LOTTERY BLOCKS PAYMENT TO LAVISHLY FUNDED SONGS OCCASION

The Lottery has stopped a grant to the lavishly funded yearly SATMA awards. Illustration: Lisa Nelson (SATMA brand superimposed over authentic illustration)From 2019 to 2022 the South African Regular New music Awards received more than R16-million from the Lottery.Even so the Lottery has withheld payment on the 2023 grant following an investigation