"Our president has asked that we send him, maybe one of the places we should dispatch him to is to revisit the way art is funded".
Wits Theatre director Gitanjali Pather has asked the public prosecutor to investigate the "missing" Culture and Creative Industries Federation money.
Arts and Culture Trust conference contributor Bev Gillespie explains that it is artists themselves who will decide how much creativity is worth.
An R8-million grant leaves the dazzling South ÂAfrican Mzansi Ballet company dancing on air.
Recent comments by Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile promise a shake-up of the institutions that are life-and-death for artists.
With only two weeks until the Grahamstown National Arts Festival, part of its iconic sister programme has been gagged, writes Thalia Randall.
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Funding shortages, political meddling and a lack of interest and understanding from audiences and government have left SA artists out in the cold.
As corporate Âdonations for the arts dry up, many organisations need to exchange a begging bowl for a business plan, writes <b>Pat Schwartz</b>