Good afternoon Ladies and gentlemen,
Acting Director-General of DSAC, Vusithemba Ndima,
Deputy Director General, Dr Cynthia Khumalo
Arts and Culture Practitioners,
Members of the Media,
This media briefing has been convened to give an update on the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) budget allocation.
The PESP was designed to act as an aggressive injection of income into the creative economy and to assist practitioners and their projects as well as companies that incurred losses during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The Department entrusted the administration of the PESP to the National Arts Council (NAC).
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) received allocation of R665m from National Treasury through a letter dated 23 September 2020 and commenced with processing in October 2020 after the announcement of the PESP by the President on 15 October 2020.
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