When Nathi Mthethwa was moved by former President Jacob Zuma from the police portfolio to the role of Minister of Arts and Culture in 2014, it was widely viewed as a demotion.
, Mthethwa was asked whether he would support the right of a private art gallery to show a painting like Brett Murray’s– the now-infamous depiction of Zuma with his genitals exposed which prompted legal threats from the ANC during its exhibition in 2012.Mthethwa’s appointment deepened the perception of the Department of Arts & Culture as a dumping ground for under-performing or politically radioactive ANC Ministers.
Though a number of ministers and deputy ministers were appointed under former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma who were not serving MPs at the time, the only appointment of a non-politically affiliated Cabinet minister over the last 25 years was Nelson Mandela’s selection of Chris Liebenberg as Finance Minister in the government of national unity in 1994.
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