Assets including Nelson Mandelas iconic floral shirt, a pen given to him by former US President George W Bush and a broken prison key found at Robben Island can now be auctioned after the latest unsuccessful attempt by the SA Heritage Resources Agency Sahra to block the sale.
On Thursday, a full bench of the Supreme Court of Appeal SCA, with four of the five judges concurring, ruled that the state had failed to prove the items in possession of Madibas eldest daughter and her fathers former prison warden, Christo Brand, were protected heritage resources.
Dr Makaziwe Mandela had aimed to auction the late former statesmans personal items primarily to fund the construction of a memorial garden in Qunu, where her father grew up and is buried.
