Arts and Culture starts relief funds process
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has received over 5000 applications for funding as artists and athletes seek help amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Minister Nathi Mthethwa announced earlier that the department had set aside R150 million to help the sector, which it one of the hardest hit by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Mthethwa says an independent panel has been appointed and will start the process of disbursing the funds on Friday.
“The department strives to ensure that the process is completed as quickly and as efficiently as possible to ensure that the relief funds can reach athletes and artists without any unnecessary delay. We would like to reassure artists and athletes that we are doing everything in our power to finalise this process.”
Applications by athletes were submitted through sporting federations, with some 300 handed over to the department.
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