South Africa's tallest national flag is unfurled in all its flapping, snapping, cracking glory atop a 60-metre pole mounted in the centre of Gqeberha, or a kilometre-and-a-half from St George's Park.

Eastern Cape artist, Thembani Hastings Mqhayi, has intensified his calls for recognition, insisting that the South African flag is his brainchild. Mqhayi has now written to Minister of Sport ...