Mandela home to become museum
2008-08-20 21:43
Cape Town - Former South African President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday signed his Cape Town home over to the city for use as a living museum.
Jakes Gerwel, chairperson of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, one of Mandela's three charity organisations, said the house had been Mandela's "only home outside of prison in the Western Cape".
A frail, but smiling Mandela sat through Wednesday's proceedings without speaking.
City Premier Lynne Brown said the project would see Mandela's home become "our investment for young people" and would in future host youth leadership programmes.
The Foundation also announced that Mandela's prestigious scholarship programme had been boosted by major donations, including R10.5m from Absa Bank and £2.5m from the London-based Leverhume Trust.
The donations would provide a further 13 scholarships a year for young Africans.
- AFP