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Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on Committee recommendations made during oversight between 2014-2017; with Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee and the Department of Arts and Culture met to address issues raised at the oversight visits from 2014 to date.
The Committee raised concerns on how the Department of Arts and Culture resolves issues raised by different entities, and if the Minister of the Department plays a ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture Quarter 2 and 3 performance
27 Feb 2018
The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Committee on its Quarter 2 and 3 performance.
Among matters needing immediate attention were updates on the National Heritage Monument programme. Accomplishments on the building of monuments of liberation struggle leaders were announced.
The Department committed to investing in other monumental projects ...
Arts and Culture
Committee Reports on Mpumalanga Enyokeni Cultural Precinct & Kwazulu-Natal Museum oversight
13 Feb 2018
The Committee considered and approved three outstanding reports with amendments. The Committee also adopted several outstanding minutes.
Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture Venture Capital Fund; PANSALB public hearing report on multilingualism & official languages
6 Feb 2018
Document handed out: Arts and Culture Venture Capital Fund [awaited]
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) noted some performance milestones such as 919 transactions worth R9.2 billion and disbursement of about R6.2 billion since inception. The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) had entrusted the NEF through a tender process to ...
Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture funding; Fruitless and wasteful expenditure: DAC briefing
14 Nov 2017
“We had it. We lost it. We must find it.” That was one of the impassioned pleas made by the Chairperson of the Committee when it met with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and reflected on the decline in social cohesion and nation building in recent years. This ...
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SA Cultural Observatory impact in Arts and Culture sector
7 Nov 2017
Information that the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture had been waiting for since the start of their term was presented by the South African Cultural Observatory (SACO), which reported on the development of the South African Festivals Economic Impact Calculator (SAFEIC) -- a free online tool specifically for cultural ...
Arts and Culture
PanSALB: Asmal Report recommendations - OISD briefing; Arts and Culture BRRR
24 Oct 2017
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to first consider and adopt its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR), dated 18 October 2017. Having gone through the Draft report page by page, the Committee emphasised recommendations made in the previous financial year were important to ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy
17 Oct 2017
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) was commended by the Committee on receiving an unqualified opinion from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), based on its audit of the Department’s 2016/17 annual performance report. At the same time, it attracted criticism for the under-expenditure of ...
Arts and Culture
PANSALB, Robben Island Museum, Free State Performing Arts Centre 2016/17 Annual Report
10 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee met with the Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS), the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and the Robben Island Museum, who presented their annual performance reports.
PACOFS said it had presented a total of 56 performances, of which 21 ...
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DAC, National Arts Council, National Film and Video Foundation, SAHRA 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General input
3 Oct 2017
The Committee met with the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and its entities to discuss 2016/17 Annual Reports – entities present included the National Arts Council, National Film and Video Foundation and South African Heritage Resources Agency. The AGSA presented ...