Voorsitter, agb Minister, agb Adjunkminister, agb parlementslede en ook ons gaste, wees gegroet in die naam van die wonderlike dag wat ons ingegaan het en vanaand gaan afsluit as ons gaan l.
Ons het nie 'n wetenskaplike studie nodig om te bewys dat die opening- en afsluitingseremonies van wreldbekertoernooie wat deur Suid-Afrika aangebied is aan ons die geleentheid gebied het om ons uitvoerende en visuele kunste as 'n uitdrukking van ons nasionale identiteit te vertoon nie. Dit is geleenthede vir ons uitvoerende en visuele kunstenaars om ons stories deur sang, dans en kleredrag - soos ons voorsitter, agb Sunduza - en ook ons ontwerpe en visuele kunste te vertel. Die ANC-regering se doelwit is om met elke sektor van die samelewing in die land in gesprek te tree as 'n belangrike element van 'n demokratiese kultuur. Ek hoop mnr Mulder hoor wat ek s. [Tussenwerpsels.] Daarom s ons dat ons meer kan doen as ons saamwerk en nie net kom kla nie. [Tussenwerpsels.] Jy gaan jou kans kry. Ek wag vir jou. Jou sport gaan kom.
In die uitvoerende kunste is die kultuurkomponent 'n baie belangrike vennoot in ons strewe om 'n maatskaplike en kulturele identiteit vir ons nasie te bou. Enige buitelander wat Suid-Afrikaners beter wil verstaan, sal waarskynlik na ons musiek luister en na ons rolprente en televisiedramas kyk. Dit is hoe belangrik die uitvoerende kunste vir die beeld van hierdie land en sy identiteit is. Hulle moet dit nie steel nie. Die ANC het gehoor gegee aan die versoeke van ons kunstenaars dat die regering moet help met die beskerming van intellektuele eiendomsreg.
Wat toekomstige groei betref, wil die ANC-regering ontwikkeling sien in die landelike kultuurkomponent-sektor, byvoorbeeld wat tradisionele komponiste, akteurs, handwerkkunstenaars en skilders betref. Dit stem ooreen met die nuwe toespitsing op landelike ontwikkeling.
Die ANC wil ook sien dat die bedryf bewustelik poog om jeugontwikkeling te steun. Ons jeug moet aangemoedig word om skool en instellings vir hor onderrig by te woon en om nie onderwys ter wille van die uitvoerende kunstebedryf te verlaat nie. As hulle by die bedryf inskakel nadat hul 'n kwalifikasie verwerf het, kan hulle bydra tot die groei en ontwikkeling van ons uitvoerende kunstesektor, aangesien hulle dan oor broodnodige vaardighede sal beskik. Ons spoor diegene wat reeds in die veld is aan om alle beskikbare tyd te gebruik om te studeer. Dit is nooit te laat om jou met onderwys te bemagtig nie. Onderwys is die sleutel wat alle deure van onmoontlikheid kan oopsluit.
Die bevordering van die uitvoerende kunste behels die bevordering en ontwikkeling van literre, visuele en uitvoerende kunste deur beleidsontwikkeling en die verlening van finansile bystand aan uitvoerende kunste-instellings, organisasies, gemeenskapskuns en individue. Dit steun ook die kunste en maatskaplike ontwikkeling deur middel van aktiwiteite wat gerig is op vroue, kinders, die jeug, persone met gestremdhede en ouer persone. Dit is toegespits op vaardigheidsontwikkeling deur die verbetering van basiese onderwys deur middel van kuns, kultuur en erfenis. Die uitvoerende kunste wil teen 2013-14 teikengroepe se deelname aan en toegang tot kuns- en kultuurprogramme verhoog deur agt openbare kunsontwikkelingsprogramme in werking te stel. Die ANC-regering maak kuns en kultuur deel van die hoofstroom-skoolstelsel deur die aantal kunspraktisyns wat in skole geplaas is van 50 in 2011-12 tot 250 in 2015-16 te vermeerder. Dt is die ANC! [Applous.]
Die bestedingsfokus oor die mediumtermyn is om die rol van die kunste in maatskaplike en ekonomiese ontwikkeling deel van die hoofstroom te maak deur middel van die uitvoering van Mzansi Goue Ekonomie strategiese projekte en die ontwikkeling van die plaaslike rolprentbedryf deur die Nasionale Film- en Video-stigting. Besteding vir die Nasionale Film- en Video-stigting het beduidend gegroei van 2010-11 tot 2012-13, want bykomende fondse is bewillig vir die stigting in die 2011 begroting om die plaaslike rolprentbedryf te ontwikkel en om werk te skep.
Die stigting het 63 beurse vir verskeie rolprent- en videostudies toegeken. In 2012-13 is 49 draaiboeke met 'n plaaslike inhoud ontwikkel en 64 rolprente met plaaslike inhoud vervaardig. Oor die mediumtermyn is besteding aan die Mzansi Goue Ekonomie se strategiese projekte verantwoordelik vir die toename in besteding aan die subprogramme van die uitvoerende kunste. Die ANC-regering wil besteding oor die mediumtermyn verminder met R4,9 miljoen. Hierdie besnoeiing sal teweeggebring word met bewilliging van fondse aan die Nasionale Kunsteraad en die Playhouse- maatskappy. 'n Bedrag van R17,7 miljoen uit hierdie program is in hierdie tydperk ook geoormerk vir die administrasieprogram om die inligtingstegnologie- en beursdienste te sentraliseer.
Elke kunsvorm, van toneel tot dans, opera, kabaret, die skone kunste en handkunswerk, klassieke musiek tot jazz tot lesings, word oral in Suid- Afrika verteenwoordig. Die land is ryk aan kulturele diversiteit, wat dit 'n belangrike bestemming maak vir alle kunsliefhebbers. Baie moet nog gedoen word om te verseker dat menseregte en die basiese demokratiese regte waarvoor die Grondwet voorsiening maak, versterk word en doeltreffend is. Dit behels voortgesette bevordering van kuns, kultuur en erfenis in Suid- Afrika en waardering vir die rol wat sosio-ekonomiese ontwikkeling speel deur die instelling van minstens 57 programme en projekte in 2013-14 wat die maatskaplike en ekonomiese status van Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskappe sal verbeter. Maatskaplike verryking, sosiale kohesie en nasiebou word bevorder deur kuns, kultuur en erfenis en nie deur die Minister alleen nie. Deur die toewysiging van hulpbronne en die versekering dat produksies maatskaplike inklusiwiteit en nasiebou bevorder, sal hierdie programme gedentifiseerde gebiede bereik.
Die ANC-regering se mediumtermyn-bestedingsraamwerk verklaar dat ons kuns en kultuur wil gebruik as 'n meganisme om die kulturele diversiteit van ons samelewing te bevorder en om ons mense te verenig. Ons wil die kultuur, kunste en sport bevorder ten einde gemeenskaps- en nasietrots, positiewe maatskaplike waardes, asook ekonomiese ontwikkeling, insluitend toerisme, te konsolideer. Die ANC beskou die kunste dus as 'n ekonomiese sleutelaktiwiteit, bykomend tot die verskaffing van vermaak, die bevordering van kulturele identiteit en die bevordering van 'n nasionale identiteit. Die musiekbedryf alleen het die potensiaal om werk en rykdom te skep. Dit word deur regstreekse optredes, die vervaardiging en verkoop van klankopnames, die invordering van outeursgelde en administrasie, die vervaardiging en verkoop van musiekinstrumente en die regsgemeenskap bereik.
Die diefstal van intellektuele goedere raak die inkomste van baie kunstenaars. Die SA Polisie, in samewerking met die Departemente van Justisie en van Handel en Nywerheid, is besig om die voorkoms van roof in hierdie bedryf uit te wis. Magsoptrede teen roofbedrywe, inhegtenisnemings en skuldigbevindings oor die land heen neem toe weens die gesamentlike pogings van di departemente.
Ten slotte wil ek dit benadruk dat Afrika vandag erken word as die Wieg van die Mensdom. Ons het in ons deel van die kontinent 'n ryk en uiteenlopende verlede. Die kompleksiteit en diversiteit daarvan word nou eers waardeer. Ons erfenis is inderdaad die fondament waarop ons bou om ons samelewing te herbou. My boodskap vandag is om vreugde te vind in die rykdom van ons samelewing. Ek pleit by u om te dink aan die volop geleenthede wat ons het - as gemeenskappe, as ons land en as ons kontinent, behalwe vir di mense wat negatief is. Dink aan u erfenis en hoe dit in baie opsigte verskil van di van u ouers. Dink ook aan die besondere kenmerke wat u bind aan vorige generasies, aan temas en tradisies wat u lewe gevorm het. Soos die agb Sunduza ges het, haar pa is ook vandag in die Huis teenwoordig, so die punt wat ek nou maak - dat ons baie by ons ouers en voorouers moet leer - is belangrik. Ons kulturele dorpe demonstreer ook die tradisionele leefstyle van verskillende mense aan besoekers in 'n natuurlike omgewing.
Gun my die geleentheid om ook alle kunstenaars te bedank wat tydens die verkiesingsveldtogte met ons saamgewerk het. Die ANC waardeer u steun opreg, kunstenaars. Ons moet nou almal saamwerk om die doel van 'n beter lewe vir almal te verwesenlik.
Ek wil graag uit my hart aan die opposisie s dat dit my pleidooi is dat ons die land moet bou. Ons kom almal uitgevat in ons beste uitrustings na hierdie Parlement in Februarie en dan luister ons na die President se staatsrede. Dan l ons President in sy toespraak uit wat hy voorsien in die jaar en op die pad vorentoe moet gebeur. Nasiebou is een van die punte wat hy uitgespel het in sy toespraak, maar nasiebou kom nie alleenlik van die President of van ons Minister af nie. Elkeen in hierdie Huis - ongeag van watter party ons kom - het 'n rol om te speel en te vervul sodat ons die land bou en sodat ons die nasie bou. [Applous.]
Nasiebou begin in jou huis. Ek raak bekommerd as ek so kyk en leiers begin in 'n ander rigting praat, om skuld te gee vir die President of die Minister. Nasiebou begin in jou huis en is spesifiek gemik op die jong seuns en dogters in ons huise wat geleer moet word wat die samelewing behels, wat 'n nasie behels, sodat ons 'n volgende geslag leiers in die land kan h om oor te vat.
Ek wil 'n voorbeeld gee wat ek oorgekom het. Ek klim in 'n hysbak hier in Kaapstad. Die persoon s dat hy of sy nie saam met anderkleurige persone in die hysbak wil wees nie en loop by die hysbak uit. Is dit nasiebou? Nee, want jy kyk nog na kleur. Nasiebou is dat ons verby kleur moet kyk, dat ons hande moet vat, mekaar vergewe, alhoewel ons nie kan vergeet nie. Dt is nasiebou. [Applous.] Nasiebou is wanneer jy kyk na jou buurman of buurvrou. Het sy 'n stukkie brood op die tafel? Gee ons om vir mekaar as ons sien dat ons buurvrou geteister word deur haar kind wat verslaaf is aan dwelms en alkohol? Verleen ons hulp en vra ons hoe ons kan help om haar in so 'n situasie met haar kind uit te help? Dt is nasiebou.
Ek wil verder op die punt van nasiebou praat. Agb Ma Storey het vir ons 'n storietjie vertel in die komitee. Sy het ges as sy na die supermark Pick 'n Pay gaan, voel sy nie eers lus om in te gaan nie. Daar word jy gestamp en gestoot, want jy hoort nie hier nie. Die uitlating wat die DA-leier Helen Zille gemaak het - dat die vlugtelinge moet teruggaan na waar hulle vandaan kom - het gemaak dat die mense van die Kaap nou ook vir jou 'n koue skouer gee. [Tussenwerpsels.]
Ek wil vir die agb lid van Cope s dat ons in die komitee baie goed saamwerk. Moenie hier voor kom staan en dan praat u iets anders nie. As u nie weet wat 'n hoof finansile beampte en hoof uitvoerende beampte is nie, kan die komitee vir u opleiding aanbied. [Applous.] Die hoof finansile beampte is die een wat na ons geld moet kyk in daardie departement. Die hoof uitvoerende beampte is die een wat die leisels moet vat om daardie instituut vorentoe te laat beweeg. Daarom moet hy of sy ook 'n finansile agtergrond h.
Aangaande die kwessie van die Khoi en San - ek is nie gekoop nie. Ek wil nie h mense moet s as jy nie Khoi of San is nie, verstaan jy nie die kultuur nie, en dan bly jy stil, of jy doen behoorlike navorsing. Die Khoi en San se kwessie rondom Stuurman is voorgehou aan ons. Drie weke of 'n maand gelede was die Khoi en San, die Griekwas en die Namas in gesprek met die portefeuljekomitee. Daardie mense het gestipuleer wat hulle verwag van die staat. Hulle het ook ges dat die enigste party wat vir hulle omgee die ANC is. [Applous.] Hulle het dit pertinent gestel in daardie komitee. Die party wat na hulle luister, is die ANC. [Tussenwerpsels.] Daarom skroom ek nie om dit te s nie. Die ANC steun die begrotingspos. [Tyd versteke.] [Applous.] (Translation of Afrikaans speech follows.)
[Ms L N MOSS: Chairperson, hon Minister, hon Deputy Minister, hon Members of Parliament, as well as our guests, greetings in the name of this wonderful day that we have started and will be concluding when we lie down tonight.
We need no scientific study to prove that the opening and closing ceremonies of the world cup tournaments hosted by South Africa have afforded us an opportunity to display our performing and visual arts as an expression of our national identity. These are events for our performing and visual artists to tell our stories through song, dance and attire - like our chairperson, hon Sunduza - as well as through our designs and visual arts. It is the ANC government's aim to enter into dialogue with every sector of society in the country as an important part of a democratic culture. I hope Mr Mulder can hear what I'm saying. [Interjections.] That is why we say we can do more by working together and not just coming here to moan. [Interjections.] You'll get your chance. I'm waiting for you. Your sports will come.
In the performing arts the cultural component is a very major partner in our endeavour to build a social and cultural identity for our nation. Any foreigner keen on better understanding South Africans will probably listen to our music and watch our films and television dramas. That is how important the performing arts are for this country's image and its identity. They shouldn't be stealing that. The ANC has responded to the appeals from our artists that the government should assist with the protection of intellectual property rights. Concerning future growth, the ANC government would like to see development in the rural cultural component sector, for instance as regards traditional composers, actors, craftsmen and painters. This is in line with the new focus on rural development.
The ANC would also like to see the industry's conscious endeavour to support youth development. Our youth should be encouraged to attend school and institutions of higher learning and not to ditch education in favour of the performing arts industry. If they engage with the industry after obtaining a qualification, they can contribute to the growth and development of our performing arts sector, as they will then be in possession of essential skills. We encourage those already in the field to use all available time to study. It is never too late to empower oneself with education. Education is the key with which all doors of impossibility can be unlocked.
Promotion of the performing arts involves the promotion and development of literary, visual and performing arts through policy development and rendering financial assistance to institutions of the performing arts, organisations, community arts and individuals. It also supports the arts and social development by way of activities that are aimed at women, children, the youth, persons with disabilities and older people. It is focused on skills development through the improvement of basic education by way of arts, culture and heritage. By 2013-14 the performing arts would like to increase the participation by target groups in, and their access to, arts and cultural programmes with the establishment of eight public arts development programmes. The ANC government is making arts and culture part of the mainstream educational system by increasing the number of artistic practitioners placed in schools from 50 in 2011-12 to 250 in 2015- 16. This is the ANC! [Applause.]
The expenditure focus over the medium term is to make the role of the arts in social and economic development part of the mainstream through the execution of the strategic Mzanzi Golden Economy projects and the development of the local film industry through the National Film and Video Foundation. Expenditure regarding the National Film and Video Foundation has increased significantly from 2010-11 to 2012-13, because in the 2011 budget additional funds were appropriated for the foundation to develop the film industry and to create jobs.
The foundation has awarded 63 bursaries for various film and video studies. In 2012-13, 49 screenplays with local content were developed and 64 films with local content were developed. Over the medium term, spending on the strategic Mzanzi Golden Economy projects has been responsible for an increase in expenditure on the subprogrammes of the performing arts. The ANC government wants to reduce expenditure over the medium term by R4,9 million. This reduction will be brought about through the appropriation of funds to the national Arts Council and the Playhouse Company. An amount of R17,7 million from this programme has also been earmarked for this period for the administrative programme to centralise the information technology and bursary services.
Each art form, from acting to dancing, opera, cabaret, the fine arts and craftsmanship, from classical music to jazz, to lectures, is represented everywhere in South Africa. The country abounds with cultural diversity, which makes it a major destination for all art lovers. A lot still needs to be done to ensure that human rights and the basic democratic rights as provided for in the Constitution are strengthened and become effective. This entails the continued promotion of arts, culture and heritage in South Africa and appreciation for the role played by socioeconomic development through the introduction of at least 57 programmes and projects in 2012-13 to improve the social and economic status of communities in South Africa. Social enrichment, social cohesion and nation-building are promoted by the arts, culture and heritage and not by the Minister alone. By way of the appropriation of resources and the guarantee that productions will promote social inclusivity and nation-building, these programmes will reach identified areas.
The medium-term expenditure framework of the ANC government states that we want to use arts and culture as a means to promote the cultural diversity of our society and to unite our people. We want to promote culture, arts and sport in order to consolidate community and national pride, positive social values, as well as economic development, including tourism. The ANC therefore regards the arts as a key economic activity, in addition to providing entertainment, promoting cultural identity and providing a national identity. The music industry alone has the potential to create work and wealth. It is accessed through direct performances, the production and sale of sound recordings, the collection of royalties and administration, the production and sale of musical instruments and the legal fraternity.
The theft of intellectual property affects the income of many artists. In conjunction with the Departments of Justice and of Trade and Industry, the SA Police Service is in the process of eliminating the prevalence of theft in this industry. Decisive action against illegal syndicates, arrests and convictions are on the increase countrywide due to the joint efforts of these departments.
Finally, I want to emphasise that nowadays Africa is regarded as the Cradle of Mankind. In our part of the continent we have a rich and divergent past. Its complexity and diversity are only now being appreciated. Our heritage is indeed the foundation upon which we are building in order to restructure our society. My message today is to find joy in the abundance of our society. I plead with you to consider the many opportunities we have - as communities, as a country and as a continent, apart from those people who are negative. Consider your heritage and how in many ways it differs from that of your parents. Consider also the distinctive characteristics that bind you to previous generations, to themes and traditions that have shaped your life. As the hon Sunduza remarked, her father is also present here today, and the point I am making - that we have a lot to learn from our parents and ancestors - is important. Our cultural villages also demonstrate to visitors the traditional lifestyle of different people in a natural environment.
Allow me the opportunity to thank all artists who worked with us during the election campaigns. The ANC sincerely appreciates your support, artists. We must now co-operate in order to realise the goal of achieving a better life for all.
I would like to tell the opposition from my heart that it is my plea that we build this land. In February we all come to this Parliament in our best attire to listen to the President's state of the nation address. In his speech the President then details his vision of what must happen in the year and on the road ahead. Nation-building was one of the points he spelled out in his speech, but nation-building cannot only come from the President or from our Minister. Everyone in this House - regardless of the party we represent - has a role to play and to fulfil so that we can build our land and this nation. [Applause.]
Nation-building starts at home. I get worried when I see leaders starting to talk in a different direction, apportioning blame to the President or the Minister. Nation-building starts at home, and it is in particular aimed at the young boys and girls in our homes who have to be taught what constitutes society, what constitutes a nation, so that we may have a next generation of leaders in the country to take over.
I want to give an example of what I have experienced. I got into an elevator here in Cape Town. The person said that he or she did not want to be in an elevator with people of colour and stepped out of the elevator. Is that nation-building? No, because you are still looking at colour. Nation- building is looking past colour, taking hands, forgiving each other although we cannot forget. That is nation-building. [Applause.] Nation- building is looking out for your neighbour. Does she have a piece of bread on her table? Do we care about each other, when we see how our neighbour is being terrorised by her child who is addicted to drugs or alcohol? Do we assist and ask how we can help her to sort out her child in such a situation? That is nation-building.
I want to continue on the point of nation-building. Hon Ma Storey told us a little story in the committee. She told us that when she went to the Pick n Pay supermarket, she didn't even feel like entering. You get bumped and knocked around there because you don't belong. The remark by DA leader Helen Zille - that refugees should return to where they come from - has made the people of the Cape give you the cold shoulder as well. [Interjections.]
I can tell the hon member of Cope that we co-operate very well in the committee. Do not come and stand here and say something different. If you do not know what a chief financial officer or a chief executive officer is, the committee can offer you some training. [Applause.] The chief financial officer is the one who must look after our money in that department. The chief executive officer is the one who must take the reins in order to make that institution move ahead. Therefore he or she should also have a financial background.
As regards the issue of the Khoi and San - I have not been bought. I don't want people to say that if you are not a Khoi or San you will not understand the culture, and you keep quiet or you do proper research. The Khoi and San issue around Stuurman was held up to us. Three weeks or a month ago the Khoi and San, the Griquas and the Namas were in discussion with the portfolio committee. Those people stipulated what they were expecting from the state. They also said that the only party that cared about them was the ANC. [Applause.] They stated this appropriately in that committee. The party that listens to them is the ANC. [Interjections.] That is why I do not hesitate to say this. The ANC supports the Budget Vote. [Time expired.] [Applause.]]