THABANI NKOMONYE was last seen alive on May 8th. A few days later the body of the 25-year-old law student was found in a field near Manzini in Eswatini. The police say he died in a car crash. Friends and family say the police killed him.
Mr Nkomonye’s death has sparked protests across the country of 1.2m people. On June 29th, after demonstrations intensified, the government announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew and shut off the internet. Swazi journalists say that doctors have confirmed at least 50 deaths at the hands of security forces. The government says that 27 people have died and that its forces were defending themselves and private property against “rioters and foreign agents”.
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In the past years Concerts SA has supported thousands of musicians to tour the southern African region with funding for various expenses, including transport, accommodation and artist fees.
To encourage ongoing ‘movement’ in the locked-down music sector, Concerts SA has opened a call for applications for the
2021 DIGITAL MOBILITY FUND (DMF)
. This year’s fund follows in the footsteps of the ground-breaking Concerts SA Digital Mobility Fund that supported live music during the heart of the COVID19 pandemic. It is supported by the
Royal Norwegian Embassy, the Swiss-based
Levedo Foundation, the
SAMRO.
‘As of the first lock-down in 2020 COVID-19 crippled the live music sector. As Concerts SA we immediately looked into possible ways to stimulate recovery,’ said IKS Director Andre le Roux. ‘We immediately researched digital alternatives to live events which resulted in our document, Digital Futures – Live Streaming in South Africa. This not
This article was first published inThe Conversation.
That was the term that researchers read most frequently in responses to the country’s largest-ever live music and COVID-19 survey, published in November. As one respondent put it: “I have lost everything. All income, accommodation – everything.”
The study, called Impact Analysis: Live Music and its Venues and the South African Economy During COVID-19, was undertaken by the South African Cultural Observatory, a government project hosted at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth. Its job is to track the socio-economic impact of the arts and creative industries. IKS Cultural Consulting was commissioned to carry out the survey and Andre le Roux and I were the lead researchers.
Nearly half of SAâs live music workers may call it quits due to Covid-19 woes Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
Drummer Jason Moser records a live-streamed performance in a South African theatre during lockdown. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images Respondents from an impact analysis study say they desperately need an informed, listening ear from government as much as they need financial grants.
For people working in South Africaâs live music sector, 2020 has been âdevastatingâ. That was the term that researchers read most frequently in responses to the countryâs largest-ever live music and COVID-19 survey, published in November.