RiSA said the Samas programme would have created in excess of 150 job opportunities, 100 performance opportunities.
Further information will be shared on SAMA 29 within the next week.The Recording Industry of South Africa , the organiser of the SA Music Awards , has denied the “misinformation that has been circulating alleging that we had asked the government of KZN to sponsor the Samas for R8 million”.
But RiSA has called on Action SA to provide proof that its initial proposal was R8 million “as it casts a malicious aspersion that the Sama is a conduit for looting public funds”. “There would have been a need to build structures from the ground up and the SAMA would have needed to bring in tech, PA, decor, catering, talent, production and key personnel to achieve the outcomes.
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