In January, the Living Legends Legacy Programme announced that the amount, deposited into their account by the Arts Department, was syphoned off.
JOHANNESBURG - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has welcomed the arrest of a suspect in the case of the R8 million which was stolen from the Living Legends Trust.
[WATCH] R8m stolen from SA entertainment veterans fundThe Living Legends Legacy Programme, a government initiative launched to help veterans of the performing arts empower the youth, announced that R8 million has been stolen from their fund.The suspect, a man whose permanent address is in Johannesburg, was arrested in by the Hawks in Durban on Saturday.
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