Thandiswa Mazwai slams govt for looting while artists suffer

Thandiswa Mazwai has taken to her social media to praise the European countries for assisting certain SA jazz musicians with Covid-19 relief funds. Covid-19 hit the world so hard that a lot of SA celebrities struggled really hard so as to get more incomes.

In a series of tweets, the Nizalwa Ngobani hitmaker said some European governments were paying jazz musicians a Covid-19 grant every month, funding she and her band only received once in SA.

Thandiswa however, went on to reveal that she and staff only received R20,000 from the Covid-19 relief fund even though they had to just get some groceries with it in April.

She expressed gratitude to countries willing to help musicians during the pandemic, saying at least those artists are not losing their minds worrying about money.

See tweets below:

Bazala did you know that some European government is paying South African jazz musicians a covid grant every month? ? not me but some fam are getting it.

— Daughter of Belede the tyrant (@thandiswamazwai) January 5, 2021

French govt gives artists a grant even without Covid. I had a lover who lived there and she was not even French. https://t.co/wSrORsSWJa

— Daughter of Belede the tyrant (@thandiswamazwai) January 5, 2021

Inoba I film King Tha!!!???‍♂️

— Loyiso Majola (@SeerOfAzania) January 5, 2021

Dude! Thanks to those other countries the jazz fraternity can stay afloat and not lose their minds thinking of money instead of music https://t.co/cRMyeLRjob

— Daughter of Belede the tyrant (@thandiswamazwai) January 5, 2021

And the musicians sang #asinamali The worst thing you can do to an artists is have them obsessing about bills not music! This situation is killing our creative boners.

— Daughter of Belede the tyrant (@thandiswamazwai) January 5, 2021