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Independent News reports that the Gauteng government has vowed to stop the liquidation of the Mandela House Museum in Soweto following concerns about huge job losses and the disintegration of the tourist site.
The planned government’s intervention was announced by the Gauteng MEC of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation during a debate on Thursday in the Gauteng provincial legislature on the transformation of SA’s heritage landscape. On Wednesday, it was reported that the museum, which is a major tourist attraction on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, was due to be liquidated and the assets sold off to pay off debtors. Mandela left the house to the Soweto Heritage Trust, of which he was also a founder. The trust restored the house in 2008 to preserve its history through fundraising events. In the legislature, MEC Hlophe said her office and that of Gauteng Premier David Makhura were surprised by the purported liquidation. “Our Department working together with the Premiers office will be meeting the liquidators to intervene on the matter urgently,” Hlophe said. She noted that Soweto was considered to be one of SA’s top 20 heritage tourist sites. “Transforming our heritage landscape is significant for boosting our local economies, as heritage sites have become essential sources of revenue for local economies,” Hlophe pointed out.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Baldwin Ndaba at Independent News
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