Covid-19-affected artists will be paid – arts council boss

National Arts Council of South Africa,
30 March 2020, South Africa

The National Arts Council (NAC) will continue paying the artists whose gigs have been disrupted by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

With all events cancelled and the country in lockdown, artists and musicians are unable to work. But NAC chief executive Rosemary Mangope said the show must go on.

https://www.nac.org.za/latest-news/covid-19-affected-artists-will-be-paid-arts-council-boss/