The Democratic Alliance has written to the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture, Joe McGluwa, asking that Minister Gayton McKenzie and the Mzansi Golden Economy MGE adjudication panel appear before Parliament, reports Cape town Etc .
The DA says the move follows allegations that MGE funds were used to benefit political allies at the expense of established festivals and artists. Democratic Alliance
Leah Potgieter, the DA spokesperson on sport, arts and culture, told reporters that long-standing festivals, including the National Arts Festival, KKNK, Woordfees, Suidoosterfees and the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, were stripped of prior funding and directed to apply to the MGE fund .