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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.
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National Heritage Council, SA State Theatre, National Museum Bloemfontein on 2015 Annual and Strategic Plan
28 Apr 2015
The Committee was briefed by the National Heritage Council (NHC), National Museum (NM), and South Africa State Theatre (SAST) on their respective 2015/16 Annual Performance Plans (APP) and Strategic Plans.
The NHC noted that the South African definition of heritage had been tweaked slightly from the UNESCO definition, to suit ...
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Department of Arts and Culture response to Committee questions; Playhouse Theatre; Msunduzi Museum; Nelson Mandela Museum; NAC; Luthuli Museum 2015/16 Annual Performance Plans
21 Apr 2015
The meeting began with questions which had been raised during the previous session of the Portfolio Committee being addressed by the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC). It provided responses to Members’ enquiries with regard to the Community Cohesion Programme. It also dealt with the issue of the Pan South ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage review; state of legacy projects & infrastructure maintenance: briefing by Department of Arts and Culture
17 Mar 2015
The Committee expressed its condolences and observed a moment of silence on the passing of Minister Collins Chabane.
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the state of the legacy projects and infrastructure maintenance. Despite having succeeded in completing a number of projects and in ...
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Music programmes and royalty payments: SA Music Rights Organisation briefing
10 Mar 2015
The South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), briefed the Committee on the mission and vision of the organisation, and stressed that although it was not an entity of the Department of Arts and Culture, which was frequently misunderstood, it worked closely with several stakeholders in the sector. It was initially ...
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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 ...
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Use of Official Languages Act, South African Language Practitioners Acts: implementation plans: Department of Arts and Culture briefings
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Committee on progress on the implementation of The Use of Official Languages Act, and the plan for the implementation of the South African Language Practitioners Act. It was noted that the Use of Official Languages Act was promulgated to regulate the ...
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Department of Arts and Culture Annual Report 2013/14 on its public entities
21 Oct 2014
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) presented the 2013/14 annual report on its public entities. Some key achievements were highlighted. The number of exhibitions per year had increased by 32, the number of educational interactions with schools per year had increased from 146 221 to 153 541, the number of ...