ANC vows to speed up completion of Mam' Winnie's Brandfort museum
African National Congress (ANC) officials in the Free State has set a deadline for the restoration of struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's Brandfort home.
It's been eleven years since government announced plans to turn the building, where she resided after being banished by the apartheid regime, into a museum.
R3 million was set aside for the project.
The projects has stalled with the deserted structure allegedly a hive of criminal activities.
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"There is no money embezzled by anyone. Indeed there were challenges," said ANC's William Bulwane at a press conference on Monday morning.
He vowed that the project, taken over by the Department of Arts and Culture, will be completed by the end of 2019.
Earlier this week follow former finance Minister Trevor Manuel used a memorial service for Madikizela-Mandela in Cape Town to publicly question former Free State premier, Ace Magashule, on the whereabouts of the money meant for the project.
According to Bulwane, the funds allocated to the project was spent elsewhere.
"A budget of R3 million was allocated, of which R204 000 was spent on the designs for the museum. The balance of R2.7 million was redirected to Wesleyan Church in 2012 as a result of the centenary celebrations and the project to renovate and restore the church where the ANC was established."