Artists air grievances to minister

South African creatives met with the department of sports, arts and culture yesterday in a bid to highlight the struggles in the sector.

The creatives, who are part of I'm4theArts Movement, met SAC following an open letter directed to minister Nathi Mthethwa and another to President Cyril Ramaphosa.The creatives included film director and actor Khubu Zulu, filmmaker David Forbes, arts activist Kgaugelo Dube and opera singer Sibongile Mngoma.

After a 45-minute wait, the creatives team finally sat down with the department which was led by SAC director-Mngoma, who led the struggle, insisted that the meeting be streamed live, but the department had its own concerns. The creatives, who had highlighted many industry problems in the two open letters, wanted more clarity on how funding works, white paper copyright issue update and lack of financial support."From our side, we are to honour the request for us to meet. Since it was a short notice, we need time to put together a comprehensive list of grievances. We are here just to hear what you have for us in response to what you have seen so far.

"We want to know what are the possible deliverables within a week. People do not want to hear us strategising, we have been strategising for 25 years. It is time to deliver."

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