(1) (a) What processes were followed to procure services for the elective conference and (b) which service providers were picked out of those who presented quotations;
(2) whether his department, as the main and interested stakeholder, participated during the conference to monitor the proceedings; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) how will his department’s approach differ towards the SA Music Industry Council as opposed to the Creative Industries Federation of South Africa (CCIFSA) that has not been funded, including the service providers for the policy conference held in December last year in Durban, who have not been paid;
(4) what was the reason that CCIFSA did not participate at an important conference, seeing that the interests of one of its sub-sectors, the Performance Sector, have been endorsed by his department? NW2597E