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. Over the past two years, the National Lotteries Commission has given nearly R7-million in grants to fund glitzy award ceremonies. The money for the Mbokodo Awards, staged by Carol Bouwer Productions, was channelled through non-profit company Venalor. Carol Bouwer Productions is a for-profit company that shares directors and premises with Venalor. The awards celebrate “the contribution of women towards the rebuilding of the fabric of society through the arts”. Last week GroundUpreported that Venalor had received almost R4.7-million in Lottery funding in the 2018/2019 financial year, and R2-million and R292,300, respectively, in August and November 2019. The company also received a R100,000 grant from the National Lotteries Commission Covid-19 relief fund, intended to help non-profit companies “struggling to stay afloat during this time”. Bouwer had refused to say what Venalor did or what the money had been used for.

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