16 September 2020 - 22:07Musicians and artists protest outside parliament in Cape Town, September 16 2020. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES
The artists marched to the Union Buildings, parliament and premiers’ offices across the country on Wednesday to deliver a list of demands related to Covid-19 relief funds and the lockdown.The cultural and creative industries have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic as they remained closed since the lockdown began six months ago, resulting in a loss of income, retrenchments and closing down of institutions and arts organisations.
However, the organisations, which include the Trade Union for Musicians of SA , SA Arts and Culture Youth Forum and the Theatre and Dance Employers’ Association SA, among others, bemoaned the relief fund’s “bureaucratic and administrative processes”, saying it was out of touch with the reality of the vast majority of practitioners.
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