The minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie welcomed South Africa's athletes who returned from the Olympics. He pledged support for them.
The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, travelled to the OR Tambo International Airport to meet the Athletes coming back from the Olympics
They landed in South Africa after clinching six medals from their participation in the Olympics in Paris, France McKenzie said the country is ecstatic about their performance and praised them for getting three more medals than the previous Olympicsjournalist, covered current affairs, shedding light on sports-related news, events, and developments in the sports sector.OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie praised South African athletes for returning home with six medals, three more than in the previous Olympics.
"I can promise the nation that come LA in 2028 we will see a different team of South Africans competing. We can't go there and have our athletes struggle. It's not their fault. It's our fault as leaders. We should take full responsibility. I'm promising that it will never happen where there's one athlete crying for our help.
This came before Home Affairs announced that Adetshina's mother committed identity theft and fraud. McKenzie said a Nigerian could not represent SA.Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art.
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