Famous boxing belt donated to Mandela stolen
Mandela was a devotee of boxing and served 27 years in prison for his opposition to apartheid before being elected as South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Police in South Africa is on the lookout for thieves of a boxing belt that US champion Sugar Ray Leonard gave to Nelson Mandela.
The $3,000 (£2,500) world champion belt had been on display at the Mandela House museum in Soweto.
According to Col. Dimakatso Sello, a police spokesperson, a theft case was reported to the police on July 2.
Staff members who arrived for work at the renowned museum on Vilakazi Street, where the anti-apartheid icon resided from 1946 to 1962, reportedly discovered that the locks had been changed the day before.
It was discovered after an investigation that the belt had been stolen. At this time, it is unknown if anything else was taken.
Mandela was a devotee of boxing and served 27 years in prison for his opposition to apartheid before being elected as South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994.
"I preferred the science of boxing over physical violence. I was curious about how people moved their bodies to defend themselves, how they employed a plan to attack and withdraw, how they paced themselves during a fight, etc "In his book, he wrote.
The belt was delivered to Mandela by the white-minority government of South Africa in February 1990, according to Mandela House, shortly after his release from jail.
