DAY 60 – SAT 1 MAY 2021
Abahlali end their sit-in at National Arts Council.
DAY 59 – FRI 30 APRIL 2021
DAY 59 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. IT’S THE END OF APRIL AND THE NAC HAS FAILED TO COMPLETE THE PESP PROCESS. THEY WILL COME OUT AGAIN WITH AN UPDATE TODAY AND YET THEY HAVE FAILED TO COMPLETE A PROCESS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY THE END OF MARCH IN ITS ENTIRETY. THE NAC IS A FAILED AGENCY OF DSAC THAT SHOULD BE DISSOLVED AND NEVER BE GIVEN ANY MORE MONEY ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS. THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR LOOTING AND MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS ENTRUSTED TO THEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ARTS. THEY ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT. THEY AND THEIR BOSS HAVE FAILED ARTISTS DISMALLY AT A TIME WHEN THE ARTISTS NEEDED THEM MOST. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THEIR EXISTENCE IF NOT TO SERVE ARTISTS?
Sibongile Mngoma
- NAC campers call off two-month sit-in after public protector’s mediation offer. READ MORE …
DAY 58 – THU 29 APRIL 2021
DAY 58 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. THE ARTS NEED A NEW PLAN. THE CURRENT PLAN FAILED ARTISTS A LONG TIME AGO. WE DON’T HAVE A DEPARTMENT. WE DON’T HAVE A MINISTER. WE DON’T HAVE DGs, MECs OR OFFICIALS. WE NEED A FRESH PERSPECTIVE, NOT THE CURRENT “GET CLOSE TO THE MINISTER TO BENEFIT” MESS. TOO MANY PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE AFFECTED BY THIS MESS.
Sibongile Mngoma
- Public protector aims to resolve artists’ dispute with government. READ MORE …
DAY 57 – WED 28 APRIL 2021
- ‘We will sit both sides around the table’ – Public Protector intervenes in artists and NAC impasse. READ MORE …
DAY 56 – TUE 27 APRIL 2021
DAY 56 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. TODAY IS MARKED AS FREEDOM DAY ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN CALENDAR. WHERE IS THIS FREEDOM THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CELEBRATING WHEN CITIZENS CANNOT EXPRESS THEIR DISSATISFACTION WITHOUT THREATS OF COURT ACTIONS AND TOTAL SHUTDOWN BY THE OFFICIALS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE THEM? WHOSE FREEDOM ARE WE CELEBRATING? ARE WE COUNTED AMONG THE FREE? IF NOT, WHY NOT? HOW WILL WE ENSURE FREEDOM FOR ALL? WHEN WILL WE REALIZE TRUE FREEDOM FOR ALL? IS IT JUST A PIPEDREAM? HAVE WE BEEN SOLD BROKEN DREAMS?
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 55 – MON 26 APRIL 2021
DAY 55 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. THEY ARE STILL NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING. WE ARE NOT SHAKEN. THEY HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING – THREATS, INFILTRATION, COURT INTERDICT, INTIMIDATION, ETC. THE ONLY THING THE HAVEN’T TRIED IS DOING THE RIGHT THING. IT’S TIME THEY TRIED DOING THE RIGHT THING!!!!
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 54 – SUN 25 APRIL 2021
DAY 54 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. THEY HAVE STRUGGLED TO PAY THE MONEY. THEY HAVE BREACHED THEIR CONTRACTS. THEY CONTINUE FAILING ARTISTS AND YET THEY STILL EXPECT TO BE ENTRUSTED WITH TAX PAYERS MONEY. THE NAC HAS FAILED. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ENTRUSTED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS ANYMORE.
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 53 – SAT 24 APRIL 2021
DAY 53 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. NOW THEY WANT TO STOP THE FLIGHTING OF THE DOCCIE TOMORROW….IT MUST BE NICE TO BE AN NAC COUNCIL MEMBER.
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 52 – FRI 23 APRIL 2021
DAY 52 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. WE CAME HERE 52 DAYS AGO WITH 8 QUESTIONS ABOUT 8 LISTS. SIMPLE ENOUGH, AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT MOST SANE AND HONEST PEOPLE WOULD THINK. 52 DAYS LATER, THEY HAVE LIED AND CLAIMED TO HAVE ANSWERED ALL 8 QUESTIONS AND PROVIDED ALL 8 LISTS. IF THAT WERE TRUE, NO ONE SHOULD STILL BE UNDER REVIEW, CONFUSED ABOUT PAYMENTS OR WHEN AND HOW TO DO THE FINAL REPORT IN ORDER TO GET THEIR BALANCE OF 30%. BUT SITHULE SIYABUKA NGOBA PHELA THEY HAVE AN INTERDICT. THEY WILL DO ANOTHER UPDATE BECAUSE IT’S A FRIDAY, BUT THEY WILL NEVER BRING OUT THEIR BANK STATEMENTS TO PROVE THAT THE MONEY IS THERE. INSTEAD THEY WILL COME OUT AND BLAME ABAHLALI FOR OCUPYING THE NAC BUILDING. AS IF THEY WERE IN THE OFFICES WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE ON THE 1ST OF MARCH. THEY HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXTENTION TO MID MAY TO FINALIZE PAYMENTS. WHY, IF THE MONEY IS IN THEIR ACCOUNTS? QHUBEKANI. SITHULE SIYABUKA. HALALA NAC YAMAQILI NAMAQOLA.
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 51 – THU 22 APRIL 2021
DAY 51 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. DEAR MINISTER NATHI MTHETHWA. FORGET ABOUT IMIRHABULO THAT ARE NOT GOING TO FIX THE ISSUES OF THE SECTOR. JUST ADMIT THAT THINGS ARE BAD. REALLY BAD!!! AND FIND A REAL SOLUTION TO THE NAC ISSUE, NOT AN INVESTIGATION. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PESP MONEY. THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PESP MONEY. WE CAN GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PESP MONEY. NOW TELL THEM TO STOP WITH THE WEEKLY UPDATES THAT NOBODY WANTS TO WATCH. YOU NEED TO LET THEM GO AND SERIOUSLY START ENGAGING WITH THE REAL CREATIVES, NOT THE SO CALLED STAKEHOLDERS. THE REAL ARTISTS HAVE BEEN WAITING TO ENGAGE WITH YOU. WHENEVER YOU ARE READY, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 50 – WED 21 APRIL 2021
DAY 50 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. THERE IS A SERIOUS LEADERSHIP CRISIS IN THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SPACE. THE PRESIDENTS OF SOUTH AFRICA HAVE BEEN COMPLICIT IN THE ONGOING NEGLECT AND ABUSE OF ARTISTS BY OFFICIALS. THE OFFICIALS HAVE USED THE OFFICES OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR LOOTING AND PERSONAL GAIN. THAT IS THE REASON EVEN NOW THE MINISTER IS UNWILLING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS AT THE NAC. HE IS AS GUILTY AS THE MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL OF THE NAC BECAUSE HE SANCTIONS THEIR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR. IT’S TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE DAY TO FIX WHAT HIS PREDECESSORS FAILED TO FIX. ARTISTS HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY ARE NOT BLIND TO INJUSTICES DIRECTED AT THEM. IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE. VUKA MATAMELA UTHUMEKE!!!
Sibongile Mngoma
- WATCH : South Africa’s creatives unite – #nathimustfall. READ MORE …
DAY 49 – TUE 20 APRIL 2021
DAY 49 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. THE NAC HAS FAILED TO FINALIZE THE PESP PROCESS. THEY HAVE FAILED TO REACH THEIR OWN DEADLINE REPEATEDLY. THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE UPDATES BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WILL PAY SCHOOL FEES, PAY RENT/BONDS, KEEP CARS FROM BEING REPOSSESSED AND KEEP ARTISTS FROM DEPRESSION. THEY HAVE DARED ARTISTS TO TAKE THEM TO COURT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT ARTISTS DON’T HAVE THE FINANCIAL MUSCLE TO SUSTAIN COURT BATTLES. THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO WORK AGAINST ARTISTS INSTEAD OF WORKING FOR AND WITH ARTISTS. THESE ARE NOT PUBLIC SERVANTS. THEY ARE THE ENEMY OF THE PUBLIC. WHY ARE THEY STILL HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE? NALAPHO WATHULA UMATAMELA…..
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 48 – MON 19 APRIL 2021
DAY 48 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. CUTTING BUDGETS BY 70%. DID THE NAC EVEN FACTOR IN UIF AND PAYE OR IT WAS JUST MORE CUTTING CORNERS? THEN ARTISTS WILL BE NON COMPLIANT WHEN IT COMES TO TAX. AGAIN!!! ECONOMIC FREEDOM IS STILL FAR FROM OUR PEOPLE WHEN OFFICIALS KEEP PUSHING THEM INTO FURTHER SLAVERY. KOZE KUBENINI?!?!WATHULA UMATAMELA.
Sibongile Mngoma
- Artists release Nathi Must Fall song. READ MORE …
- Mashaba delivers on promise to fund artists legal fight. READ MORE …
DAY 47 – SUN 18 APRIL 2021
DAY 47 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. THEY ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO PAY THE MONEY THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY IN THEIR ACCOUNT. THEY RELEASE A LIST THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE THE PROJETCS FOR WHICH THE MONEY WAS PAID. PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED NOT TO HAVE BEEN PAID ARE ON THAT LIST. THE DISHONESTY CONTINUES AND THE MINISTER IS ALLOWING THIS MESS TO CONTINUE ON HIS WATCH.
Sibongile Mngoma
- Zoë Modiga’s advice for musicians feeling pressured by the pandemic. READ MORE …
- Motley bunch scored big from artists’ relief funds. READ MORE …
DAY 46 – SAT 17 APRIL 2021
DAY 46 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. THEY HAVE TRIED TO TAKE US ON HEAD TO HEAD. WE HAVE PROVED THEY ARE NOT WORTHY TO BREATHE THE SAME AIR AS US. WE ARE CREATIVES. WE ARE ARTISTS. THEY HAVE THREATENED, COERCED, CAJOLED AND, AND, AND…. WE ARE STILL HERE. WE ARE BETTER AT THE CREATIVE GAME THAN THEM. IS IT OK TO SAY THEY CANNOT LEAD US IN THIS FIELD OR SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO PROVE HOW INEPT THEY ARE?!? WATHULA UMATAMELA…..
Sibongile Mngoma
- Creatives criticise art council members who are benefiting from Covid relief funding. READ MORE …
DAY 45 – FRI 16 APRIL 2021
DAY 45 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. WHERE IS THE MONEY? IF IT IS THERE, WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG TO PAY ARTISTS? IF IT IS NOT THERE, WHY HAS THE MINISTER NOT DONE MORE TO BAIL ARTISTS OUT OF THE MESS CAUSED BY NAC MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL? MINISTER PLEASE FIND THE MONEY AND FIX THIS MESS!!!!!
Sibongile Mngoma
- Sheriff engages Abahlali base NAC to understand their grievances. READ MORE …
DAY 44 – THU 15 APRIL 2021
DAY 44!!! I’M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT I’M LOOKING AT… IS IT STILL SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY? OR IS THIS CANDID CAMERA!?!!??
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 43 – WED 14 APRIL 2021
DAY 43 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. ARE ARTISTS THAT INSIGNIFICANT THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL SAY NOTHING WHEN THEY ARE BEING ABUSED? ARE WE HAVING ELECTIONS AGAIN THIS YEAR? PLEASE REMEMBER THE PESP DEBACLE WHEN THE TIME COMES TO CAST YOUR VOTES. CLEARLY IT WAS NOT ENOUGH THAT RELIEF FUNDS DID NOT REACH THE MAJORITY OF ARTISTS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE. THE PESP IS AN EVEN WORSE ABORTION. AND YET ARTISTS ARE THREATENED WITH VIOLENCE WHEN THEY SEEK ANSWERS AFTER A YEAR OF NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK. SOUTH AFRICA NITHULE NITHINI?! IMAGINE YOUR LIVES WITHOUT ART…..
Sibongile Mngoma
- ARTISTS SAY NAC EVICTION LETTER WON’T STOP THEM FROM FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS. READ MORE …
- DA calls on President Ramaphosa to intervene in artists funding issue. READ MORE …
DAY 42 – TUE 13 APRIL 2021
DAY 42 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. THE TRUTH IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. IT TAKES A LOT TO TELL THE TRUTH. IT TAKES EVEN MORE TO STAND FOR THE TRUTH. THOSE WHO THE TRUTH HAS SET FREE, ARE FREE INDEED!!! WHERE IS THE PESP MONEY?!?! WHO BENEFITED FROM IT!!!!!???? IT’S THE MIDDLE OF APRIL, AND YET ITS STILL DIFFICULT TO FINALIZE PAYMENTS!!! WILL WE EVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR COVID -19 OR ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE LAPPING THE LIES WE HAVE BEEN FED FOR A YEAR WHILE ARTISTS CONTINUE TO LIVE AND DIE IN POVERTY??!?! IS THIS THE PARADISE WE VOTED FOR???!!!?!
Sibongile Mngoma
- South African artists struggle with Covid theatre closures. READ MORE …
- Camping artists brace for eviction ‘plan’ from NAC offices. READ MORE …
- Shaking the table: Artists sit in protest. READ MORE …
DAY 41 – MON 12 APRIL 2021
FORCEFUL REMOVALS ALERT AT NAC‼️
Sibongile Mngoma
The NAC has instructed their staff members not to come to work from tomorrow because they are planning to send the people who will forcefully remove us. We wait. Asinavalo!!!!
WE ARE ARTISTS!!!
WE MATTER!!!
WE ARE SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS!!!
WHERE IS THE PESP MONEY?!?!!
DAY 41 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. ARTISTS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PAID, HOW MUCH THEY HAVE BEEN PAID AND FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN PAID. INSTEAD WE HAVE BEEN SERVED WITH AN EVICTION ORDER BECAUSE SOMEONE DOESN’T WANT US KNOW THE ANSWERS. THE QUESTION IS “IS THIS THE NEW NORMAL FOR OUR GOVERNMENT?”. EVERY TIME THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T HAVE ANSWERS, WILL THEY USE STATE ORGANS AGAINST CITIZENS? SHOULD WE ALSO APPLY FOR INTERDICTS AGAINST OUR CRIMINAL LEADERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT DELIVERED SERVICES THEY PROMISED WHEN THEY CANVASSED FOR OUR VOTES? IS THIS THE ONLY LANGUAGE WE SPEAK NOW IN OUR HARD WON DEMOCRACY? IS IT NOT ENOUGH THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED US REPEATEDLY? IS THE BLOOD SPILT NOT ENOUGH ALREADY? TO THE PRESIDENT, CABINET, THE MINISTER AND ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS, IS IT TIME TO INTERDICT YOU TOO SEEING AS YOU REFUSE TO SERVE? WHAT IS A PUBLIC SERVANT? A PUBLIC SERANT IS ONE WHO SERVES THE PUBLIC!!!
Sibongile Mngoma
- Arts and Culture pleads with artists to end sit-in at NAC offices. READ MORE …
DAY 40 – SUN 11 APRIL 2021
DAY 40 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. WE CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL OF NAC TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO RATHER FIGHT THE ARTISTS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE.
Sibongile Mngoma
- National Arts Council urged to engage with protesting artists. READ MORE …
- ‘You Are Such A Disappointment’– Simphiwe Dana Slams President Ramaphosa Again. READ MORE …
- Act 1: Nathi Mthethwa and the creatives. READ MORE …
DAY 39 – SAT 10 APRIL 2021
DAY 39 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. WE ARE STILL HERE. THEY SAID WE WERE LYING WHEN WE SAID THEY HAVE NO WISH TO ENGAGE. THEY SAID THE STORY ABOUT FORCED REMOVALS BY THE RED ANTS WAS FAKE NEWS. HOW ARE THEY PLANNING TO ENFORCE THE COURT ORDER THEY APPLIED FOR?
Sibongile Mngoma
- ‘THIS IS UNBEARABLE SUFFERING’ – DA CALLS ON NAC TO ENGAGE PICKETING ARTISTS. READ MORE …
- South African artists struggle with Covid theatre closures. READ MORE …
DAY 38 – FRI 9 APRIL 2021
DAY 38 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. THE NAC CONTINUES TO VILIFY US INSTEAD OF ENGAGING US. MORE COURT APPEARANCES. WE WILL KEEP INSISTING THAT THEY ENGAGE US. WHAT IS THE POINT OF GETTING RID OF US IF THEY WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO LOOT AND NOT PAY ARTISTS? WE REMAIN RESOLUTE THAT THEY MUST DO THE RIGHT THING. THEY ARE HERE TO SERVICE ARTISTS. WE ARE ARTISTS. ENGAGE US!!!
Sibongile Mngoma
- ARTISTS VOW TO CONTINUE NAC SIT-IN DESPITE COURT ORDER. READ MORE …
- ‘We are not going anywhere’: Artists stay put after court interdicts NAC sit-in. READ MORE …
- World renowned opera singer Sibongile Mngoma and NAC occupiers served with eviction order. READ MORE …
- NAC serves artists with eviction order. READ MORE …
- Artists want independent audit of NAC’s handling of Covid-19 funds. READ MORE …
DAY 37 – THU 8 APRIL 2021
- Methodist Publishing House and Christian Connexion to close doors after 127 years. READ MORE …
- South Africa: Minister Mthethwa Missing in Action As Distrust Between NAC and Artists Deepen. READ MORE …
DAY 36 – WED 7 APRIL 2021
DAY 36 NAC SURVIVOR – PAY THE PESP MONEY. WE WAIT. WHERE IS THE MONEY? IS INTIMIDATION, THREATS, BULLYING AND EVERY OTHER TACTIC GOING TO PUT THE MONEY IN THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ARTISTS? NOT! DO WE HAVE OVERSIGHT BODIES FOR THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THIS COUNTRY? WHERE ARE THEY? WHY IS THE PRESIDENT SO SILENT?
Sibongile Mngoma
- Arts Council deny using Red Ants to forcefully remove artists from their building. READ MORE …
- NAC denies calling on Red Ants to evict sit-in protestors. READ MORE …
DAY 35 – TUE 6 APRIL 2021
- SA: NAC ‘lays criminal complaints against demonstrators’. READ MORE …
- NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL LAYS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST PROTESTING ARTISTS. READ MORE …
dAY 34 – MON 5 APRIL 2021
DAY 34 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. WHAT KIND OF A GOVERNMENT ALLOWS SUCH GROSS INJUSTICES TOWARDS ITS PEOPLE? MATAMELA YOUR SILENCE IS TOO LOUD!!!!!
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 33 – SUN 4 APRIL 2021
DAY 33 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. WE END THIS SUNDAY ON ANOTHER SAD NOTE AS WE REALIZE THAT OUR MINSTER HAS MORE INTEREST IN SAVING HIS NOSE THAN SERVING THE ARTISTS AND CREATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA. MR PRESIDENT PLEASE SAVE US FROM FURTHER STRESS. WE ARE ARTISTS. WE MATTER. OUR LIVES MATTER. OUR FAMILIES MATTER. NATHI MTHETHWA AND HIS GOONS MUST GO!!!!
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 30 – THU 1 APRIL 2021
- ARTISTS PROTEST OVER MISMANAGED R300M COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS. READ MORE …
- High Court orders SA arts council to pay National Arts Festival R3.4m. READ MORE …
- ARTISTS STEP UP CALLS FOR MTHETHWA TO RESIGN OVER NAC HANDLING OF COVID-19 FUNDS. READ MORE …
DAY 29 – WED 31 MARCH 2021
- Court orders National Arts Council to pay National Arts Festival R3.4m within 72 hours. READ MORE …
- ARTISTS TAKE NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL TO COURT OVER ALLEGED MALADMINISTRATION. READ MORE …
- Nathi Mthethwa latest: NUMSA joins calls for minister to step down. READ MORE …
DAY 28 – TUE 30 MARCH 2021
- Day 29 of sit-in by artists demanding Covid-19 relief funds from arts council continues. READ MORE …
- Nathi Mthethwa apologises to creative sector for the mismanagement of funds. READ MORE …
DAY 27 – MON 29 MARCH 2021
- National Arts Council managers suspended over Covid-19 relief funds. READ MORE …
- Is it ‘because I’m a black woman?’: Chomee responds to R2m NAC claims. READ MORE …
- Apologies don’t pay the bills, Nathi. Just hurry up and fix the arts funding debacle. READ MORE …
- Arts Council to pay out R230m in two days amid alleged mismanagement of R300m in funding. READ MORE …
- Mthethwa promises heads will roll for R300-million arts stimulus mismanagement. READ MORE …
- DA Calls for SIU Probe into Arts Council’s ‘Dodgy’ Administration of Covid Funding. READ MORE …
- “The system keeps the artists poor” – Sibongile Mngoma. READ MORE …
- ARTISTS VOW TO CONTINUE NAC SIT-IN UNTIL DEMANDS MET. READ MORE …
DAY 26 – SUN 28 MAR 2021
DAY 26 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. KOZE KUBENINI?!! THE 31st OF MARCH IS 2 DAYS AWAY. ARE THEY GOING TO RESIGN? AWAHAMBE AMAQILI NAMAQOLA!!!!
Sibongile Mngoma
- Artists want to know what happened to their Covid relief money. READ MORE …
- Cape Town artists protest, demand answers over COVID-19 relief fund. READ MORE …
- We love to applaud our artists. Why not let them make a living? READ MORE …
DAY 25 – SAT 27 MARCH 2021
- NAC COVID funding: R90 mn shortfall, pleas for more money yet artists cry foul. READ MORE …
- Cheers to the state’s incompetents. READ MORE …
- NAC SAYS IT WILL PROBE ALLEGED COVID RELIEF APPLICATION FRAUD BY SOME ARTISTS. READ MORE …
- ‘WE’RE TIRED OF BEING FORGOTTEN’ – WC ARTIST PERFORM IN PROTEST OVER NAC FUNDING. READ MORE …
- Creatives staging a sit-in at the National Arts Council insist that they won’t move until they are paid. READ MORE …
DAY 24 – FRI 26 MARCH 2021
- Millions meant for artists relief fund ‘disappear’. READ MORE …
DAY 23 – THU 25 MARCH 2021
- Senior arts council officials suspended for mismanagement of Covid-19 funds. READ MORE …
DAY 22 – WED 24 MARCH 2021
- PROTESTING ARTISTS CLAIM NAC MISMANAGING R300M COVID-19 RELIEF FUND. READ MORE …
DAY 21 – TUE 23 MARCH 2021
- NAC takes action against officials implicated in mismanagement of funds meant for artists. READ MORE …
- ARTISTS VOW SIT-IN AT NAC UNTIL THEY GET ANSWERS ON COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS. READ MORE …
- Planned protest on Artscape Plaza over arts funding delayed. READ MORE …
- Artists vow to continue with sit-in over R300m fund saga. READ MORE …
DAY 19 – SUN 21 MARCH 2021
- Are some human rights more right?. READ MORE …
- Protesting artists won’t leave NAC offices. READ MORE …
DAY 18 – SAT 20 MARCH 2021
- Artists take a stand with sit-ins over poor management of Covid relief fund. READ MORE …
DAY 17 – FRI 19 MARCH 2021
- SA National Arts Council approves PESP funding for creatives. READ MORE …
DAY 16 – THU 18 MARCH 2021
DAY 15 – WED 17 MARCH 2021
DAY 15 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. WE WAIT. WE WILL SEE WHO WILL BLINK FIRST.
Sibongile Mngoma
- Curtains close permanently on The Fugard as artists protest against Nathi Mthethwa and the NAC. READ MORE …
- ARTS ACTIVISM: CREATIVES IN CAPE TOWN CALL FOR PROTESTS AGAINST THE NAC. READ MORE …
DAY 14 – TUE 16 MARCH 2021
- Artistic solidarity: Funding crisis sparks nationwide protests by artists. READ MORE …
- Dancers demand answers through art. READ MORE …
DAY 13 – MON 15 MARCH 2021
DAY 12 – SUN 14 MARCH 2021
- National Arts Council apologises for the way it handled R300m stimulus programme. READ MORE …
DAY 11 – SAT 13 MARCH 2021
DAY 11 SURVIVOR – NAC, PAY THE PESP MONEY. ASIPHELI MANDLA!!! WHERE IS THE MONEY???
Sibongile Mngoma
- Artists’ uprising: EFF calls for the National Arts Council to be held accountable. READ MORE …
- EFF adds voice to protesting artists’ pleas for funding. READ MORE …
DAY 10 – FRI 12 MARCH 2021
- Charmza of the week: Sibongile Mngoma. READ MORE …
- Artists camp out at National Arts Council over lack of stimulus payments. READ MORE …
DAY 8 – WED 10 MARCH 2021
- What is Minister Nathi Mthethwa’s new Ministerial Advisory Team about? READ MORE …
DAY 6 – MON 8 MARCH 2021
WE ARE STILL HERE AT THE NAC. WE ARE GOING NOWHERE. ASIYINDAWO!!! THEY MUST ANSWER THE 8 QUESTIONS.
Sibongile Mngoma
DAY 5 – SUN 7 MARCH 2021
- Nathi Mthethwa’s department silent as desperate artists stage sit-in at National Arts Council. READ MORE …
DAY 3 – FRI 5 MARCH 2021
- NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL VOWS TO DISTRIBUTE R300M STIMULUS FUND BY END OF MARCH. READ MORE …
DAY 2 – THU 4 MARCH 2021
- Arts sector ‘bays for blood’ after National Arts Council backtracks on funding contracts, CEO and CFO suspended. READ MORE …
DAY -1 – MON 1 MARCH 2021
- Opera singer Sibongile Mngoma stages sit-in at National Arts Council over R300m package. READ MORE …