The Gauteng MEC of sports, arts, culture and recreation has confirmed that her office spent R105,725 on corporate gifts for the 2020/21 financial year.
‘’This money spent on corporate gifts in the 2020/21 financial year could have been used to pay 17 athletes and artists R6,000 each as part of the Covid-19 relief grant.
“It could have gone a long way to ease the pressure off artists and athletes during these trying times as the industry has been severely affected by the lockdown restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic,’’ said Chabalala.The biggest expense was 10 Mandela busts which were priced at R3,800 each.
In recent weeks and months, artists have embarked on protests against the department, saying many of them had not received the relief promised to them at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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