Themba P. WakasheDirector-General

Department of Arts and Culture

BUDGET VOTE: 12 AND SUMMARY OF

THE STRATEGIC PLAN

2008/2009-2010/11

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CONTENTS

1. Aim of the Department.

2. Programmes and purpose, priorities and achievements.

3. MTEF Expenditure trends.

4. 2008/2009 Budget summary.

5. Detail per Programme.

6. Additional Information.

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AIM OF THEDEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND

CULTURE

AIM OF THEDEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND

CULTURE

To develop and preserve South African culture to ensure social cohesion and nation building

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Overview of Government Programme of ActionSocial Cohesion and National Identity Programmes

• Promote a National Flag Month in the South African calendar in order to promote National Identity .

• Conduct and intensify National Dialogue on various aspects of social cohesion, national identity and nationhood.

• Implement Social Mobilisation Campaigns to build solidarity, improve safety of communities and strengthen social cohesion.

• Develop and publish terminology on concepts such as national reconciliation, national unity, social cohesion, as well as on soccer terminology for the official African languages.

• Intensify the campaign for the installation of flags and flag poles in schools, government buildings and entry points in cities and towns.

• Conclude the debate on a National Schools Pledge.• Embark on a synchronised process to create a base slate of changes to

geographic and place names (A 14).

FOSAD ON ISAD (Information Society and Development Cluster)

National Digital Repository The following issues have been identified for consideration when developing National Digital Repository

• Collection and Digitisation of information• Identify the use of the information• Consideration on accessibility• Challenges of transforming raw information into meaningful

information• Intellectual Property Rights issues to be considered in the

implementation of NDR• Digital migration and marketing of the information• Similar initiatives currently happening at other government

institutions to be considered by the project • Development of legal framework• Avoid duplication

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Overview of Government Programme of Action….cont

The deployment of ICTs in Libraries and Heritage institutions

• Funding of the infrastructure and its maintenance was also highlighted as one of the areas to be addressed

• Collaboration with different stakeholderThe implementation of Open Source Software in the coverage of Dinaledi School.

• A need to focus how we deliver on OSS targets

• This target should consider supporting NDR in terms of technical support

• Relevant stakeholders should discuss the operationalisation of above proposal

• DST can support the target by drawing the specifications for the service providers and provide Quality Assurance.

Programme 1: Administration

Purpose :

Corporate Services is to provide overall management and provision of centralised support services to departmental core programmes in order to create an enabling environment for the achievement of departmental objectives as well as the coordination and development of systems that will effectively and efficiently manage the strategic functions and operations of the department.

Priorities:

• Strengthen the capacity of the department by filling the vacant posts.

• Conduct organizational development excise to improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.

• Finalise the Policy Review Process.• Continue to implement Social Cohesion Programmes.

• Offer IT infrastructure support to all programmes and participate in governments Information Communication Technology (ICT) programmes e.g. Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)

• Ensure compliance with government legislative framework through effective and efficient financial management, legal advise and support, as well as through performance information and annual reporting.

• Promote awareness of DAC key programmes and projects through publicity campaigns ,and other communication events.

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Programme 1: Administration -Achievements

Achievement:

• Vacancy Rate: Fifty four posts out of ninety-three (93) have been filled that have been advertised since October 2007.

• HR Policies: Gap analysis on HR policies has been done to identify policies that need to be reviewed and developed. Eleven policies have been approved and six are in draft form. Standing workshops pre-arranged to take place every month for the unions and employer representatives to discuss and finalise policies which are in draft form.

• Skills Development: 100 interns were recruited by the Department with 80% placed in the DAC institutions, the rest are in the Department. More than 60% of interns from the previous intake managed to secure permanent employment.

• Employment Equity: One of employment equity programmes prioritised by the Department is Mentorship and coaching by targeting female Senior Mangers with the intention of addressing representativity at senior management level.

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Programme 2: Arts and Culture in Society

Purpose :Develop and promote arts and culture in South Africa and mainstream its role in social development.

Priorities: • Develop a coherent implementation to improve mass

participation in youth in Arts and Culture.• To ensure a broader access by communities through the

National Community structures initiatives strategies on the performing arts.

• Provide strategic support for large scale performing arts companies.

• Continue to work and to ensure broader programme with Community Arts Centers.

• Promotion of Arts Access Correctional Facilities.• Promotion of Moral Regeneration programme in

partnership with National Religious Leaders Forum. ( NRLF) and other stakeholders and civil societies. • Implementation of the vision 2010 plan and strategy.• Finasing the programming and funding models for

community arts centre .Achievements:

• Developed a vision 2010 strategy .• Established orchestra ensembles in the last four years to

create permanent employment for the artists.• Increased funding to the National Arts Council.

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Programme 3: National Languages Services – Priorities and Achievements

Purpose :

Develop and promote the official languages of South Africa and enhance the linguistic diversity of the country.

Priorities:

• To ensure on the implementation of the National Language Policy Framework .

• Establishment of Provincial Language committee to ensure the promotion awareness of multilingualism.

• Establishment of the National Centre for Human Language Technologies (HLT).

Achievements :

• Establishment of Language developments Research Centers ( LRDC).

• Regulate and accredit the language profession by establishing the South African Language Practitioners.

• Sponsorship for the post graduate students to study African languages.

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Programme 4: Cultural Development , International Co-operation and Investing in Culture

Purpose:

Improve economic and other development opportunities for South African arts and culture, nationally and globally, through mutually beneficial partnerships, thereby ensuring the sustainability of the sector.

Priorities:• To manage bi-literal and multi-literal relationships .• Diplomatic relationship between South Africa and China.• Promoting the African agenda .• To promote /effect the signing of core production treaties in

partnership with National Film Video Foundation.• To ensure the training and skills development of curators, arts

managers and artists etc and other practitioners in creative industries.• To ensure the participation of South Africa at major film events

locally and internationally .• To provide sustainable empowerment opportunities through

supporting initiatives in training, skills development and job creation in the arts, culture, cultural tourism and heritage sectors.

• Taking South African music to the world.• Creating sustainable jobs in copyright industries and related markets.• Develop technical service in the creative industries for the

development of grassroot practitioners to access the market.

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Programme 4: Cultural Development , International Co-operation and Investing in Culture

Achievements :

• All provincial coordinators are accredited assessors.• Establishment of the tri-literal between South Africa, Norway

and National Arts Council to promote music through MMINO initiatives.

• Funding on investing in culture: 10% of projects supported are submitted to Integrated Development Plan of the municipality and 40% of allocation invested in the projects are for supporting the nodes. 20% of supported project are for SMMEs.

• 12 Road shows conducted nationally for establishment of committee on mapping of Cultural Industries.

• A program in cooperation with International partners for curator training in UK and Germany has been developed.

• About 90% of the learners who participated in the youth training and development prpgramme in the film and television industry are from previously disadvantage sector.

• The pilot programme on youth training and development in African language for screenplay writing has been completed.

• 6078 beneficiaries were provided with job opportunities primalary in craft sectors in nodal areas.

• Ratification of the Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Goods and service.

• DAC contributed to IBSA by the exhibition of Beautiful Things and contemporary arts in India and Brazil.

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Programme 5: Heritage Promotion

Purpose:

Develop and monitor the implementation of policy, legislation and strategic direction for identifying, conserving and promoting cultural heritage

Priorities :

• To develop National policy on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). • To conduct National Audit of Intangible Cultural Heritage of South Africa.• To Deepen and consolidate the transformation of National Heritage

Institutions .• Intensify fund raising campaign to the NEPAD Agenda through the

establishment of the African World Heritage Fund.• Improve security and access at heritage institutions .• Conduct social cohesion campaigns through the National Public Hearings on

Geographical Names.• Conduct skills audit for Heritage Sector. • Conduct research on the social historical of 2010 host cities.• To ensure completion of the Freedom Park project by 2009.• Linking to Heritage to tourism initiatives through identification of cultural

routes.• To identify and restore historic schools as part of the protection , preservation

and production of Heritage.

Achievements:

• Establish fully fledged research and policy unit • Electronic linkage between DAC and the heritage institutions have been open.• Appointed , inaugurated and inducted new council members all Heritage

institutions • Web pages for Legacy Projects and Heritage Institutions have been completed. • New South African Geographical Names Council has been inaugurated on the

27th November 2007.• Successfully commemorated various historical events ( SS Mendi , Steve

Biko).• Established operational African World Heritage Fund to enhance preservation

and promotion of Word Heritage sites in South Africa.

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Programme 6: National Archives, Records, Libraries and Heraldic Services

Purpose:

Guide, sustain and develop the archival, heraldic and information resources of South Africa to empower citizens through full and open access to these resources.

Priorities: • To populirase the National Symbol and consolidate National

Identity together with the Department of Education. • The completion of a new building for the National Library of

South Africa.• Community libraries project will be rolled out to promote a

culture of reading.• Completion and handover of Timbuktu library project • Develop policy and strategy on digitisation of Archival Cultural

Heritage

Achievements:

• The number of researchers registered for the first time utilising the reading room have increased by 108

• Successfully hosted 4th Annual Oral History Conference in Limpopo from the 21 to 26 October 2007.

• New versions of updated records management policy manual approved, released and published on website during October 2007.

• A consultation with stakeholders on the drafting of library transformation charter has taken place.

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MTEF Expenditure trendsMTEF Expenditure trendsThe Department’s budget grew at an average annual rate of 13 per cent between 2004/05 and 2007/08, mainly due to additional resources for capital works, such as developing Freedom Park, upgrading and maintaining museums and improving public and community library services.

Growth is sustained over the MTEF period, at an average annual rate of 12.5 per cent.

Growth is affected by projects such as Freedom Park, which will end in 2008/09, and projects related to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, including preparation for the opening and closing ceremonies, for which funding will end in 2009/10.

Provision for the community library services conditional grant to improve community library services and for upgrading the public entities is extended over the MTEF period.

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MTEF Expenditure trends (Continue)MTEF Expenditure trends (Continue)

The 2008 Budget increased the allocation to the Department by R536 million in 2008/09; R295 million in 2009/10, and decreased it by R124 million in 2010/11.

Additional allocations include:

• Implementing the social cohesion campaigns (R10 mil, R15 mil and R20 mil).

• Upgrading the infrastructure of public entities (R53 mil, R120 mil and R150.8 mil).

• Preparing for the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2010 FIFA World Cup (R50 mil in 2008/09 and R75 mil in 2009/10).

• A once-off additional allocation of R150 mil for upgrading heritage institutions in 09/10.

• Inflation adjustments for personnel and non- personnel items (R12.8 mil, R14.9 mil and R15.6 mil).

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2008/2009 budget summary2008/2009 budget summary

Rand thousand

Public Entities 852 079 (40%)Capital Works 350 623 (17%)Other Transfer Pay. 284 538 (13%) Community Libraries 338 000 (16%)Department 291 842 (14%)

Total 2 117 082

Transfers dominate the total budget allocation at 86,21 %

The attached ENE document provides comparative figures

Admin.6%

Arts & Culture in Society

13% 2010 World Cup Projects

2%National

Language Service

5%

Cultural Devel. and Intern.

10%

Community Library Serv.

16%

Archives, Records,

Libraries and Heraldic Serv.

6%

Heritage Promotion

42%

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Arts and Culture in Society Arts and Culture in Society

Detail per ProgrammeDetail per ProgrammeRandthousand

Performing Arts Institutions 152 430 Promote Arts and Culture 41 987

Detail: Social Cohesion 4 092Woman’s Day celebrations 4 500Arts Edu. and Training 1 191Disability Arts 855Community Arts Centres 3 573Arts and Culture Festivals 2 620Moral Regeneration Mov. 4 382Performing Arts 2 000Institutional Management 700Cape Town Jazz Festival 6 000Africa Day Celebrations 2 000Freedom Day 5 574Day of Reconciliation 2 00016 Days of Activism 2 500

2010 World Cup Projects 50 000 National Arts Council 58 275

Total (15%) 333 800

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Arts and Culture in Society Arts and Culture in Society

Detail per ProgrammeDetail per Programme

State TheatreArtscapePlayhouse Company Performing Arts Centre of the Free StateMarket TheatreWindybrow TheatreBusiness Arts South Africa

Randthousand

30 433 35 138 29 812 25 414

19 109 7 344 5 180

152 430 (7%)

Performing Arts Institutions

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Detail per Programme (Continue)Detail per Programme (Continue) National Language Service National Language Service

Rand thousand

Language Planning and Development 14 416

Translating and Editing 2 129

National Terminology 1 169

Human Lang. Technologies 12 000

PanSalb 47 451

Total (5%) 102 050

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Detail per Programme (Continue)Detail per Programme (Continue)

Cultural Development and International Co-operationCultural Development and International Co-operation

Rand thousand

Cultural Industries 41 527

Investing in Culture 100 684

Promote Culture International 35 190

National Film and Video Foun. 37 895

Total (10%) 215 296

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Detail per Programme (Continue)Detail per Programme (Continue)

Heritage PromotionHeritage Promotion Rand thousand

National Heritage Council 29 965

Declared Cultural Institutions (Museums etc.) 409 915

Capital Works 350 623

South African Heritage Resources Agency 31 005

Heritage Promotion 59 122 Detail: Prom. of Heritage 21 841

Heritage policy development 2 685Historic Schools 4 500Social Cohesion Projects 8 294African World Heritage Fund 5 000Heritage Day 7 021Legacy Projects 5 703Living Heritage 4 078

SA Geographical Names 5 241

Total (42%) 885 871

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Detail per Programme (Continue)Detail per Programme (Continue)

Declared Cultural Institutions (Museums etc.)

Northern Flagship InstitutionIziko MuseumNatal MuseumNational Museum“Die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum”National English Literary Museum Voortrekker MuseumWar Museum of the Boer Republics Robben Island MuseumWilliam Humphreys Art GalleryEngelenburg House Art CollectionNelson Mandela MuseumLuthuli MuseumFreedom Park: CurrentFreedom Park: CapitalCastle of Good Hope

(19%)

Randthousand

44 189 43 995 11 235 21 098 3 142 5 719 8 046 5 472 46 072 4 009 205 13 890 5 328 50 000 144 000 3 515

409 915

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Detail per Programme (Continue)Detail per Programme (Continue)

National Archives, Records, Libraries andHeraldic ServicesNational Archives, Records, Libraries andHeraldic Services

Rand thousand

National Archives 46 555

Bureau of Heraldry 6 519

Meta-Information 3 925

Community Libraries 338 000

Libraries 65 324

Total (22%) 460 323

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Additional InformationAdditional Information

Rand thousand

Staffing (6%) 132 809

Good and Services (8%) 153 624

Operating costOperating cost

1,121,0251,329,934

1,607,769

2,117,082

2,412,531 2,288,974

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DAC BUDGET INCLUDING CAPITAL WORKS

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