LOTTERY BLOCKS PAYMENT TO LAVISHLY FUNDED TUNES CELEBRATION

The Lottery has stopped a grant to the lavishly funded yearly SATMA awards. Illustration: Lisa Nelson (SATMA logo superimposed over first illustration)From 2019 to 2022 the South African Conventional Audio Awards gained around R16-million from the Lottery.Nevertheless the Lottery has withheld payment from the 2023 grant following an investigation.T