SAEC reviews ‘a year of change’
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
The SA Events Council has collaborated on various measures to re-open the industry
South Africa - The South Africa Events Council has published its review of the past year. “The SA Events Council is fighting to retain the headway we have made towards re-opening the events industry before the losses we are suffering reach a point of no return,” says the council. “For 14 months, the associations that make up the SA Events Council have collaborated on various measures to re-open the industry. We have developed a stringent set of ‘Re-opening Guidelines’, sent scores of lobbying letters and hosted in-person, proof-of-concept events to show what is possible. We have also conducted awareness campaigns, hosted webinars, organised radio and television Interviews, provided information sessions and engaged with the various relevant government entities in person.”
National Arts Council vows to distribute R300m stimulus fund by end of March Artists have staged a sit-in at the council s offices in Newtown demanding that the funds be paid. Picture: nac.org.za
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DURBAN - The National Arts Council (NAC) has on Thursday promised to distribute all R300 million of the presidential employment stimulus programme funds by the end of March.
Artists have staged a sit-in at the council s offices in Newtown demanding that the funds be paid.
The council was supposed to approve and distribute the money by the end of December for projects meant to be completed by the end of March but there have been delays.