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Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on 2015/16 3rd Quarter performance
23 Feb 2016
The Deparment of Arts and Culture briefed the Committee on its Third Quarter Performance Report for 2015/16. Members were informed that the presentation was only a summary of the actual Third Quarter Report. The DAC would provide the Committee with more specific performance information at a later stage. The DAC ...
Arts and Culture
Closure of Reconciliation Bridge and road in Pretoria and Ncome: Voortrekker Monument, Freedom Park, Msunduzi Museum and DAC briefing; Status and future of Ncome Museum: DAC briefing
2 Feb 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) , the Voortrekker Monument, Freedom Park, and the Msunduzi Museum on the issues that these museums faced, and especially on the closure of the Reconciliation Bridge and Reconciliation Road in Ncome and Pretoria respectively. The Road had been ...
Arts and Culture
Key outstanding issues: committee staff briefing; First Term Committee Programme
26 Jan 2016
The Committee agreed that it had to re-evaluate the work that it had already done in order to identify what it still needed to do in 2016. The intention was to make the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) accountable to the Committee. There were issues that remained outstanding from ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Over-the-Top (OTT) policy and regulatory options
26 Jan 2016
The Committee met with various role players in the mobile telephony industry to discuss the possibility of regulating so-called Over-the-Top (OTT) service providers. The question of the appropriate governance of OTT services was expected to be a topical issue in 2016, and a platform needed to be created for a ...
Arts and Culture
Pan South African Languages Board (PanSALB) on its 2014/15 Annual report
10 Nov 2015
Documents awaited: Pan South African Languages Board (PanSALB) 2014/15 Annual report presentation; Presentation to the PPC (Arts and Culture) [email info@pmg.org.za]
The Chairperson opened the session by introducing the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and giving some background on the current situation of the entity. The Department of ...
Arts and Culture
South African Roadies Association settlement agreement; Performing Arts Centre of Free State on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Heritage Assets: GRAP compliance
27 Oct 2015
The Chairperson expressed her displeasure at the outset with the fact that many of the Department's reports had been inaccurate or misleading, and the Committee was not pleased when an official sought to explain this and suggested that perhaps the Department should be told in advance of meetings if its ...
Arts and Culture
State Theatre & Ditsong Museums of South Africa on their 2014/2015 Annual Report
15 Oct 2015
The State Theatre and Ditsong Museums of South Africa, two entities which fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Arts and Culture, gave presentations on their 2014/15 annual reports issued by the Auditor General. Both had received qualified opinions and were facing a number of financial difficulties.
The State ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture, Robben Island Museum & Iziko Museum on their 2014/2015 Annual Report; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Office of the Auditor General South Africa firstly presented the Committee with the audit outcomes of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and its entities. The presentation reviewed the audit outcomes over the past three years, and noted that in the financial year 2014/15, audit outcomes of the ...
Tourism
Domestic Tourism: South African Tourism briefing
11 Sep 2015
South African Tourism (SA Tourism) briefed the Committee on its Domestic Tourism Marketing Strategy. The purpose of the briefing was to ensure that all questions pertaining to domestic tourism were dealt with. An executive summary of the Annual Performance Plan and Strategic Plan of SA Tourism was presented. The Committee ...
Arts and Culture
Culture Arts Tourism Hospitality & Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) on its role in the sector
8 Sep 2015
CATHSSETA highlighted three main challenges faced by the entity: a significant number of (training) providers in the sector were urban based compared to rural areas where the greater needs were; depletion of funding resources for the sector across the board; and sector fragmentation. The Committee was not happy with the ...