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Artists continue to stage a sit-in at the National Arts Council offices, saying they are going nowhere until they get paid what is due to them. Photo: Twitter/@tsepomhlongo Artists have been protesting and staging sit-ins at various arts councils across the country, citing prolonged lack of funding.
As soon as Covid-19 lockdown ensued in March last year, the livelihoods of thousands of artists were instantly throttled.
Since then, they have been attempting to get relief from the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.
Many have still not been awarded funding by the National Arts Council (NAC), an agency of the department.
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