22 million reasons to fire Mthethwa
Note to Editors: Please find attached English and Afrikaans soundbites by Veronica van Dyk MP.
To paraphrase the Sunday Times, the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, fought harder for his R22 million flag project than he ever did for anyone employed in the arts and culture industries.
The DA will write to the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on sports, arts and culture, Beauty Dlualane, to request that Minister Mthethwa urgently accounts for this fallacy, as well as his contemptuous attempt to rename the Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en -monument. He needs to account for his Department’s focus which seems to prioritise vanity projects over the well-being of those who earn a living from the arts and culture sector.
Minister Mthethwa has caused chaos in every ministry he has helmed and the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DSAC) is no exception.
Under his watch, there are numerous instances of the deterioration of museums and heritage sights – including Freedom Park that was touted as the site of his now infamous R22 million flag. Surely, it is long past time that President Cyril Ramaphosa fired Minister Mthethwa.