ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity by Rebecca Davis

Origin date: 13 January 2020
Updated: 22 Jan 2020

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Summary

For the past 15 years, the ANC government has been promising that the house to which Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was banished in the Free State will become a heritage site. In December 2019, the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthetwa announced that the museum was complete — but in reality, it is nowhere near opening its doors to visitors.

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01Davis, R. (2020). ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity from Daily Maverick, 13 January 2020, online. Available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-13-anc-celebrates-history-while-winnie-madikizela-mandelas-brandfort-home-still-languishes-in-obscurity/ . Accessed on 14 January 2020

Last updated · 22 Jan 2020

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South African History Online. (2020, January 22). ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity by Rebecca Davis. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149885

South African History Online (2020) 'ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity by Rebecca Davis', South African History Online, 22 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149885 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).

South African History Online, ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity by Rebecca Davis [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149885, (accessed 25 July 2026).

"ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity by Rebecca Davis." South African History Online, 22 Jan. 2020, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149885. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity by Rebecca Davis." South African History Online. January 22, 2020. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149885.