Lucky Star Creecy for fisheries

31 May 2019 - 10:02
By Readers Letter
The reader calls Barbara Creecy's appointment 'tokenism'.
Image: Thulani Mbele The reader calls Barbara Creecy's appointment 'tokenism'.

Well done Mr President; it is with gratitude that as a white man note the trouble to appoint a token white minister. Ms Creecy is no doubt a competent lady, with a flair for politics. But the Ministry of Fisheries? She must have been born under a "Lucky Star". I hope she stops the Chinese abalone criminals. - Peter Bachtis, Benoni

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