Artists camp out at National Arts Council over lack of stimulus payments Artists, creatives, heritage sector workers and cultural workers have camped at the NAC in Joburg for nine days to try to compel them to respond to concerns 12 March 2021 - 06:00 Thami AkaMbongo and Sibongile Mngoma protesting inside the National Arts Council premises in Newtown, Johannesburg. Among other demands, they want to know when payments are being finalised for those who have signed contracts. Image: ANTONIO MUCHAVE/SOWETAN
Artists are at loggerheads with the National Arts Council (NAC) over alleged lack of transparency in the allocation of R300m from the presidential employment stimulus programme (Pesp).