05 Sep 2020
On 17, August 2020 Minister
Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa, announced 2nd Wave
COVID – 19 Relief application process as a form of assistance to artists,
athletes, technical personnel, fitness instructors / practitioners and the core
ecosystem with the objective of softening the economic impact sparked by the
COVID – 19 Pandemic.
In facilitating the
implementation of the commitment, the department has worked closely with both
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) and the National Arts
Council (NAC) using their platforms to receive and process
applications for the fund.
Though the process of submitting
individual applications for NAC and BASA has closed on the 31 August and 02
September respectively, the department has noted that a number of applicants
that logged and registered in both platforms have not fully completed their
application process by submitting all required documents. This is especially
prevalent in the Arts, Culture and heritage sector applications. The
missing supporting documents include certified ID documents either by the South
African Police Service or by any duly authorized Commissioner of Oath;
statements from the bank which are crucial to process payment etc.
The Department has further
observed that there also seems to be challenges experienced by sector
practitioners in terms of their Tax Registration Status. Unfortunately, this is
a mandatory requirement which the Department cannot eliminate.
After consultation, the South
African Revenue Services (SARS), they have advised that, potential applicants
can register as Tax Payers in order to secure proof of registration and
subsequent to individual filing, a tax standing document will be provided which
will warrant applicants suitability for funding, the following link should be
used:
https://www.sars.gov.za/ClientSegments/Individuals/TCS/Pages/How-to-request-your-TCS.aspx
The applicants would then be able
to provide Proof of Tax registration enabling them to submit their
applications.
In light of the above, the
Department takes this opportunity to extend the closing date to
Wednesday, 9th September 2020 only for all those
prospective applicants who did not finalise the status of their applications,
to urgently submit all outstanding documents.
All Sectoral prospective
applicants who have commenced with their application process and left it
incomplete, can still visit the following platforms and finalise their
application process (i.e.):
- National Arts Council (NAC) website https://nac.praxisgms.co.za/default.aspx
- Submission of document for incomplete what’s app
applications can only be done through this link https://basaopenagency.formstack.com/forms/dsac_2nd_wave_supp_doc_resub
As a reminder, the second wave
relief caters for the following individuals:
- South Africans working in the sport, arts, culture
and heritage sectors
- Individuals who belong in the sector and do
not have a regular / consistent salary source,
- These individuals rely solely on their
creative work as a source of income
- Their earnings must have been interrupted or
impacted upon by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Applicants were not beneficiaries of the first
relief.
In light of the information
mentioned above, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture takes this
opportunity to thank all those that have taken the initiative and submitted
their COVID – 19 second wave relief applications. All prospective applicants
will therefore be informed in due course on the outcomes of their
applications.
To get more information about the
application process, which documents and links to utilize, applicants can
contact the following Number 0800 724 278 or visit
the following sites for more information:
- Sport specific enquiries to: sportreliefenquiries@dsac.gov.za System
/ technical related enquiries may be sent to noogH@dsac.gov.za
- Dsacrelief@nac.org.za / www.Dac.gov.za / www.basa.org.za / www.nac.org.za
NB: No new
applications will be accepted on any of the available systems, only those
individuals that have submitted their applications prior the closing date of
the 31 August 2020 and 2 September 2020 respectively, will be allowed to submit
outstanding documents. The stated systems will be accepting outstanding
documents until Wednesday, 09 September 2020 at 23h59:59. The
system will automatically shut down and no further submissions will be
processed.
Media enquiries:
Mr Mickey Modisane: Chief
Director Marketing and Communications (Sport)
Tel: 082 992 0101 | Email: MickeyM@dsac.gov.za
Ms Zimasa Velaphi: Marketing
and Communications (Arts and Culture)
Tel: 072 172 8925 | Email: ZimasaV@dsac.gov.za
