Active arts practitioners over the age of 18 with South African citizenship and/or registered arts organisations and institutions.
No, the NAC does not fund any film or TV-related projects or bursaries. Art disciplines supported by the NAC are Craft, Dance, Literature, Multidiscipline, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts.
The ‘under review’ project status on GMS means that your application is under review by the NAC advisory panel. This panel is made up of an external selection of individuals with expertise in craft, dance, literature, multi-discipline, music, theatre, visual arts, and art education.
A GNL is a Grant Notification Letter which is sent to applicants to confirm their successful outcome. It outlines the grant amount that will be allocated and details the steps applicants need to take for the contracting phase to begin.
All successful applicants should receive a Grant Notification Letter (GNL) via email from the GMS portal within days of their project outcome. If you have not received a GNL, kindly contact NAC administration on 011 010 8886 or info@nac.org.za for further information. Please also check your spam folders in an event the notification appears there.
Click on the link provided in your Grant Notification Letter. Complete section 6 of your revised budget and activities using the line items as approved in the application form. Ensure that the number of jobs you propose to create is realistic, based on the budget availability.
The NAC will process and verify all submitted documents, including revised budgets and activity plans. If there are no discrepancies with the revised documents, the NAC will proceed with issuing a contract, which beneficiaries will need to sign and return to the NAC through the GMS portal. Upon receipt of the signed contract and finalisation of all compliance matters, payments will be processed.
Applicants are encouraged to get in touch with SARS or visit their nearest SARS branch to ensure that their Tax Status is compliant. Compliance with tax requirements at the time of contracting and submission of a payment request will be checked against the original tax information submitted. If the applicant’s tax status is still valid, this will be acceptable. If the applicant’s tax status is invalid at the time of a payment request being submitted, the applicant will be contacted to update their tax status within 30 days of their outcome.
Applicants who are experiencing challenges with submitting and/or completing all sections of their project report must contact their allocated art development officer (ADO) for further assistance as a fully completed interim report is required to process the 2nd tranche payment of the agreement.
When returning a contract, beneficiaries must ensure that the main signatory and the witnesses initial each page, as well as signing on the last page of the contract.
Once the ADO has submitted the project for payment, the processing will be complete within 21 working days starting from the date of payment requisition submission. Beneficiaries are encouraged to only confirm contracts with artists and service providers once the first tranche is cleared in their account for the approved project.
Once we have paid the first tranche, there will be an email sent to the beneficiary with the link to report on GMS. That link is to be used each time to access the reporting page. Click on the book icon for the project to complete the outstanding information based on the contract and submit.
