African media maven Bonang Matheba slams Minister of Arts
Cape Town – African media maven Bonang Matheba has left tongues wagging on the social media platform Twitter at about midnight on Wednesday after she tweeted South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa calling him ‘useless and that we all hate you’ (sic).

African media maven Bonang Matheba has left tongues wagging on the social media platform Twitter after she tweeted about Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa calling him ‘useless and that we all hate you’ (sic). Photo: Bonang Matheba/Facebook.
You’re useless and we all hate you @NathiMthethwaSA ❤️
— Bonang Matheba 👑 (@Bonang) May 17, 2022
There has been outrage over the announcement by the Sport, Arts and Culture Ministry for planning to spend R22m on a statue dubbed “flag project” in these depressed economic times.
The department this week made the announcement, saying it would be a “symbol of unity and national pride”. The department also said the project would inspire “social cohesion”.
Social media users did not hold back their disdain for the minister and made sure that they made their voices heard in the comments section of Matheba’s tweet.
Artists were left high and dry, with little to no support during the nationwide lockdown implemented by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19.
By Chad Williams and originally appeared in the Independent Online.