Nathi Mthethwa

After coming across Mthethwa's interview with JJ Tabane, Bonang took to Twitter to ask for Mthethwa to be fired.

But l have a question. Taking to social media, Penny stated that the real issue which the sports, arts, and culture industries have is with Nathi Mthethwa himself, and that there is nothing wrong with the government going ahead with the erection of the R22 million flag. Tension is brewing in the arts and culture industry as public figures such as Bonang Matheba and Penny Lebyane took to social media to express their opinions regarding the South African National Monument Flag Project.

Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has defended government's R22.5 million flag project amid mounting criticism.

“It is also a marker of a break with colonial and apartheid pasts, it carries and epitomises democratic values of non-racism, non-sexism, and non-tribalism and other values of our democracy." "We are memorialising our democracy and we are building this monumental flag which will be there forever as a constant teacher and informer of society about this very important symbol of our democracy,” he said. But Mthethwa told MPs the project is part of the renewal of the heritage landscape and a symbol of unity and democracy.

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Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, is defending the controversial multi-million rand flag project.

Mthethwa’s briefing follows outrage by organisations like Cosatu, who criticised the plans to spend R22 million on a national monument flag project. Mthethwa appeared before the sports, art and culture portfolio committee on Tuesday. Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, is defending the controversial multi-million rand flag project.

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Despite the outcry by citizens, the Sports, Arts and Culture is going ahead with their R22 million monumental flag project. Ordinary South African citizens ...

It is anticipated that this project will be completed at the end of the 2023/24 financial year,” Khumalo said. The massive nature of the flag is bringing in the steel industry. "Millions of people are going to bed on an empty stomach. A theme of unity in diversity cuts across all national symbols. “This is a 120m tall flag which is 10m by 15m, during the day it will be seen and at night it will also be seen because it is going to be lit because the education has to be continues both during the day and night. The realisation of shared identity and values lead to nation building and the advancement of social cohesion.

South Africans are dragging Minister of Arts, Sports and Culture Nathi Mthethwa for defending his department's decision to spend R22-million.

— Bonang Matheba 👑 (@Bonang)May 17, 2022 — Bonang Matheba 👑 (@Bonang)May 17, 2022 Briefing the arts, sports and culture parliamentary committee on Tuesday, Mthethwa said the project is part of his department’s mandate.

Bonang Matheba has weighed in on Nathi Mthethwa's plan for an R22-million flag project. "You're useless," she tweeted.

These were to celebrate progress and the betterment of peoples lives. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France for the US’s liberty. How did they build your favorites The Eiffel Tower in Parys, Statue Of Liberty in New York, Christ The Redemeer in Rio De Janeiro? Why do u like them?" "I have not studied the feasibility document on the Flag to cost 22 Million so I’m limited there but it doesn’t sound like a lot of money for something that will out live me. @NathiMthethwaSA," the 34-year-old tweeted. “One of the department’s mandate is to transform the heritage landscape through building museums, building monuments and change the colonial and apartheid names....

Twitter has been abuzz after Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, defended the controversial multi-million rand flag project.

Letsoalo La Mmatau said, "Nathi Mthethwa and others in gov are not out of touch. And they don’t care about your disapproval.” Nathi Mthethwa is in pole position to win Mampara of the week. That R22m flag is a gateway for them to eat. Mthethwa said included in their mandate of transforming the heritage landscape, is the building of museums, building monuments and the changing of colonial and apartheid names. “One of our mandates, as the department, is to transform the heritage landscape.

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Go away!— Bonang Matheba 👑 (@Bonang) @NathiMthethwaSA May 17, 2022 Please.— Bonang Matheba 👑 (@Bonang) https://t.co/GnSqyRP7Ww May 17, 2022 You’re useless and we all hate you— Bonang Matheba 👑 (@Bonang) @NathiMthethwaSA❤️ May 17, 2022

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It epitomises the democratic values and other values,” he said. “In upholding these ethos and the inalienable rights of citizens to be heard, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture has directed his department to review the process related to the Monumental Flag in its totality.” “Over the past few days, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture has followed and taken note of public discourse that has unfolded in respect of the envisaged Monumental Flag,” the department said in a statement released this morning following a public outcry on the expenditure.

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In Zimbabwe, in 2016, people wanting to protest against the government wore the country’s flag imprinted on their clothes. Within this is another dynamic around the increased level of cynicism that the government and the ANC now face after the State Capture era. But Mthethwa is unlikely to take much comfort from Devnarain when he suggests that the flag would then stand as a lasting monument to his tone-deafness. It was in 2007, 15 years ago, that the then ANC secretary-general Kgalema Motlanthe told the journalist Carol Paton: “This rot is across the board… Instead, the government has decided to press ahead with a donation worth R50-million to Cuba, despite the fact that there is less hunger there than in our country. This kind of politics has been used in name-change debates. Underpinning this nationwide calamity is the fact that millions of people lost their jobs during the pandemic and some starved to death. It is quite a clear marker of a break with the colonialism and apartheid. Now the onus is on you. Over the past few days, members of our society have queued up to pour scorn on the plan by Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa to spend R22-million on a massive South African flag. Cosatu spokesperson Sizwe Pamla said: “The only message we can say to the President of this country is you are surrounded by mediocre individuals and, as a result, you’re coming across as very mediocre yourself. He described the flag as a structure that would be 100m high, saying: “We are memorialising our democracy and we are building this monumental flag which will be there forever to inform society about this symbol.

Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has defended the project as part of his department's mandate to promote social cohesion.

We have so much more to do with R22 million than raise a pole on a flag." Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has defended the project as part of his department's mandate to promote social cohesion. Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has defended the project as part of his department's mandate to promote social cohesion.

Sport, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa's plan to spend R22m on a 100m-high “monumental” flag is under review.

“It does so informed by national aspirations and international best practice which appreciates that heritage is among the bedrock of value systems that must drive national pride, social cohesiveness and unity. “Over the past few days the minister of sport, arts and culture has followed and taken note of public discourse that has unfolded in respect of the envisaged monumental flag. The diversity of voices around this important heritage project are a welcome celebration of our country’s vibrant constitutional democracy and the freedoms that must be upheld beyond posterity.