I didn't spend your tax to go watch Money beat Manny: Mbalula

04 May 2015 - 17:12 By Times LIVE
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South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula (left) posted a picture of him and Floyd Mayweather on his Twitter account.
South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula (left) posted a picture of him and Floyd Mayweather on his Twitter account.
Image: Fikile Mbalula/Twitter

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has strongly denied spending government money to attend Sunday’s “fight of the century” between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas.

Mbalula's tweet was followed by a question from Beeld editor Adriaan Basson on Twitter.

 

Twitter users joined in the debate, with many defending Basson's right to ask such a question, while others defended the minister.

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