Thank you House Chair, hon Minister, how can the department promote social cohesion through physical activities and sports while facilities under municipal control such as the Frikkie Cronje Stadium in Wesselsbron, Loubser Park Stadium in Kroonstad and many more are completely dilapidated? I know you made mention of municipal sporting facilities but what is the department doing to assist municipalities to ensure that these community assets are maintained and functional in order for the department's programmes to succeed? If the department is not actively engaged with regards to this, why not? I thank you.
The MINISTER OF SPORT, ARTS AND CULTURE: Thank you hon member, there is something called Municipal Infrastructure Grant, MIG.
With the department at a national level, we transfer up to 80% of the department's budget to the provinces so that facilities and everything else are achieved. Hon member, you would agree ... and I am recruiting you now ... that for this department to play this huge responsibility of social cohesion and nation- building really needs to be supported from yourselves here as Members of Parliament to ensure that indeed the demand ... because you are raising practical areas where you have seen some of the gaps within the facilities and sports in general and the needs for people ... All I can say to you is that; with whatever the department has, it would be a good thing for all of us to try and get other people on board. The public-private partnership becomes very important because as I said, the budget that government has within the fiscus is not going to be enough. I can't say it in any other way. Thank you very much for your question.
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