Following a public call for nominations in August 2022, Lindiwe Letwaba, Lakin Morgan-Baaitjies, and Michael Garbett have been voted in as new Directors of the Board by the membership of Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA) at the organisation’s hybrid in-person and virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 29 September. Letwaba, Morgan-Baaitjies, and…
Determination, imagination and cooperation: this was the grit that kept this year’s BASA Award winners on the road through a tough 2021, the year during which the awarded projects took place. From social innovation to education, cultural exploration to artist development and community upliftment, partnerships were formed between artists and businesses that showed leadership and…
The BASA Awards spotlight stellar business/arts partnerships and projects across diverse sectors. “Over the past two and half decades the Awards platform has also evolved to create space for amplifying and showcasing South Africa’s rich contemporary creative landscape and heritage,” comments BASA CEO Ashraf Johaardien, who has been at the helm of BASA since 2019.…
The finalists of the 2022 BASA Awards, in partnership with Hollard, have been announced. Find out more about the partnerships that were there to give us a LightsUp moment in 2021. One winner will be chosen in each category, with the winners being announced on 29 August 2022. Watch the livestream at www.basa.co.za COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT…
The 25th BASA Awards, in partnership with Hollard, has chosen Mariapaola McGurk as the artist commissioned to create the art works given to this year’s winners as their awards. Mariapaola has been working within the creative economy for more than 20 years and is a three-time BASA Award winner herself. She’s now a full-time visual…
The judging panel of the 25th BASA Awards brings diverse skills and real world experiences to the table as we emerge from COVID with fresh perspectives on the value of collaboration. Chaired once again by Khanyi Mamba, please meet the panel of judges for this year’s Awards. Khanyi Mamba (BASA Awards Panel Chairperson) Khanyi Mamba is…
2022 sees Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) celebrating its 25th anniversary and presenting the 25th Annual BASA Awards, partnered by Hollard. This year’s event will follow a live format after pivoting to a virtual ceremony in 2020. As we emerge from the COVID years, the Awards partners and creative teams are pleased to announce…
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) invites nominations for the BASA PESP3 Review Panel. An initiative of the Presidency and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), PESP3 is aimed at creating opportunities in the creative and cultural sectors with a focus on shared value. PESP has demonstrated the government’s capacity to take public…
As part of the Cultural Producers Programme (CPP) launched in March 2022, the CPP Showcase will launch on Wednesday 20 July 2022 at P72, 72 6th Street, Parkhurst. According to BASA Head of Research, Madeleine Lambert, CPP is a response to the need for expanded capacity and skills in the creative economy and is presented…
After two years of Zoom meetings and solo contemplation, the cultural and creative sectors are ready to forge a new course of action – and young creative entrepreneurs are impatient to get started. On the 6th and 7th of July, the So Creative Summit, presented by Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) with partners Manchester…
The deadline for entries to enter the 25th Annual BASA Awards, partnered by Hollard has been extended to 20 June 2022. BASA recently hosted an Awards Entry Workshop to facilitate the process of entry for those with business and arts partnerships interested in entering. A recording of this recent workshop can be found here The eight…
The Annual BASA Awards, partnered by Hollard, has recognised and celebrated over 300 business and arts partnerships to date. After two years online, the BASA Awards are planning a return to a live event and entries are now open. According to BASA Chairperson, Zingisa Motloba, “Each year, the BASA team delivers an exceptional Awards experience…
BASA Supporting Grants are designed to assist a cross-section of arts projects in different regions of the country by providing financial support to a project that is in an already existing business and arts relationship. “BASA grantmaking has a significantly different purpose compared to other more conventional arts funding models,” comments BASA CEO, Ashraf Johaardien.…
BASA held an online workshop to provide greater clarity on the application process and eligibility criteria of the Supporting Grants programme. The webinar was live-streamed on the BASA Facebook page on 12 April 2022 and was facilitated by BASA Head of Research, Madeleine Lambert. Interested parties who were unable to attend the webinar live are…
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) will be broadening the scope of its assistance to Supporting Grant applicants with an online workshop aimed at providing greater clarity on the entire life cycle of the submission process. The workshop, to be held on 12 April 2022 and facilitated by BASA Head of Research, Madeleine Lambert intends…
Applications are now open for the new BASA Cultural Producers Programme, an intensive leadership accelerator training programme, which will also place candidates into South African creative and arts organisations that have identified the need for building leadership skills. Supported by the British Council Cultural Economy programme, and partnered by Common Purpose South Africa, the successful cohort will…
Nhlakanipho Ndwandwe, winner of BASA’s Debut Online competition, tells us about his journey with the programme, which aims to equip young emerging creatives with skills, funding and training to make a profitable livelihood from their talents. This year is the second iteration of the Debut Programme, which was set up to contribute to the development…
Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA) has been awarded the tender to produce the 5th edition of the SOCreative Hubs Summit 2022 and an impactful new cultural producers leadership development programme, supported by the British Council Cultural Economy programme and partnered by Common Purpose South Africa. If your skills and experience match one of…
The Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Supporting Grants Programme augments and amplifies powerful partnerships between business and arts partners to effect meaningful social change. “BASA grant making has a significantly different purpose compared to other more conventional arts funding models,” comments BASA CEO, Ashraf Johaardien. “The purpose of our Supporting Grants has never been…
The Debut Graduation on Friday 19 November marked the end of the second phase for the Programme’s participants. The support given to the participants has manifested through online immersive workshops, mentoring, networking opportunities, promotional events, as well as R15 000 start-up capital for each participant during the Kickstarter and Hlanganisa phases of the Debut Programme.…
Partnered by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) has successfully taken 120 new and emerging creatives to market with the launch of DEBUT ONLINE https://debut.basa.co.za. The programme extends the support BASA is providing to each participant in this innovative, entrepreneurial programme by both amplifying their footprint and…
Partnered by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) will be taking 120 new and emerging creatives to market on 15 November with the launch of the DEBUT ONLINE. The online showcase will profile the participants as well as provide a platform for audience to vote for them…
The arts economy holds promise for creative entrepreneurs to be their own boss and create further employment, but business skills are key to making the transition from idea to successful enterprise. Now in its second iteration, Business and Arts South Africa’s (BASA) Debut Programme transfers enterprise development skills to artists from all nine provinces through…
Zingisa Motloba has been appointed as the new Board Chairperson of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) and Hilton Lawler is the new Deputy Chair. Ms Motloba succeeds Charmaine Soobramoney, who stepped down at the September 2021 BASA Annual General Meeting after serving as Chair for the past four years. Mr Lawler takes the Deputy…
Today marks 31 years since the first Pride March in South Africa. It was held in Johannesburg in 1990. Lockdown has scuppered the big Pride parades this year. Many of them have been virtual and the action has largely played out on social media, teetering dangerously close to slacktivism, merging into commercial and retail marketing…
Msimeki Nkatingi has been appointed as a non-executive director on the Board of Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA). Mr Nkatingi was elected at the BASA Annual General Meeting held on 30 September 2021. He is the founder and Managing Director of MIN Creative Co (Pty) Ltd, a branding and marketing agency. He graduated…
2020 was a true test of resilience, and only the strongest of partnerships measured up against the extreme challenges brought on by the arrival of COVID-19. In many ways, the global threat and subsequent lockdown was also the mother of invention. If ever there was a time to reinvent or create something new and fresh,…
uKhoiKhoi featuring Yogin Sullaphen and Anelisa Stuurman (aka Annalyzer), Manthe Ribane and Dear Ribane, Lebo Mashile, Masasa Mbangeni, Vuyani Dance Theatre, Johannesburg Youth Orchestra and the National School of the Arts are just some of the emerging and established artists and art organisations that have been showcased at the annual BASA Awards. “While the key focus…
BASA Call for Nominations Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA) has a vacancy on the Board of Directors. The purpose of this notice is to call for nominations for a new member to fill this position. The current Board comprises 12 Non-Executive Directors and one Executive Director, all of whom contribute to the overall…
Internationally acclaimed clay storytellers, Zizipho Poswa and Andile Dyalvane, have crafted the trophies that will be awarded to the winners of the 24th BASA Awards. Every year the BASA Awards commissions an artist, collective or studio to create distinctive and original works as trophies which are given to the winners. The Eastern Cape-born duo’s work is…