Covid-19: Only 488 of more than 5,000 artists who applied for relief were paid

One of the 4,512 artists who applied for relief but has not yet received anything is Cape Town film choreographer Didi Moses.

She said her appeal e-mail then bounced back and after much frustration she took to Twitter to try to get a response from Mthethwa. Sixty days after her initial application, she finally got the correct e-mail address to send her appeal. Two weeks later, she has still not got a response to her appeal.

Even though film companies are now allowed to work with a maximum crew of 50, it did not automatically mean there would be work for crew or actors. Moses, along with theatre producers and actors we spoke to, expect to return to any form of work only in 2021. Meanwhile, the Theatre Benevolent Fund, established to assist aged or infirm theatre practitioners, has been doing what they can to bridge the gap. In a statement released in May, the fund said it had paid out R401,000 by way of “about 800 food vouchers” to theatre practitioners after receiving R250,000 from a private donor and R151,000 from other donors. However, the fund has had to close its relief fund and has welcomed independent auditing of its relief efforts.

This is indeed a tragedy 🙏🙏🙏

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