Heritage Day | Some heritage sites face closure eNCA
But on 11 July 1963, everything changed, when apartheid security forces raided the farm in Rivonia, following a tip-off.Crucial documents were seized and politicians like Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada and Nelson Mandela were later tried and sentenced to life in prison.
In democratic South Africa, Liliesleaf became an iconic historical site, visited by at least 1,400 people, every month but now it’s shutting its doors because money has dried up.
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