{"id":34866,"date":"2026-05-19T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34866"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:10:37","slug":"nelson-mandela-collection-declared-national-heritage-treasure","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nelson-mandela-collection-declared-national-heritage-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Mandela collection declared National Heritage Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South African (SA) Minister of Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has described Nelson Mandela as a man of truth, during a formal recognition of the Nelson Mandela Collection as a Specifically Declared Heritage Collection in Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha, in the Eastern Cape Province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The declaration ensures that the collection known as the &#8220;Gifts of the Nation,&#8221; is preserved and protected for future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As the world celebrated the international Museum Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Local school learners, traditional leaders and other prestigious guests witnessed the declaration of the Nelson Mandela Museum&#8217;s collection as a national treasure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This is to ensures that the collection is preserved against sale, loss and damage.<br \/>\nThe aim is to ensure the collection is preserved for future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13662,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-34866","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34867,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34866\/revisions\/34867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}