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JOHANNESBURG (AP) South Africa's government announced Friday it will challenge the auctioning of dozens of artefact's belonging to the nation's anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela, saying the items are of historical.
The 75 artifacts belonging to Mandela are to go under the hammer on Feb. 22 in a deal between New York-based auctioneers Guernsey’s and Mandela’s family,
South Africa’s government announced Friday it will challenge the auctioning of dozens of artifacts belonging to the nation’s anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela, saying the items are of historical significance and should remain in the country. The 75 artifacts belonging to Mandela, the country’s first democratically elected president who spent 27 years in jail for his…