‘Remorseful’ Mthethwa apologises to arts community after calls to step down Theatre practitioners started an online petition to have him removed after the arts and culture minister claimed that SA’s theatre was “alive and well”. FILE: Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Picture: GCIS
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JOHANNESBURG - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has apologised to the arts community after calls for him to step down for his perceived inability to deal with the impact of COVID-19 in the sector.
Theatre practitioners started an online petition to have him removed after Mthethwa claimed that South Africa’s theatre was “alive and well”.