LOTTERY BLOCKS PAYMENT TO LAVISHLY FUNDED SONGS EVENT

The Lottery has stopped a grant to the lavishly funded annual SATMA awards. Illustration: Lisa Nelson (SATMA logo superimposed above unique illustration)From 2019 to 2022 the South African Standard Songs Awards received around R16-million with the Lottery.Though the Lottery has withheld payment in the 2023 grant following an investigation.The NLC h