Fraser, who is known for her hit song Hamba Sathane, is among the thousands of artists who submitted their applications for the relief fund set up by the department, but her application was among those yet to be approved.
She said the grant is not enough because they were also covering funeral policies and insurances from it.
Masinga said the situation becomes so desperate that they have got used to running out of necessities such as washing powder, which they often can't even afford to buy.Veteran singer Phumi Maduna, whose career began in the 1980s, said:"I'm so angry right with how things are happening. I feel the department should have just shared the whole money equally to all of us because we are all musicians after all.
Nozipho Nguza, president of Sisterhood Foundation, which helps backing vocalists, said:"The biggest problem is that women are marginalised and oppressed by the industry. Even with the food parcels issue, artists are not treated equally." Mthethwa announced earlier this month that his department had received 5,000 applications for its relief fund and that 1,050 have been adjudicated so far.
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