Economic Freedom Fighters congratulates the Ministry of Sports, under the stewardship of Mr. Fikile Mbalula and the Ministry of Arts and Culture under the Stewardship of Mr. Paul Mashatile for a successful, unprecedented and historic Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day. The event demonstrated a show of unity to honour the life and values of our former president and icon Mr. Nelson Mandela.

As EFF we will always recognise a positive contribution to the developments of our country, in this case the contribution to arts and sports in particular within the contextual value represented by the ideas and life of our icon and former President, Nelson Mandela. We recognise the two ministers’ efforts even as those who mandated them to government have not appreciated their contribution to its best ability.

EFF thanks South Africans for coming out in full support of this initiative and embracing the continuous celebration of Nelson Mandela and the inculcation of the arts and sports in our country. The significant outcome of contributing to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital is equally commendable; charity must be embraced fully in our society, in particular to the realisation of access to quality health for our vulnerable and poor children.

We congratulate the ministries and hope they keep the dynamic fire of excellent service to our country in the highest regard, in spite of whatever political odds they may face.