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News24 reports that the National Arts Council (NAC), which was at the centre of corruption allegations in the disbursement of R300 million meant for artists and creatives during the Covid-19 pandemic, has charged its suspended CEO Rosemary Mangope and CFO Clifton Changfoot.
The NAC released a forensic report into allegation of mismanagement of the Presidential Employment Stimulus Package (PESP) this weekend. The investigation was launched in July and completed and submitted to Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa in September. The report found Mangope failed to properly manage and direct the stimulus package in that she failed to ensure internal control and financial management were carried out. She was found to have misrepresented information to the executive committee which continued to approve funding for applications beyond the allocated PESP budget, when no formal submission requesting additional funding from National Treasury had been requested. Changfoot was found to have failed to exercise financial and management oversight when more than R8 million was awarded to applicants even though no approval had been granted by the executive committee. The report recommended the NAC should take action against project managers, 21 panel members and the executive committee. The creative industry was left reeling when the Covid-19 pandemic forced lockdowns for almost two years, preventing artists and creatives from earning a living. Artists took matters into their own hands and camped inside the NAC offices in Newtown in downtown Johannesburg demanding that management address their concerns over the payments.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Getrude Makhafola at News24
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