Controversy is swirling around the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, as the government has withdrawn its support for the event because of its plans to participate in the Miss Universe 2021 contest which is to be held in Israel.
The current Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, appears to be caught in an uncomfortable spot because of the furor.
The government said it refuses to associate itself with the 70th annual Miss Universe pageant to be held in Eilat, Israel as “the atrocities committed by Israel against Palestinians are well documented,” Minister of Arts, Sport and Culture Nathi Mthethwa said in a statement earlier this week.“South Africa has diplomatic ties and extensive commercial trade relations with Israel.
South Africa's leftist opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, and other pro-Palestinian organizations, including the labor federation COSATU, have also raised public pressure on the Miss South Africa organizers to withdraw from the Miss Universe event in Israel. This is not the first time that South Africa has been the center of political disputes that affect beauty contests. As international opposition grew to the country's racist apartheid regime in the 1980s, South Africa was banned from competing in both the Miss World and Miss Universe events.
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