Chicco Thwala Reportedly Accuses Arthur Mafokate Of Queuing For Artist Relief Funds
Chicco Thwala Reportedly Accuses Arthur Mafokate Of Queuing For Artist Relief Funds. Legendary singer Arthur Mafokate is reportedly said to be going through a financial constraint considering the pandemic as he allegedly joined a long list of artists who are suffering as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arthur is said to have allegedly applied for a grant from the National Arts Council.
The NAC stablished COVID-19 relief funds to assist artists survive during the pandemic as their livelihoods would be impacted and to help pay their bills, especially considering that the arts industry has been severely impacted. According to legendary muso Chicco Twala, rich people like Arthur are undeserving of relief funds, calling him selfish for even queuing up. He said that before the pandemic, Arthur’s record label has reportedly been benefitting from government funds, which made his company the wealthiest of them all. After the record label boss applied for these funds, Chicco expressed his displeasure in an open letter. He claims that it reduces the chances of other artists who are having difficulty getting access to them.
Chicco wrote an open letter criticising the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, and the members of the National Arts Council for colliding with some of the artists and the Covid – 19 funds benefited the wrong artist benefited instead of the artist that need that funding.
“Queuing for stimulus meant to benefit our struggling colleagues makes a mockery of your success. It’s practically not ethical to be asking for government COVID-19 relief assistance at the expense of our struggling colleagues when we both know we have enough resources to sustain ourselves during this pandemic. When Minister Nathi Mthethwa announced that his department was going to pay stimulus to artists to ease the financial burden they were experiencing, I didn’t expect people like Arthur, Chicco or any successful artists to be in the que,” reads some parts of the open letter.
Read the rest of the letter below:
