EWN reports that trade union federation Cosatu says that Nathi Mthethwa is the worst-performing minister in President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet and he needs to go.

The organisation has joined in the outrage expressed by many regarding plans by the Arts and Culture Minister to spend R22 million on a national monument flag project. His department plans to erect the 100-meter flag at the Freedom Park Heritage site in Pretoria as a symbol of unity and democracy. But Cosatu's Sizwe Pamla said this idea simply did not make sense: "By the number of people running with this idea, it was passed from one broker to the next. There was no person who said 'this is not going to work, you are wasting money'. South Africa has some serious problems." Pamla also had a message for Ramaphosa: "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. Now the onus is on you. How do you want to navigate going forward because all of this, at the end of the day, is going to land on the president's door."

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Kgomotso Modise at EWN
• Lees ook, Reusevlag van R22 miljoen ‘ongevoelig’, by Maroela Media
• As well as, R22m flag idea slammed – Mthethwa told to focus on ‘starving artists’, sport development, at The Citizen (subscriber access only)

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