2023-w2681 - 10 November 2023

Mathew John Cuthbert to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

What total number of public schools in each (a) province, (c) town and (d) suburb have recreational and/or sports swimming pools?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 10 Nov 2023

A reliable response regarding this question is dependent on the availability of the existence of a national sport facilities database that can filter data as per the required variables such

as province, towns, and suburbs, schools, and coordinates of the exact site where the facility is located.

As a department, we have previously made efforts to ensure establishment of such database by trying to ...

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2022-w2773 - 15 September 2022

Denis Joseph to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

(1)Whether the whole geographical area of Langa in Cape Town has been declared a heritage area; if not, which parts and/or buildings have been declared as heritage; if so, what are the relevant details. (2) whether, given the political history of the area, his department will consider declaring Langa or parts of Langa as heritage sites; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the process to be followed in order to make the declaration?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 15 Sep 2022

1. Langa Township has been identified as an area of significance and has been given a Grade 1 status. However, the whole geographical area of Langa in Cape town has not been declared as a heritage area. The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) has identified the following sites in Langa for future declaration:

  • Main Barracks
  • Kitchen Complex
  • Washington Drive
  • Migrant Passage (Old Pass ...
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2022-w2707 - 15 September 2022

Manuel Simão Franca De Freitas to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

(a) How is his department (i) assisting and (ii) involved in (aa) Vilakazi Street in Soweto and (bb) the Liliesleaf Farm heritage sites as tourist attractions, (b) what amount has been budgeted for each place, (c) what amount has been spent on each place in each month (i) in the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 January 2022 and (d) how was the money spent in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 15 Sep 2022

(a). My department is indirectly involved in the Vilakazi precinct as a tourist attraction through the National Heritage Council, an agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, which has submitted a nomination to UNESCO nominating the precinct as part of the Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy World Heritage Site.

(aa) My department provided R7 million in March 2022 to ...

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2022-w2146 - 15 June 2022

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

With reference to his announcement of the R7 million relief funding for Liliesleaf Trust, of which the staff are effectively in the dark as to whether the funds have been released, and since the announcement of the Trustees of the Liliesleaf Trust, neither he nor the Administrator who has been appointed by the Trustees has convened a meeting with the staff to discuss the relief funding and when they can expect to get paid, what are the reasons that there has been no action on the part of the Trustees to engage with the Liliesleaf staff; 2. whether the funds have been released; if not, (a) why not and (b) on what date is it envisaged that the funds will be released; if so, (i) on what date were the funds released and (ii) into which account were the funds paid. 3. whether it will be yet another month the Liliesleaf staff have gone without being paid, given the specified situation and the fact they have not been paid yet again while it can be reasonably assumed that he would have ensured that the funds would have been released as a matter of priority; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 15 Jun 2022

1. The Liliesleaf staff have been kept abreast by the Trustees on measures that have been undertaken by the Trustees regarding the stabilisation and the re-organisation of the Liliesleaf Museum. The Liliesleaf Board met with the staff on 19 April 2022, where the staff was informed that the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been granted R7 million to re-establish the museum. The ...

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2022-w1246 - 19 April 2022

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

Whether he has been informed that a certain person (name and details furnished) has been suspended; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, on what grounds was this specific person suspended?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 19 Apr 2022

Yes, I have been informed about the suspension of Mr Nicolas Wolpe by the Liliesleaf Trust Board. The suspension was based on a forensic investigation report that was launched by the Board on the misappropriation of funds at the Liliesleaf Museum.

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2022-w1245 - 19 April 2022

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

Whether his department has deposited the R7 million that he promised will be deposited into the Liliesleaf trust as he stated during a briefing on 5 March 2022 that his department will intervene in the Liliesleaf financial crisis; if not; what are the reasons that his department failed keep the promise; if so, on what date was the specific amount deposited?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 19 Apr 2022

No, the Department has not deposited the R7 million into the Liliesleaf Trust Account. However, the R7 million was transferred into the account of Freedom Park to assist Liliesleaf with its financial crisis. The funds were paid into the account of Freedom Park because the Liliesleaf Board is still implementing the recommendations of the Board’s investigation on the funding that it had received in ...

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2022-w1247 - 19 April 2022

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

Whether any intervention strategy has been put in place to permanently remedy the crisis in Liliesleaf; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details??NW1503

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 19 Apr 2022

Yes, a turnaround strategy is being implemented by the Liliesleaf Board to permanently remedy the crisis in Liliesleaf. Furthermore, a team comprising the Department, Liliesleaf Board and Freedom Park is implementing a process towards the declaration of the Liliesleaf Museum as Cultural Institution in accordance with the Cultural Institutions Act, 119 of 1999.

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2021-w1064 - 21 May 2021

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

In view of the Auditor-General (AG) report, wherein the AG states that supply chain management in his department is regressing, what steps will be taken against management who do not have the correct understanding and incorrectly interpreted the requirements of Treasury regulations and preferential procurement policy

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 21 May 2021

The Department is in a process of arranging training with the National School of Government for all senior managers and the induction workshop on Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes will be presented to all staff.

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2021-w1065 - 21 May 2021

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

Whether he has found that all the museums (a) under his department and (b) in the provinces have qualified curators; if not, what are the (i) names of the museums that do not and (ii) reasons for this; if so, what are the further relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 21 May 2021

(a). All Entities under the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture have qualified Curators.

(i) n/a

(ii) n/a

 

 

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2020-w1553 - 29 July 2020

Brian Sindile Madlingozi to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture

What is the department of Arts and Culture doing to safeguard unsuspecting rural families being exploited by television productions companies like the ISIBAYA telenovela producing company, which took pictures of the NDLOVU family house in MSINGA and gave the now deceased lady of the house R500 and use them to promote their television show? Are there any measures in place to protect these families? If not, why not?NW1929E

Reply from the Minister of Arts and Culture on 29 Jul 2020

There are many individual contracts between private parties that are not necessarily brought to the attention of the Department. However, government is currently in the process of changing the existing legislative regime to fight the exploitation of the creatives; and levelling the playing field.

These two pieces of legislation that are currently being reviewed are the Copyright Amendment Bill(CAB) and the Performers Protection Amendment ...

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