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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s official — Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie will formalise and professionalise motorsport spinning as a sport. This was announced during his maiden departmental budget vote in Parliament. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKenzie and Deputy Minister Peace Mabe delivered the department’s budget vote on Tuesday in a debate that saw McKenzie answering questions about the inclusion of Die Stem in the national anthem and being invited to visit the Voortrekker Monument. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKenzie — a first-time minister, previously a convicted criminal-turned-businessman-turned politician — has garnered serious attention for his off-the-cuff remarks since the elections. He was one of </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-03-historic-day-for-sa-as-government-of-national-unity-ministers-take-oath-of-office/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">32 ministers</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sworn into office almost two weeks ago.</span><b> </b>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more: </b><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-09-new-minister-gayton-mckenzie-promises-massive-changes-on-superfan-and-department-funding/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New minister Gayton McKenzie promises ‘massive changes’ on superfan and department funding</span></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his budget speech on Tuesday, he confirmed what he had been speaking about publicly since his announcement as minister: spinning will become a formalised sport.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Allow me to mention, House Chair, that as the new minister, I am encouraged that the department has responded so warmly to my personal enthusiasm for the emerging motorsport of spinning, which will be recognised, formalised and professionalised with the assistance of this department,” he said. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spinning involves driving cars at speed in circles and performing stunts in and out of the car.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more: </b><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-03-29-spinning-cleo-quickfall-puts-a-new-twist-on-an-emerging-sport/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spinning: Cleo Quickfall puts a new twist on an emerging sport</span></a>\r\n<h4><b>Schools and sports</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKenzie also emphasised the importance of school sports.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Our predecessor in the department, Zizi Kodwa, rightly recognised that our school sports system is fragmented and split among government-supported programmes, federations and private schools,” said McKenzie.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The former minister held a school sport indaba that resolved that a comprehensive blueprint for school sport be developed. We must take this forward with a new delivery model to be implemented.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture would contact the Department of Basic Education to “bring back physical education as a standalone subject at schools”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chairperson of the parliamentary oversight committee, Joe McGluwa from the Democratic Alliance, said, “The department should forge partnership links/collaborate with schools to identify and support talented students.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IFP supported the departmental budget, but said there should be more focus on sports in rural communities. </span>\r\n<h4><b>Die Stem </b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the debate, Fana Mokoena (Economic Freedom Fighters) asked McKenzie what he thought about Die Stem still being part of the national anthem.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Die Stem is part of who we are,” replied McKenzie. “We must protect our national anthem.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The minister said he proudly sang the whole anthem: “We have one of the most beautiful national anthems.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This elicited applause from some MPs while the EFF caucus continued to raise questions. Mokoena, a former TV soap star, asked whether McKenzie would allow the display of the apartheid-era national flag that oppressed “black people like you and me”.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKenzie responded, “There are so many amongst you that want us to still live in the past … We have moved on … You can stay there.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was met with applause from most of the MPs present. </span>\r\n<h4><b>Invitation to Voortrekker Monument </b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the debate, Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) MP Corné Mulder invited McKenzie to the Voortrekker Monument, a symbol of what Mulder said was his history and his family’s history. McKenzie accepted the invitation and stated that he wanted to “go and see your history”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FF Plus later issued </span><a href=\"https://www.vfplus.org.za/media-releases/minister-of-sport-arts-and-culture-accepts-ff-pluss-invitation-to-learn-more-about-afrikaner-culture/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a media statement</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying, “By being open and honest about his background and where he comes from, the minister taught everyone a lesson on how to rise above their circumstances and reach the top…</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It demonstrates that anyone can make a positive difference to the circumstances of those around them. 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