The Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation has refuted a statement by the DA alleging it paid R16.5 million to service providers to administer R13 million worth of Covid-19 relief funds to struggling artists and athletes.
The Gauteng Sports, Arts and Culture Department paid two of its ’stakeholders’ an amount of more than R16.5 million to distribute Covid-19 relief funds worth R13.2m to more than 2 000 artists and athletes.