Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture

1. What (a) amount in funding did a certain person (name furnished) receive in the form of a bursary from his department in the 2017-18 financial year and (b) total number of students received bursaries from (i) his department and/or (ii) any entity reporting to him in the specified financial year; 2. whether his department sponsored and/or supported the specified person for any school; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; 3. whether he has found that any other ordinary person who wanted to study overseas in the entertainment industry would have easily been given the opportunity the same way that it was given to the person; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) instances and/or examples where this has occurred; 4. whether he has found that the relations of the person to a certain person (name furnished) gave her an upper hand to get funds from his department; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the processes and procedure that were followed for the person to secure the funding when other kids are struggling to get such funding to go to school? NW3357E Original Question: - 1(a).How much did the department assisted Natasha Thahane in 2017-18; (b) How many students received funding from any entities that is the Department during 2017-18; (c) Did the department sponsor or supported Natasha Thehane for any schooling; 2.(a) If it were any other ordinary person who wanted to study overseas in the entertainment industry would you have easily given the opportunity the same way it were given to her, if so give instances and or examples where this has occurred; (b) Does her relations to Desmond Tutu give her an upper hand to get funds from the Department ;(c) How did Natasha get 1 million when other kids are struggling to get funding to go to school?