Police National Commissioner Bheki Cele ordered that an old South African flag be removed from a desk at the Durban train station, Beeld reported on Wednesday.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa spotted the small flag as he walked past the desk on his way to a conference hall at the Durban train station.
The flag belonged to a junior Metrorail manager. On the wall behind her desk hung a large new South African flag, as well as a flag for the Sharks rugby team, reported the paper.
Mthethwa drew Cele’s attention to the flag, and he asked the woman what it was doing on her desk.
She replied she thought it was pretty.
”That is out of order!” shouted Cele, and ordered the flag be removed.
The woman responded by saying she was ”very sorry”.
Metrorail regional manager Dumisani Dube said the matter would be investigated. – Sapa