(1)What steps of intervention did the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) take to investigate the reported conflict of interests between the Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA) and SA Music Performance Rights Association (SAMPRA), as an accredited collecting society, around the sponsorship of a category at the 2016 edition of the SA Music Awards (SAMA) given that the SAMPRA and RISA chairman happened to be the same person;
(2) On what basis did the CIPC deem it fair and/or regular that a regulated collecting society like SAMPRA should absorb losses incurred by RISA as a result of the 2016 edition of SAMA;
(3) Whether the fact that the amount of the 2016 SAMA sponsorship was budgeted for by SAMPRA at R12 000, but that the SAMPRA-RISA Chairman approved a sponsorship amount of R600 000 including the value-added tax, raised any concerns with CIPC as the regulator of SAMPRA; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?