Impasse over R300 million PESP funding continues

South African artists want to know what happened to the millions of rands that were meant to help them when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. They have staged a sit-in at the National Arts Council offices. They've vowed to continue occupying the offices of the arts council until they are paid out monies promised to them. The impasse is over a 300 million rand presidential employment stimulus programme, meant to be disbursed via the National Arts Council and the National Film and Video Foundation. It's aimed at assisting people in the sector, suffering losses due to Covid-19. We spoke to Tshepo Mashiane- Spokesperson for the National Arts Council.