source: GroundUp; Cape Argus
actor1: Protesters (South Africa)
actor2: N/A
location: Cape Town
notes: On 16 September 2020, about 50 artists, supported by TUMSA, marched to Parliament in Cape Town (City of Cape Town, Western Cape), demanding for the immediate provisional opening of performance venues up to 70 per cent capacity during the coronavirus lockdown, an allocation of R600 million to the arts sector and an inter-ministerial task group to be set up to review, propose and implement revised strategies to grow the sector. [size=about 50]