SOUTH AFRICAN ARTS IN DISARRAY

One South African artist applies to start a porn site so he can finance his art. Thus the extent of “the frustrations felt by many over the state of the arts in South Africa, where the only certainty is uncertainty. Will the country’s last remaining permanent orchestra, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, still be around in 2001? Will Pretoria’s State Theatre survive? Will lottery funding help to revive the performing arts? Will SA arts and culture help brand the country as a tourist destination and as the export product it once was during its theatrical high point in the ’70s and ’80s? – Sunday Times (South Africa)