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SowetanLive reports that the Board of the National Arts Council (NAC) has instituted an investigation into discrepancies in the approval of Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) funding applications for artists.
Among issues being investigated is the funding of non-arts-related companies, individuals who got more than they asked for and claims that several of kwaito singer Arthur Mafokate’s companies were approved for funding. The Presidency created PESP to create employment for artists, creatives and the heritage sector during the Covid-19 pandemic and it was allocated R300m. Kwaito legend Eugene Mthethwa shared details of a number of Mafokate’s companies as being in line to receive a windfall. Mthethwa asked on his Facebook page: “Please educate us. Is it the ignorance or incapacity of NAC board and management not to pick up that all these companies and associations belong to one person?” NAC spokesperson Tshepo Mashiane said the approval of Mafokate’s applications and others was done by the previous board whose tenure ended in December. Mashiane said the discrepancies in approving funding were the reasons the new board had to suspend the CEO and CFO. “We are investigating to find out why people got more than what they have asked for,” Mashiane advised. Meantime, over half of funding applicants (761) were left out in the cold.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Patience Bambalele at SowetanLive
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