Govt probes music tender awards

Acting deputy director of the Department of Arts and Culture, Bopelo Gaothuse, said he was not going to talk about the sound equipment failure since they were going to launch an investigation.  "It is an internal issue that we are going to address," he said.

The national finals for the contemporary music category had to be pushed to another day after technicians tried to fix the sound problems the whole day (Saturday) but failed. The contemporary music competition, which covered back track artists, promising artists, live bands and DJs' categories, was supposed to start at 9 am, but the technicians were still grappling with the equipment late in the afternoon.  At some stage, Department of Broadcasting Services (DBS) technicians were also giving a helping hand.