Winnie’s silver teaset up for auction

Art, furniture and a silver tea set belonging to ANC struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela are set to go under the hammer to repay a debt.

Art, furniture and a silver tea set belonging to ANC struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela are set to go under the hammer to repay a debt.

Published May 14, 2013

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Johannesburg - Art, furniture and a silver teaset belonging to ANC struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela will go under the hammer next week to repay a debt, it was reported on Tuesday.

Madikizela-Mandela defaulted on a R20 000 payment for accommodation fees to Abbotts College for her great niece Nobantu Vutela, according to court documents cited in a report by The Sowetan.

The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court made a judgment against her on May 6, 2011.

The newspaper reported that Alan Levy Attorneys had issued a notice of a sale in execution at her home in Maseli Street, Orlando West, Soweto, next Tuesday, at which only cash would be accepted.

Items up for auction included 50 paintings, a round table and four chairs, one round table with 10 chairs, a 24-piece silver teaset, books and sculptures, The Sowetan reported.

The Sowetan reported that Madikizela-Mandela signed an agreement on January 11, 2008, pledging to pay R40 000 in accommodation fees for Vutela. The outstanding amount of R20 000 included interest and legal fees. - Sapa

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