Irregular funding shows National Arts Council in no position to disburse grants
07 March 2021 - 19:55
In November 2020, the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme was announced with the promise to inject R500bn in grants across the country to promote innovation and reignite job opportunities.
Though the creative cultural industries contribute R75.3bn to SA’s annual GDP and employ 1.3-million people — 7% of total employment — they were allocated only R1.2bn. ..
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