First democratically elected President Nelson Mandela’s Houghton home is progressively becoming a house. The abandoned Houghton residence, which welcomed foreign leaders during the former president’s presidency, is now overgrown with grass and .

According to TimesLive, the former statesman’s residence has a faulty electric gate and missing or crumbling roof fascia. Additionally, the tennis court is deteriorating and an outbuilding’s tiled roof is sinking.

 

MANDELA HOME NEGLECTED
After Mandela’s , his grandkids Ndaba, Mbuso, and Andile moved out in 2020. The three are the sons of Makgatho Mandela, the president’s son by Evelyn.

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Ndaba Mandela told TimesLive that they left after the Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (NRM) Family Trust stopped paying power bills in 2020.

Ndaba accused former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Mosenek, a Nelson Mandela Family Trust trustee, and attorney Wim Trengove of not paying the electricity bills to him and his siblings out since many people desire the house.

 

 

 

 

MANDELA HOME FOR SALE?
Ndaba claimed in his interview that Moseneke brought people to examine the residence without alerting family. Ndaba stated that most Mandela family members agreed to sell the house “if and when” it is handed to the trust and that it is worth R10–R15 million. I was one of the few who voted to save the house, but we lost. I wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa about this, Ndaba stated.

The mansion is owned by Mandela’s Iterele Investments. The executors took custody of Iterele and the mansion after his .