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#LilliesLeaf The iconic Lilies Leaf Farm in Rivonia, Joburg is closing for good. The museum cited financial difficulties and the struggle to raise enough money to keep it going as the main reason for its closure, which was made worse by COVID-19 and lockdowns. 
#LiliesLeaf Between 1961 & 1963, Liliesleaf served as the secret headquarters and nerve centre of the ANC, SACP, MK & the Congress Alliance. Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Kathrada, Mlangeni, Mhlaba, Govan Mbeki, Goldberg were among those arrested by apartheid police in July 1963.
#LiliesLeaf is yet another heritage treasure that has been lost to the pandemic. Other sites such as the Apartheid Museum and Athol Fugard Theatre have closed down in the past year.
