(a). The policy supporting the concept of the Creative Ambassadors is the Culture Promotions Act, Act 35 of 1983, read with Culture Promotion Amendment Act, 1998, which is stated under sub-paragraph (iii) below, was used to take this decision by the Minister. Amendment of section 2 of Act 35 of 1983 (Culture Promotion Amendment Act, 1998), as amended by Proclamation No. R36 ...
(a) & (b). My department and the Entities reporting to me have no contract with the security company G4S.
More »According to the response received from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture:
(1) The Revised White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage recommended the establishment of a national orchestra in South Africa. However, in the implementation of this recommendation a decision was made to name the national orchestra as the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra. It is important to note that the naming of ...
According to the information at my disposal at the moment:
(1). It is a well-known fact that arts funding in South Africa, before 1994, largely benefitted the white minority. It is also a fact that prior to the formation of Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, orchestral funding benefitted the 3 established orchestra in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg. And the following sample of allocation over the ...
1. The MNPO has performed at the following venues since its establishment in 2022: -
Albertina Sisulu Special School Centre in SOWETO (Orlando west) on the 29 July 2022
Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg collaboration with top SA Artists 18 August 2022
Inauguration of the G20 Orchestra representing SA at global stage in Indonesia 12 September 2022
International Cultural Festival in Algeria 15-21 October 2022 ...
According to the information received from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture:
(a) The Netball World Cup Organizing Committee in its response and in terms of the information recently presented to the Department has indicated that their budget shows a possible surplus.
(b) Based on the reply to part (a) of the question, reply to part (b) of the question falls away since ...
According to the information received from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture:
(a) Notwithstanding the fact that the Department did not appoint Mr. Tembe as the CEO of the national orchestra for the main reason that we do not get involved with the operations of the organization. It is important to note that diversity and representation are important factors in promoting equity and ...
According to the feedback received from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture:
(a) Yes, public consultations were conducted before the names were submitted to the South African Geographical Names Council as follows: Brooksnek on 12 October 2022, Fort Beaufort on 31 October 2022, and Somerset East on 14 November 2022. These public consultation meetings were advertised in the Daily Despatch, Isolezwe lesiXhosa, and ...
Due processes have been followed in order to officialise the South African Sign Language (SASL). Milestones in this process include the Constitutional Review Committee receiving sixty-seven (67) submissions in 2016. Two of these submissions proposed an amendment to section 6 (1) of the Constitution to include South African Sign Language as an official language. Furthermore, a petition by Deaf SA calling upon the National ...
Attached herewith please find the Reply to the parliamentary question 784, which was submitted to the Parliament Questions Office
https://pmg.org.za/committee-question/21635/