Arthur Mafokate among the beneficiaries published by Department of Sport, Arts and Culture

by Zintle Mdaka

As promised by the newly appointed Sports Minister, Gayton McKenzie; the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture published the list of beneficiaries.

Internet users were shocked to find the legendary musician, Arthur Mafokate and his son Arthur Junior ‘AJ’ Mafokate among the beneficiaries, as each of them received R20 000.

Other musicians found on the long list included gospel singer Bethusile Mcinga, known for his award-winning hit; Ngena Noah, the late Bulelwa Mkutukana who was famous as Zahara and Busiswa Gqulu, known for her hit song, Midnight Starring; all benefitting R20 000 each.

Acting on instructions by Minister, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture shared a link with the names of beneficiaries on X (formerly Twitter). Captioning the post; “View the Covid-19 Relief Beneficiaries 2020-2021 here.”

The Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader, maintained that publishing the list is not done to shame the artists but for the sake of transparency, following the accusations made against the Department of not funding projects.

Taking to X, internet users proclaimed their shock about some of the beneficiaries by saying;

Also see: Gayton McKenzie vows to expose all artists who have been benefiting from the department