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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A non-fungible token created from Nelson Mandela\u2019s original arrest warrant raised R1.9 million in an auction to help fund a heritage site that documents South Africa\u2019s struggle for democracy.<\/p>\n

Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist who emerged from 27 years in prison to become South Africa\u2019s first black president, was arrested in 1962 for conspiring to overthrow the white-minority government.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from the sale will go toward the Liliesleaf Museum Heritage Site, which received the original document in 2004 as a donation, said Ahren Posthumus, chief executive officer of Momint, the marketplace for NFTs that sold the Mandela item. Last year the museum received about $50 000 (R728 000) following an auction of a NFT of a pen gun owned by fellow freedom fighter Oliver Tambo.<\/p>\n

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| NFT of Mandela’s arrest warrant up for grabs<\/p>\n

This helps the \u201cmuseum sites stay afloat,\u201d Posthumus said in an interview. \u201cThey have been badly affected by the lack of tourism due to Covid-19. So this is a way to revitalise their flow and keep history alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mandela was released from prison in 1990 and the first multiracial election was held four years later.<\/p>\n

The buyer of the NFT will have exclusive access to the original document at Liliesleaf Museum, Posthumus said. \u201cThe ink is visible through the paper\u201d of the high-definition scan, he said.<\/p>\n

Liliesleaf farm, then on the outskirts of Johannesburg, was used as the secret headquarters of the African National Congress from 1961 and was where Mandela and other party leaders hid from authorities. Leading activists were arrested there during a raid by police in 1963.<\/p>\n

NFTs have soared in popularity in recent months, with caricatures of monkeys and lions commanding prices in the millions of dollars. Sports clubs, prestige automakers and even pop stars are among those getting into the nascent trading business, which uses blockchain technology to authenticate unique ownership tokens attached to otherwise easily reproducible digital goods.<\/p>\n

Bored Apes Yacht Club NFT was also sold at the auction at $310 000 said Posthumus.<\/p>\n

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