08 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 this process, the
Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in collaboration with Business and Arts
South Africa (BASA) and the National Arts Council (NAC) committed
to reach the wider sectoral audience by using their applications platforms as
another facilitation process for prospective applicants to submit their
requests for relief. The Department also engaged and appealed to the
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), the
Federations and other sport and recreation bodies to reach out to sports
persons to apply for the Relief.
Initially submission of
applications for relief deadline was set for the 31 August 2020 and 2nd September
respectively. It was then extended for the 9th September 2020
only to those who did not complete loading their on-line applications to
finalise their application process.
In light of the application
process challenges that are still precipitating, the Minister of Sport, Arts
and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa in consultation with BASA and the NAC
has therefore deemed fit to further extend the submission of Relief
applications process to Friday, 11th September 2020.The
Department is once more making that call to all prospective relief applicants
to take note of the window period and urgently submit their applications for
processing and also call upon those who are still to finalise the status of
their applications to take advantage of the extension and urgently submit.
The Department further makes
another appeal to those who are still battling with satisfying the tax
mandatory requirement to urgently check their Tax Registration Status by
consulting the South African Revenue Services (SARS) for assistance. Note that
in the initial Department discussions with SARS in light of this mandatory
requirement, SARS has outlined that all those potential applicants who are
still experiencing challenges, can urgently register as Tax Payers on the link
beneath and will be informed of their status or their tax numbers will be made
available within 24 hrs of submitting their applications.
To get the required Tax documents
or register as Tax Payers, potential applicants should visit;
https://www.sars.gov.za/ClientSegments/Individuals/TCS/Pages/How-to-request-your-TCS.aspx
The applicants would be able to
provide Proof of Tax registration enabling them to submit their applications.
All Sectoral prospective
applicants who have commenced with their application process and left them
incomplete, can still visit the following platforms and finalise their
application process (i.e.):
- NAC website https://nac.praxisgms.co.za/default.aspx
- What’s up applications on 087 153 1027 under the control of BASA
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,
- Individuals who 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 who were not beneficiaries of the first
relief.
For applicants the COVID – 19
financial relief requests to be successful, the following mandatory documents
must accompany all applications:
- Certified copy of South African identity document
(ID) with date of certification not older than three months;
- Valid proof of bank account;
- Detailed bank statement showing income earned
within the creative sector during the period of 12 months (March 2019 –
February 2020),
- letter from industry body confirming that you are a
sectoral practitioner / summary of your profile / portfolio work / copy of
your academic achievement,
- Valid tax clearance certificate or tax number.
Note that sport applications for
relief has been equally extended and all prospective applicants should urgently
submit their application to the below mentioned email link or address:
www.srsa.gov.za/media/covid-19-sport-relief-funds-2nd-wave and
closing date as well is equally 11th September 2020 and only
athletes, coaches, technical support personnel, fitness instructors or
practitioners who didn’t benefit from the first wave are eligible to apply.
In relation to the sport
relief application, the following mandatory documentation must accompany all
applications:
- Certified copy of your South African Identity
Document not older than 3 months,
- Bank stamped proof of valid bank account, minimum
three months detailed bank statements showing income earned from sport
competitions, events, activities and fitness instructor / practitioner
services rendered between March 2019 - February 2020 / signed
and dated letter from your federation or organization confirming your
sporting activities,
NB: If the prospective
applicant is a fitness instructor / practitioner, letter (signed and dated)
from an institution or organization that one has been providing health and
fitness work to date and tax clearance certificate or valid tax number. All
sport applicants who are experiencing challenges in getting their tax
compliance documents, they must equally visit the above-mentioned SARS link and
submit their tax clearance certificate requests.
To get more information about
the application process, which documents and links to utilize, 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
All available systems will be
accepting applications and outstanding documents until Friday, 11th September
2020 at 23h59:59 thereafter, the system will then cease to
accept applications.
Media enquiries:
Mr Mickey Modisane: Chief
Director Marketing and Communications (Sport)
Tel: 082 992 0101 | Email: MickeyM@dsac.gov.za
Ms Zimasa Velaphi: Chief
Director Marketing and Communications (Arts and Culture)
Tel: 072 172 8925 | Email: ZimasaV@dsac.gov.za