Deputy Chair, yes, the Department of Arts and Culture has been working with various departments, including the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, the Department of Sport and Recreation, the Department of Tourism and others, as well as the Local Organising Committee, LOC.
Regarding the promotion of our heritage sites and museums, the Department of Arts and Culture has renewed its contract to keep artworks or posters depicting World Heritage Sites at the O R Tambo International Airport's arrivals corridor. The department will also take up space next to the Gauteng-based tour operators at the O R Tambo International Airport to promote our institutions and heritage sites as part of places of interest.
We are also part of the welcome campaign that has been launched by the government. We have promoters who will be situated at all three international airports in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. These promoters, who are actually unemployed young people who will be employed for the period of the World Cup, will be handing out a tournament guide, which we are producing. The guide is with the printers at the moment. It has a list and description of all our heritage sites, theatres, playhouses, African villages and public viewing areas, PVAs. They will be distributed in our airports as tourists, fans and the teams arrive in the country to promote and encourage them to visit our heritage sites and all the institutions that fall under our department and tourism. Thank you, Deputy Chairperson.
Engagement of department to ensure South African artists have more opportunities to perform national music genres at celebrations and theme parks
51. Ms B V Mncube (ANC) asked the Minister of Arts and Culture:
Whether her department has engaged with the entities arranging celebrations and theme parks to ensure that South African artists are given more opportunities to perform our national music genres; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?