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Arts and Culture
DAC, National Film & Video Foundation, National Library, Msunduzi Museum 2017/18 Annual Reports & AGSA input; DAC Q1 performance
9 Oct 2018
The Committee met with the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and its entities to discuss the annual reports for 2017/18. The entities present included the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), the National Library of South Africa (NLSA) and the ...
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Resolution of outstanding issues: DAC Briefing
28 Aug 2018
The Committee asked the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) to deal with a number of matters which had been raised in the past and were of concern to the Committee. These were mainly related to challenges involving the South African Roadies Association, the Performing Arts Centre of the Free ...
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Robben Island Museum restoration; Robben Island & Nelson Mandela Museum organograms
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Committee on the Robben Island Museum infrastructure plan, and acknowledged that the infrastructure and facilities were dilapidated and in a state of disrepair due to the lack of maintenance and slow progress of the capital works programme. The process that had ...
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Robben Island Museum status report
8 May 2018
The Committee was told about a letter which had been received from ex-political prisoners of Robben Island, in which a range of issues had been raised regarding the museum on the island. The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) was directed to respond to the letter immediately, and to ensure ...
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Department of Arts and Culture 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
24 Apr 2018
The Committee met to receive a briefing by the Department of Arts and Culture on their 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan.
The Minister noted that the Department celebrated the month of April as it was the month of the birth or the passing of many liberation activists and artists, and icons ...
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PanSALB, PACOFS, National Arts Council Annual Performance Plan; Department APP: Auditor General input
17 Apr 2018
The Office of the Auditor-General South Africa said its briefing to the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan 2018/19 of the Department of Arts and Culture was intended to add value to the Committee’s oversight function. The presentation showed the link between the National Development Plan, the Medium Term Strategic ...
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Department of Arts and Culture on Committee recommendations made during oversight between 2014-2017; with Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee and the Department of Arts and Culture met to address issues raised at the oversight visits from 2014 to date.
The Committee raised concerns on how the Department of Arts and Culture resolves issues raised by different entities, and if the Minister of the Department plays a ...
Arts and Culture
Committee Reports on Mpumalanga Enyokeni Cultural Precinct & Kwazulu-Natal Museum oversight
13 Feb 2018
The Committee considered and approved three outstanding reports with amendments. The Committee also adopted several outstanding minutes.
Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture Venture Capital Fund; PANSALB public hearing report on multilingualism & official languages
6 Feb 2018
Document handed out: Arts and Culture Venture Capital Fund [awaited]
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) noted some performance milestones such as 919 transactions worth R9.2 billion and disbursement of about R6.2 billion since inception. The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) had entrusted the NEF through a tender process to ...
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Arts and Culture funding; Fruitless and wasteful expenditure: DAC briefing
14 Nov 2017
“We had it. We lost it. We must find it.” That was one of the impassioned pleas made by the Chairperson of the Committee when it met with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and reflected on the decline in social cohesion and nation building in recent years. This ...