Money should be spent on museums, sports people, not those who exploit dept - new Sports, Arts & Culture Minister Mckenzie

CAPE TOWN - Controversial Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie has taken the oath as a minister in President Cyril Ramaphosa's Cabinet. 

He said that only a select few athletes and creatives were reaping the benefits of the sports, arts and culture department, which he will now be in charge of.

"Money should be spent on museums. Money should be spent on sports people, on sports things and money shouldn't be spent on people who really have nothing to do with the department, other than exploiting this department."

McKenzie, who regularly criticises the media for rehashing his criminal past, on Wednesday himself quipped about it after taking his oath before Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. 

"The last time a judge told me to sit, he made me sit for ten years."

McKenzie is among 12 members from opposition parties to get a seat at Ramaphosa's Cabinet table.