Liliesleaf trustee member, Themba Wakashe, said that the iconic heritage site was simply bankrupt and listed the COVID-19 lockdown, the loss of funders, a drastic decrease in visitors and the lack of annual government subsidies as some of the reasons.
The iconic museum in Rivonia has been at the center of a funding row between the founder and CEO Nicholas Wolpe, the board of trustees, and the Department of Arts and Culture.
The prolonged nonpayment of salaries has seen some workers from the iconic Liliesleaf Farm museum being on the brink of being evicted from their homes, some owe a year in school fees while others have been in and out of hospital because of depression.
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