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Importance of Heritage Sites in Tourism Development: South African Heritage Resources Agency briefing
4 Sep 2015
The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) briefed the Committee on the importance of heritage sites in tourism development. The SAHRA was established in terms of Section 11 of the National Heritage Resources Act No.25 of 1999 (NHRA), which outlined an integrated interactive system for the management of the national ...
Arts and Culture
State of Archives in South Africa: Archival Platform briefing; Use of Official Languages Act implementation: Department briefing
1 Sep 2015
The Committee was briefed on the settlement agreement between Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the South African Roadies Association (SARA), the state of the archives in the country, and progress in the implementation of the Use of Official Languages Act.
The Department said that three issues were hindering ...
Tourism
Domestic Tourism: National Department of Tourism briefing
20 Aug 2015
Domestic tourism covered travelling locally with the purpose of visiting friends and relatives or for religious, business, holiday and medical purposes. Members were given insight into two surveys done by SA Tourism and StatsSA on domestic tourism. The surveys differed in sample, scope, variables and the period of the surveys. ...
Arts and Culture
Committee Report on Arts and Culture Budget
14 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture met for the consideration of the Budget Vote 37 Report. The report was adopted.
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2015 Annual Performance Plan and Strategic Plan; in presence of Minister
16 Apr 2015
The Chairperson opened the meeting by emphasising the importance of information and communication in the ongoing relationship between the Portfolio Committee and the Department. She stressed that documents need to be submitted on time, which was proving difficult. She asked that the Director General respond to outstanding requests from the ...
Arts and Culture
Auditor-General South Africa assessment of Department of Arts and Culture 2015 Strategic and Annual Plans; Committee discussion on statues and symbolism
14 Apr 2015
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture on this office's review of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2015/16. It was emphasised that this was in the nature of a "pre-audit" where AGSA assessed whether the way in ...
Arts and Culture
Social Cohesion activities & Moral Regeneration Movement on their activities and plans
24 Mar 2015
The Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) briefed the Committee on the progress of each of its programmes. The Chief Operating Officer provided background information on the Movement and spoke about its goals and future plans for restructuring. He highlighted some of the most pressing social issues that South Africa faces as ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2nd and 3rd Quarterly Expenditure Report
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Portfolio Committee on 2nd and 3rd quarter performance reports for the 2014/2015 financial year. Overall the Department was under spending and not able to meet some of its expenditure targets for budget line items. In particular, the Department was unable to achieve ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts & Culture on its draft five-year Strategic Plan; Ditsong Museum of S & National Film & Video Foundation on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
11 Nov 2014
Briefing by the Department of Arts and Culture on the draft five year Strategic Plan
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) gave a presentation on the focus and strategic plans for the Department over the next few years. DAC aimed to develop, protect, preserve and promote the arts, culture ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on status report of its archives programme & five-year strategic plan
4 Nov 2014
The Committee was told by the Content Advisor that a study of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) report on its archive programme had highlighted a number of shortfalls and weaknesses. These included record management, the Department of Home Affairs not transferring documents to the National Archive, the classification ...