On Thursday, the department of arts and culture said minister had asked his ministry to review the process related to the flag, after loud criticism
When a panicking sports, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa called President Cyril Ramaphosa to ask him for advice on how to handle SA’s reaction to the R22m flag scandal, Ramaphosa simply told him: “Cancel it.”
It was reported earlier on Thursday that Mthethwa’s plan to spend R22m on a 100m-high “monumental” flag was under review. The ministry had announced that Mthethwa had directed his department to review the process related to the flag in its totality after widespread criticism. At a Black Business Council meeting in Midrand on May 19 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa reveals that he told sports, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa to cancel the R22m flag scandal. Mthethwa was widely criticised for advocating for a 100 metre high flag project which is now under review. Ramaphosa also addressed black economic empowerment and its role in government.
The department is entrusted with the mandate to transform SA’s heritage landscape by building monuments, memorials and museums, changing colonial and apartheid names as well as the overarching injunction to heal the divisions of the past.
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