My view on theatre opening and alcohol ban
By Edward Tsumele And so the President this week announced a raft of restrictions to try and minimize the chances and rate of infections and in the process lessen the … Read More
Category: Editor
Blood bath in publishing industry begins… Newspapers and magazines close down
Editors Note It was talked about for years in media circles as something that was certainly coming, and now the blood bath in publishing has begun for real. It was … Read More
NAC announces funding results for artists
The waiting for the results of the adjudication of the National Arts Council (NAC) Covid-19 applications results is over. The state agency that has been created in 1996 to specifically … Read More
Lets support the National Festival
And so the National Arts festival that traditionally has taken place in Makhanda is currently on until July 5, having kicked off on Thursday, June 25. There is not much … Read More
Young artists can play a role in fighting COVID-19
June 16 this year cannot be marked the same way. The country is in the middle of a war with a dangerous virus, the novel Coronavirus. Like all other peoples … Read More
COVID-19 relief funding: Artists government forgot
The prospects of hunger and poverty facing artists as a result of the lack of opportunities due to the continued but necessary shut down of their sector cannot be over … Read More
Department of Arts and Culture needs to be more transparent
An artist this past week posted a request for advice from fellow artists concerning her recent applications for both Covid-19 related relief funding and for a project she and two … Read More