Lottery blocks payment to lavishly funded new music event
The Lottery has stopped a grant to the lavishly funded yearly SATMA awards. Illustration: Lisa Nelson (SATMA logo superimposed in excess of original illustration)From 2019 to 2022 the South African Classic Music Awards acquired in excess of R16-million through the Lottery.But the Lottery has withheld payment of the 2023 grant next an investigation.