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The auction was to be done in conjunction with Dr. Makaziwe Mandela, the oldest daughter of the late Nelson Mandela-the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
The planned auction of dozens of artifacts belonging to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court application to completely halt it, the body that protects South Africa's cultural heritage said Tuesday. The online auction had been scheduled by New York-based Guernsey's auction house on Feb. 24, in conjunction with Dr. Makaziwe Mandela, the eldest daughter of the anti-apartheid icon and South Africa's first democratically elected president who died in 2013.
The sale of 70 personal items and treasured gifts belonging to the late former president Nelson Mandela has been suspended again, as the South African Heritage Resources Agency (Sahra) continues with its legal battle to retain some of the items.