Mthethwa’s portfolio includes arts and culture, dogged by the alleged disappearance of R300 million in Covid-19 relief funds intended to help struggling artists.
USA's Carissa Moore Gold medalist, South Africa's Bianca Buitendag Siver medalist and Japan's Amuro Tsuzuki celebrate on the podium at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, in Chiba, on July 27, 2021 during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
is in a pickle over money to reward our two Olympic medallists, whose skin colour shouldn’t matter but has been highlighted on social media. In 1964, SA was banned from the Olympics because of apartheid. The 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games were memorable for the black power salutes by African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the podium while the American anthem was playing. And so on.Yet despite all the above, it’s a crying shame that 27 years into democracy, our sports minister is more concerned about race than about winning.
Indeed, the plundering of Covid-19 funds has been contagious across government departments. At the core of this is cadre deployment, official ANC policy.
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