must be preserved at all costs and that Mandela and his legacy were not a mere transactional matter.
“All parties agreed that it is important to work together to safeguard the legacy of the late and first democratically elected President of the Republic of South Africa. The parties are pleased to inform the public that the meetings have concluded that the liquidation process will be suspended to allow the parties to resolve the governance status of the museum, and furthermore, the museum will be open to the public. “
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