Lottery blocks payment to lavishly funded music event
The Lottery has stopped a grant towards the lavishly funded once-a-year SATMA awards. Illustration: Lisa Nelson (SATMA symbol superimposed in excess of initial illustration)From 2019 to 2022 the South African Conventional Songs Awards obtained more than R16-million in the Lottery.Although the Lottery has withheld payment with the 2023 grant adherin