{"id":10275,"date":"2013-09-13T08:59:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T08:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10275"},"modified":"2013-09-13T08:59:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T08:59:44","slug":"s-african-police-block-raid-on-nelson-mandela-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10275","title":{"rendered":"S. African police block raid on Nelson Mandela Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/nelsonmandela_foundation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10276\" alt=\"nelsonmandela_foundation\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/nelsonmandela_foundation-300x190.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/nelsonmandela_foundation-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/nelsonmandela_foundation.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Senior police management blocked a planned raid on charities associated with former president Nelson Mandela, the Mail &amp; Guardian reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">High level police officials were reportedly worried that a raid on the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Children&#8217;s Fund, and the Nelson Mandela trust would cause embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After this, a letter from police unit the Hawks was sent, including to some Mandela relatives, demanding financial statements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief executive of the children&#8217;s fund Sibongile Mkhabela&#8217;s spokesman Oupa Ngwenya confirmed a letter was received.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The account the Nelson Mandela Children&#8217;s Fund has with Nedbank is public knowledge and has been accounted in the financial statement for the year ended March 31, 2013 and is included as&#8230; [a note in] the annual report.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ngwenya and Danielle Melville, spokeswoman for the foundation&#8217;s chief executive, said the letters had been passed to Mandela&#8217;s lawyer Bally Chuene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letters reportedly related to charges of fraud, forgery and uttering laid against Mandela&#8217;s former attorney Ismail Ayob.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In July, a court application for the removal of George Bizos, Tokyo Sexwale, and Chuene as directors of Harmonieux Investment Holdings and Magnifique Investment Holdings was struck off the court roll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The application was brought by Mandela&#8217;s daughters Makaziwe Mandela and Zenani Mandela-Dlamini.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mandela is at home recovering after a lengthy stay in hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior police management blocked a planned raid on charities associated with former president Nelson Mandela, the Mail &amp; Guardian reported on Friday. 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