10am, today. That’s the deadline sports, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie says he has given his officials to publish a list of grant beneficiaries from his department, as far back as the Covid-19 period.
Taking to X, McKenzie said: “There are so many allegations & denials regarding non-support 2 artist, creatives & sportspeople. I have asked for a full list to be published at 10am of financial beneficiaries. @SportArtsCultur You cannot clean up without full transparency. We must do better @SportArtsCultur.”
“The list will include people who received grant funding & money during Covid. We should not include people who was asked to perform and got paid on the list. I have been bombarded by people saying that they don’t get help, @SportArtsCultur says they did help, let’s get the truth at 10am.”
There are so many allegations & denials regarding non-support 2 artist, creatives & sportspeople. I have asked for a full list to be published at 10am of financial beneficiaries @SportArtsCultur. You cannot clean up without full transparency. We must do better @SportArtsCultur
— Gayton McKenzie (@GaytonMcK) July 10, 2024
“We have majority good people working @SportArtsCultur, we have a corrupt few mafias but we also have those that got intimidated by those creatives who invoke the names of politicians to demand funding. I will fire the corrupt ones and protect the good ones, we will make SA proud.”
