Voorsitter van die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies, Ministers en agb lede van die Huis, ons voormalige President, Nelson Mandela, is absoluut korrek deur te s: Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else can. Sport can awake hope where there was previously only despair.
Voorsitter, hierdie aanhaling is ook baie gepas ten opsigte van kuns en kultuur, en daarom is dit net nie reg dat twee sulke belangrike poste in hierdie begrotingsdebat saamgegooi word nie. Dit doen afbreuk aan die status van die twee begrotingsposte, en daarom dink ek dit moet afsonderlik hanteer word.
Ek het baie respek daarvoor as die swepe dit so besluit het of as die Huis dit so besluit het, maar ons moet in die toekoms kyk of daar nie 'n ander manier is waarop dit hanteer kan word nie. Die rede hoekom ek dit s, is omdat hierdie begrotingsposte, wat betref die land se mense, die ekonomie, armoede en nog baie ander dinge 'n baie groot rol kan speel.
Waardevolle items word bewaar vir die nageslag, en daarom moet dinge soos nasionale simbole, die landsvlag, monumente, museums en ook ander infrastruktuur bewaar word. Dit is net reg dat die departement die reklame hiervan baie meer intensief op alle gebiede van die land gaan aanpak.
Ons erfenisgeskiedenis moet ook baie meer deur middel van die toerismesektor en beherende besture bemark word, want erfenis en kultuur vertel ander lande en hul mense wat Suid-Afrika is en hoe sy mense verstaan en beskou kan word. Ons het 'n ryk geskiedenis van kulture, erfenisse en ander aantreklikhede vir toeriste, veral in die plattelandse gebiede wat heeltemal afgeskeep word in bemarking, en daarom moet ons baie meer intensief na hierdie gebiede uitreik. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Mr M J R DE VILLIERS: Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ministers and hon members of the House, our former President, Nelson Mandela, is absolutely correct when he says:
Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else can. Sport can awake hope where there was previously only despair.
Chairperson, this quote is also very fitting with regard to art and culture, and it is therefore not right that two Votes of such importance are thrown together in this budget debate. It detracts from the status of these Budget Votes, which is why I think they should be dealt with separately.
I have a lot of respect for the Whips' decision or if it was the House that decided on this, but hereafter we must look at a different way of dealing with this. My reason for saying so is that as far as the people, the economy, poverty and many other things in this country are concerned, these Budget Votes can play a very major part. Valuable items are preserved for posterity and things such as national symbols, the country's flag, monuments, museums as well as other infrastructure should therefore also be preserved. It is only right that the department is going to deal much more intensively with promotion in this regard in all spheres relating to this country.
The history of our heritage should also be marketed much more by way of the tourism sector and controlling authorities, because heritage and culture tell other countries and their people about South Africa and how its people should be understood and regarded. We have a rich history of culture, heritage and other attractions for tourists, especially in the rural areas which are totally neglected in our marketing, and we should therefore reach out much more intensively to these regions.]
We must implement risk management in all of our heritage institutions and resources, which the department already does. Our indigenous languages are assets which we don't treasure enough. We would like to see that every person can speak his or her mother tongue and interpretation must be available in all our offices. Interpretation is absent in our committee rooms or doesn't exist. This is wrong, and we must address that.
Thank you for planning to promote more choral music and especially to promote the writing of books in indigenous languages. It is very important that the writers must be those from the applicable culture.
A lot more can be said, but let me just say the following about schools...
... en die Minister het daaroor uitgewei. [... and the Minister expanded on that.]
Fewer schools have the training of choral music or art as a subject in their curriculum. We must also put more emphasis on this in schools.
En daarom sal ons dan ook hierdie agterstand en die probleme op voetsoolvlak regstel. [And that is why we will correct this backlog and the problems at grass-roots level.]
The Rugby World Cup that was held in South Africa a few years ago is a good example of nation-building. If a school or club wins a sport match, a lot of team spirit and pride is generated. Therefore, we must treasure all the tournaments in our country and make sure that each and every one of them is well organised and safe for the athletes, players and spectators.
Thank you very much for a successful 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup, a very well-organised Twenty20 cricket tournament and all the other successfully organised national and provincial commitments in the different parts of this department's responsibility and all over in our country. It is so that we must broaden the mass participation in sport, but also in culture. A problem is ...
... die leerders in die agtergeblewe gebiede, en veral in die ver plattelandse gebiede, vind dit baie moeilik om op streeksvlak, provinsiale vlak en nasionale vlak deel te neem. Die redes is legio en spruit onder meer voort uit armoede, afstande, gebrek aan ordentlike fasiliteite en ander. Selfs by plaaslike rade word sport en ontspanning, asook kuns en kultuur baie gering geag.
Ons sal 'n deeglike reklameprogram moet skep om hierdie probleem aan te spreek. Die departement is reeds hiermee besig, maar dit blyk asof daar nie voldoende inisiatief en geesdrif is om die bul by die horings te pak nie. Dit moet in alle sfere en dele van die gemeenskap geskied.
'n Baie groot uitdaging l vir die land voor, naamlik die Wreldbekersokkertoernooi in 2010. Die departement het rapporteer dat dit op elke gebied konsentreer om dinge so glad as moontlik te laat verloop, naamlik die lughaweverkeer, padverkeer, verblyf, sekuriteit, ontspanningsgeriewe en alles wat met so 'n toernooi gepaard gaan. Ons moet meer as 7,5 uit 10 kry, want ons is 'n nasie van uitnemendheid.
Voorsitter, 'n volledige vorderingsverslag van waar sportgeriewe, biblioteke, afrigtingskursusse vir afrigters en spelers, ens, beplan word, sal aan die komitee en sy lede beskikbaar gestel moet word sodat ons oorsigrol op 'n baie meer doeltreffende wyse kan geskied.
Ons sal ook 'n mate van 'n vertoningsrekord-program moet ontwikkel sodat die persone en atlete wat afrigting ontvang het, of selfs presteer het, gemonitor en gevolg kan word. Dit sal dus die potensile goeie talente wat deur die krake val, kan opspoor en betyds vir die bedryf red.
Die bedryfsprobleme wat in die Robbeneiland-museum ontstaan het, is 'n verleentheid en 'n belediging vir ons land en sy mense. Hierdie fasiliteit is een van die ikone vir Suid-Afrika. Die verantwoordelike mense het geensins die risikobestuurmodel konstruktief toegepas nie, of anders was nalatige bestuur die rede. Nooit kan sulke nalatigheid goedgekeur word nie. Die departement moet tot verantwoording geroep word om 'n volledige verslag van gebeure en die verloop daarvan te rapporteer. Ek dank u, Voorsitter. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[... that the learners in the underdeveloped areas, and in particular in the remote rural areas, find it extremely difficult to compete at regional, provincial and national level. The reasons are legion, arising, among others, from poverty, distances, a lack of proper facilities and so on. Even with the local councils, sport and recreation, as well as arts and culture, are very poorly regarded.
We will have to create a proper promotional programme to address this problem. The department is already busy in this regard, but it would seem as if there is a lack of initiative and enthusiasm to take the bull by the horns. This has to take place in all spheres and sectors of the community.
The country is facing a very big challenge, namely the 2010 Soccer World Cup Tournament. The department has reported that it is concentrating on every level in order to facilitate matters as smoothly as possible, namely airport traffic, road traffic, lodging, security, recreational facilities and everything that is occasioned by such a tournament. We have to achieve more than 7,5 out of 10, because we are a nation of excellence.
Chairperson, a complete progress report on where sports facilities, libraries, training courses for coaches and players, etc, are planned will have to be made available to the committee and its members so that our oversight function can take place in a much more efficient way.
To a certain extent we will also have to develop a performance record programme so that the persons and athletes who have received training, or may even have done well, can be monitored and observed. In this way any potentially good talent which might have fallen through the cracks can be tracked down in good time and saved for the profession.
The managerial problems that have developed at the Robben Island Museum are an embarrassment and insult to our country and its people. This facility is one of South Africa's icons. The people responsible have totally failed in constructively applying the risk management model, or otherwise negligent management was the reason. Such negligence can never be condoned. The department should be called to account to produce a comprehensive report on the course of events. I thank you, Chairperson.]