Parly wants inquiry on Mzansi Golden Economy as arts funding scandal blows up
The plethora of complaints regarding the Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) saga has attracted the attention of parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Sport, Arts and Culture... Read more.
Gayton McKenzie’s department snubs CCMA order to pay workers R191K
The Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture is in hot water once again and may soon be stripped of its assets. This comes after the department brazenly ignored a... Read more.
Artists accuse state-funded Playhouse of charging exorbitant fees
Durban artists are up in arms, claiming they are being shut out of the very institution meant to serve them, the Durban Playhouse Company, despite the venue receiving... Read more.
Yvonne Chaka Chaka takes legal action after her face was used in fake AI video advert
Legendary South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka is fuming after discovering a fake AI-generated advertisement using her image and AI generated voice without... Read more.
Sidelined artists unhappy as names of National Arts Festival adjudicators unveiled
The National Arts Council (NAC) has finally disclosed the names of the individuals who adjudicated applications for the prestigious National Arts Festival (NAF).... Read more.
‘We awarded the tender to our former employee,’ – eThekwini municipality confesses
The eThekwini municipality has finally admitted after weeks of secrecy and what critics are calling a blatant cover-up that a controversial R3.6-million tender was... Read more.
Operation Dudula, March & March movement to shut down Durban on Friday
Thousands of frustrated South Africans, led by outspoken former radio star Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and Operation Dudula’s Zandile Dabula, are planning to take to... Read more.
Opposition refutes claim Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates screening tender was advertised
The eThekwini municipality is facing accusations of deliberately misleading the public over the R3.6-million tender. The alleged misleading statements were exposed... Read more.
‘KZN municipality dished out lucrative soccer tender to ex-staff’
Zwakele Mncwango, ActionSA’s KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson, has formally requested that the head of the city integrity and investigations unit (CIIU), Jimmy... Read more.
Staff wants National Arts Council placed under administration due to ‘dirty deals’
Employees at the National Arts Council (NAC) have called on Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie to urgently place the institution under administration.... Read more.
