Durban - Durban dancer Kirsty Ndawo has not worked since last March and she's desperate to get back to the stage to earn a living.
The tweet said: “South African theatre is alive and well with performing arts institutions of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, @Artscape Theatre, @Market Theatre, @PACOFS3, @DurbanPlayhouse, @statetheatre and @Windybrow Theatre offering an array of indigenous drama and dance.” The petition stated: “Not only is this tweet patently untrue - these theatres have generally had dark stages for months due to lockdown regulations, with some offering filmed recordings of productions. The tweet reflects how ignorant the Minister is of the theatre landscape in the country and underscores his lack of understanding of and empathy with the enormous losses within the arts sector over the last ten months.
“A third payment is a short term solution. The minister cannot just keep giving grants. There needs to be a vision and strategy to rebuild the industry post-Covid. What kind of advisory incompetence does he have in his department, what is his DG informing him? There is a complete disconnect.” He added grant relief was not viable because “there's not enough money in the fiscus for everybody”, and the first two relief payments had only covered a small percentage of the industry which has a large number of freelancers.
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