The Freedom of Expression
Institute has expressed worry over what it feels is a government trend to
censor freedom of expression.
This comes after the Mbombela Local Municipality
The removal of the piece was
requested by African National Congress official.
FXI’s Phenyo Butale said they
believe that artists should be celebrated not and not denigrated like they were
in apartheid.
“We believe that the removal of
the paintings by the Mbombela Municipality
Butale also said
that they will be engaging the municipality to find out the reasons behind the
removal of the art.
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