In the OFM Art Beat, Mid-Morning Magic’s Yolanda Maartens chats to Tsholofelo Seleke from the North West and Mpho Hlahane from the Free State.

In the OFM Art Beat, Mid-Morning Magic's Yolanda Maartens chats to Laycenther Mogale Sedibe and Tshepo Mothudi

In the OFM Art Beat, Mid-Morning Magic's Yolanda Maartens chats to Obed de Kokerand Bularah Chopo

The BASA DEBUT programme aims to provide business and entrepreneurial skills development to emerging artists across SA. The program assists artists from idea formulation to venture implementation.

The defining event of BASA’s relationship with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, the Debut Programme is unique in its aim to provide business and entrepreneurial skills development to emerging artists in all nine provinces of South Africa.

 The programme is committed to providing participants with a suite of skills that sweep the range required to launch, build and sustain their creative business ventures.

A big congratulations to all the catalysts from Central South Africa: 

 The recipients are:

1. Tsholofelo Seleke
North West

2. Laycenther Mogale Sedibe
Northern Cape

3. Mpho Walter Hlahane
Free State

4. Rapelang Gilbert Antony
Northern Cape

5. Bularah Chopo
Free State

6. Obed de Koker
Free State

7. Leanard Matsobane Mphahlele
Northern Cape

8. Laycenther Sedibe
Northern Cape

Divided into three key phases – Kickstarter, Hlanganisa and Catalyst – the programme ensures a systematic approach to mentoring its artists to allow full-scale access to relevant information and networks to help them build the resources they need – all the way from the idea to venture implementation.