Nearly half of SAâs live music workers may call it quits due to Covid-19 woes Gwen Ansell, The Conversation Drummer Jason Moser records a live-streamed performance in a South African theatre during lockdown. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images Respondents from an impact analysis study say they desperately need an informed, listening ear from government as much as they need financial grants. For people working in South Africaâs live music sector, 2020 has been âdevastatingâ. That was the term that researchers read most frequently in responses to the countryâs largest-ever live music and COVID-19 survey, published in November.