Poneke explains why John Minto was one of the heroes of his formative years, and why he is no longer.
A good read, and topical, since Minto has made news for refusing to accept the South African award of the Order of Companions of Oliver Tambo, reserved for “eminent foreign nationals and other foreign dignitaries for friendship shown to South Africa.”
Yet was the award even offered? As Liberty Scott has spotted, Reuters says he was never offered the award in the first place. A statement from the office of the President of South Africa states:
The Presidency has noted publication of an open letter addressed to President Thabo Mbeki written by Mr. John Minto of New Zealand.
In the letter, Mr. Minto claims, amongst other things, to have been nominated for the prestigious Order of the Companions of OR Tambo.In this regard, the Presidency wishes to place it on record that Mr. Minto has not, as a matter of fact, been nominated as a candidate for any of our national orders.
Minto is no hero. He's a destructive fool and a liar.
UPDATE: From Liberty Scott:
Minto has now been reported in the Dominion Post as saying "South African sports minister Reverend Makhenkesi (Arnold) Stofile told him at his home last year he had been nominated for the award." Oh so no letter John? No written evidence? Funny that. Given this is a man who once said the death of the Kahui twins was "society's" fault, it's no surprise that he has his own portable reality generator. I guess a journalist will now interview the South African sports minister ... his contact details are here.
2 comments:
who just happens to live in a relatively expensive house lol
he's so dripping wet he'll be responsible for any rise in sea level
Also, did you know that Minto refused to accept the Nobel Prize for mathematics? That he was never offerred it and there is no such prize is completely irrelevant. So, no doubt he'll be writing to the Swedes any day now and then we'll all get to read about it in the vacuous media. How about that?
LGM
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