PRESENTATION OF THE 2011/2012 PROGRAMME OF ACTION AND BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR VOTE 14 TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE 8 June 2011 Sibusiso Xaba Director-General

Outline of the Presentation 1. Purpose 2. Vision 3. The DAC Programme Objectives 4. The DAC Key Priorities/Themes 5. The DAC Key Campaigns for Mzansi’s Golden Economy 7. Highlights and Challenges 8. The DAC Organogram 9. MTEF Allocation 2011/13 – 2013/14 2

Purpose To brief the Select Committee members on the DAC programme for the year

To develop and preserve South African culture to ensure social cohesion and nation building VISION 4

DAC Programmes Objectives 1.Corporate Services: Provides overall management and centralised support services to departmental core programmes in order to create an enabling environment for the achievement of departmental objectives. 2.Arts and Culture in Society: Promotion of Arts and Culture in South Africa and mainstream its role in social development 3.National Language Services: To develop and promote the official languages of South Africa and enhance linguistic diversity. 5

DAC Programmes Objectives Cont’d 4. Cultural Development and International Relations: improve economic and other development opportunities for South Africa Arts and culture, nationally and globally, through mutually beneficial partnerships thereby ensuring sustainability of the sector 5. Heritage Promotion: Develop and monitor the implementation of policy, legislation and strategic programmes for the identification, conservation and promotion of cultural heritage for socio- economic development and social cohesion 6. National Archives and Library Services: To guide, sustain and develop the archival and library and information resources of South Africa so that good governance is supported, socio- economic development is sustained and citizens are empowered through full and open access to these resources 6

Outcomes Agenda The Minister of Arts and Culture has signed a Performance Agreement with the President of South Africa and comprises of the following Outcomes: –Improved quality of education (Outcome 1) –Decent employment through inclusive growth path (Outcome 4) –Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and with food security (Outcome 7) The DAC has a mandate to lead Outcome12: An efficient, effective and development oriented Public Service led by DPSA and An empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship with the DPSA. 7

Outcome 12 Output 5Nation Building and National Identity Sub outputs: 5.1 Campaigns to inform and educate citizens about the Rights and Responsibilities of South African Constitution 5.2 Celebrating the South African’s Cultural Diversity Output 6Citizen Participation Sub outputs: 6.1 Access to information 6.2 Public awareness about participation 6.3 Institutional design to maximise participation Output 7Social Cohesion Sub outputs: 7.1 Social Capital 8

Outcome 7 Output 3Improved rural services to support livelihoods Sub outputs: 3.2 Access to information 3.3 Innovative service delivery models for rural areas are available widely Output 4Improved employment opportunities and economic livelihoods Sub outputs: 4.4 Enterprise development services supported (including for SMMEs and Cooperatives) 9

Outcome 4 Output 6Improved support to small business and cooperatives Sub outputs: 6.1 Reduced constrains and improved support to SMMEs Output 7Expansion of EPWP Sub outputs: 7.2 Expansion of employment in the social sector 10

Key priorities Social Cohesion and Nation Building Skills development Economic development Development, Preservation and Promotion of Arts, Culture and Heritage Preservation for access to information 11

Key Priority 1: Social Cohesion and Nation Building Geographical Name Changes: The South African Geographical Name Council and the DAC will continue with the process of standardizing geographical names and engage the citizens of South Africa on issues of geographical names – A workshop will be hosted in collaboration with the provinces to consolidate recommendation from the hearings National Days: Participation across all nationally to celebrate South Africa’s cultural diversity and to commemorate SA’ history Festivals: Promotion of the Arts, Culture and Heritage (Macufe, Maphungubwe, etc.) Conferences: Annual National Oral History and an inclusive Summit on Social Cohesion and Nation Building; National conference on carnivals (SA Carnival Movement) 12

Key Priority 1: Social Cohesion and Nation Building - Cont’d Interventions that promote dialogue: –Social engagement and community mobilisation campaigns on issues of social cohesion and national building in conjunction with Provinces and other government departments –TrendSetter initiatives in collaboration with National Youth Structures –Izimbizos will be conducted to create platforms to provide information and encourage exchange of views to strengthen interaction and feedback between the department and the arts and culture sector Community Arts Centres and the Performing Arts Institutions: These serve as a vehicle to social cohesion and nation building. At the same time they provide short-term jobs especially in the technical, hospitality, and security services. 13

Key Priority 2: Skills Development National Skills Academy in the Arts, Culture and Heritage: –The Academy will become a “Center of Excellence”, providing a platform for artists to perfect their skills and thus become the best in the world –This will also contribute to the New Growth Path Special Skills: –There will be development and promotion of special skills for writing and creating regular platforms for publishing. The writers will be trained in play writing programmes. –Script to screen in the film industry focusing on scrip writing (prioritising indigenous story telling and writing especially in rural areas and townships) 14

Key Priority 2: Skills Development Cont’d Special Skills -Development of the Heritage Human Resources Development strategy to promote skills development Bursaries -These will be awarded to undergraduates and postgraduate to promote skills development in the Language profession The DAC will increase industry initiatives, partnerships and support for skills development and transfer in response to EPWP Programmes (mentorship/curator partnership programmes) 15

Key Priority 2: Skills Development Cont’d National Film and Video Foundation (Sediba) have trained 142 script writers, commissioning editors and producers. This project will continue and expand International Cooperation: –The DAC will continue to partner with annual international Design Indaba on the emerging creative initiatives –This to provide platform and opportunities for young creatives across the various design disciplines/sectors to showcase, network and participate in seminars and conferences 16

Key Priority 3: Economic Development The New Growth Path: The DAC supports the creative industries by developing strategies that aim to address interventions in the Creative Industries’ value chain for job creation – MIDEM, Moshito, FESPACO, CANNES, Durban International Film Festival, etc. Industries which are critical in contributing towards job creation are the film, crafts, design, performing arts, books & publishing and technical services. Existing projects include the Thuthuka Jewellery for training apprentice, Fashion Fusion which focuses on rural development, and investing in culture projects to support job creation 17

Key Priority 3: Economic Development Cont’d The New Growth Path: The DAC will continue to promote and strengthen South Africa’s arts and cultural participation through the bilateral, multilaterals and trilateral treaties – IBSA; BRICS, Rock Art project, SA-India Week The DAC will further contribute on economic development through the upliftment of SMMEs and HDIs through the utilisation of supplier database to implement Preferential Procurement goals 18

Key Priority 4: Development, Preservation and Promotion of Arts, Culture and Heritage National Liberation Heritage Route: This was launched in Routes and place were identified. This will create a network of creative sites Nationally and within the region in collaboration with SADC and AU showcasing development of national and Continental Liberation Route Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH): An audit on Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Africa will be conducted with the aim of indicating the location and status of ICH in SA and also to develop a register for development and preservation of the ICH 19

Key Priority 5: Preservation for Access to Information The National Archives: –The National Archives will continue to support and guide records and information management procedures across government to ensure that the records are permanently preserved in the Archives –The DAC will build a sustainable Archival Preservation Programme for the National Archives and NFVSA to support National Digitisation Strategy Libraries: Facilitate the establishment of new community libraries (14); and upgrade existing ones (75) through the Conditional Grant - this will also include the establishment of service points (6) for the visually impaired readers. 20

Key Priority 5: Preservation for Access to Information – cont’d Promotion of indigenous languages: –Translation and editing of documents into and from all official languages and foreign languages –The South Africa Language Bill is being developed in order to comply with the Constitution which requires the national government to regulate the use of official languages –The South Africa Language Practitioners Bill will provide statutory regulations specifying the qualifying criteria for language professionals and practitioners Digitisation policy: The policy will provide national guidelines on the complex issues of the digitisation of heritage resources and the use of digitisation to improve access to our heritage collections as learning resources 21

Mzansi’s Golden Economy Contribution of arts, culture and heritage sector to the implementation of the New Growth Path Consultative conference on the 14 th and 15 th of April 2011 first step of the government engagement with key stakeholders Conference affirmed the sector as a key ingredient for social stability and economic growth 22

Mzansi’s Golden Economy Cont’d Key strategic programmes proposed –Education and skills academy –Establishment of a sourcing enterprise –Cultural precincts and events –Information centres –A touring venture –Heritage legacy projects –Public art programme –Art bank –Cultural observatory 23

Mzansi’s Golden Economy Cont’d Key activities for the current financial year Establishment of project teams to further develop and refine the proposed strategic programmes Develop detailed business plans for each of the strategic programmes Develop a funding models for the programmes 24

The DAC Key Campaigns Commemoration of the 30 th Anniversary of the Matola Raid in Mozambique 35 th Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising Cultural Diplomacy Conference Annual African Women Writers Symposium National Book Week Samora Machel: To erect a Statue of Samora Machel in Embuzini, Mpumalanga Community Mobilisation Campaigns culminating to the National Summit on Social Cohesion 25

Highlights DAC received an Unqualified Report for year 2009/2010 The launch of Anti-Fraud and Corruption Prevention Campaign was held on the 9 December 2010 Annual Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture The Third World Festival of Black Arts and Culture in Senegal The launch of the Magnificent Friday in collaboration with Sports and Recreation South Africa 26

Challenges High vacancy rate: –DAC is striving to fill all senior positions by the end of the current financial year –The vacancy rate will be kept below 10% Insufficient budget to provide effective and efficient service delivery 27

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE: RECOMMENDED OVERALL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE APRIL 2009 BRANCH: ARTS AND CULTURE, IN SOCIETY BRANCH: NATIONAL ARCHIVES, LANGUAGE AND LIBRARY SERVICES BRANCH :ARTS AND CULTURE IN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT BRANCH: CORPORATE SERVICES OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF ARTS AND CULTURE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF ARTS AND CULTURE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL BRANCH: HERITAGE PROMOTION 28

MTEF Allocation 2011/ /14 Programmes2011/ / /2014 Administration 178, , ,304 Performing Arts 549, , ,850 National Language Services 101, , ,125 Cultural Development 180, , ,126 Heritage Promotion 763, , ,146 National Archives and Library Services 694, , ,192 TOTAL 2,468,577 2,625,117 2,784,743 29

Summary per Economic Classification 30 Economic Classification 2010/112011/122012/132013/14 R’000 Compensation152,907164,804174,334183,714 Goods & Services220,472228,096254,697271,163 Conditional Grant512,660543,420570,789602,182 Agencies & Accounts901,312861,769929,533990,758 Capital Works413,826455,613482,950509,512 Non Profit Org11,30412,25812,87313,581 Households222,186196,211193,327206,854 Capital Assets6,5786,4066,6146,979 Grand Total 2,441,2452,468,5772,625,1172,784,743

Adjustments to MTEF Allocation /11 R’ /12 R’000 % Change 2012/13 R’000 % Change 2013/14 R’000 % Change Original % % % Additions Cuts-(15 779)(20 730)(24 609) Total2,441,2452,468,5771.1%2,625,1176.3%2,784,7436%

2011/12: Where funds will be spent 32

2011/12: How funds will be spent 33

Earmarked/Ring-fenced Funds /12 R’ /13 R’ /14 R’000 Investing in Culture Community Library Services (Grant) Community Library Services (National) PANSALB Social Cohesion Capital Works Bursaries (Heritage) NFVF (additional allocation) TOTAL

Allocations to Public Institutions NAME OF INSTITUTION BUDGET: 2011/2012 National Arts Council National Film and Video Foundation Arts Institutions PanSalb National Heritage Council Declared Cultural Institutions (Museums etc.) SA Geographical Names Council7 458 SAHRA National Library Services

Allocation to DAC Public Institutions Cont’d Arts Institutions Artscape BASA Market Theatre Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS) Playhouse Company State Theatre Windybrow Theatre R’

Declared Cultural Institutions (Museums etc.) R’000 Die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum4 226 Engelenburg House Art Collection 246 Freedom Park Iziko Museums of Cape Town Luthuli Museum Natal Museum National Museum Nelson Mandela Museum Robben Island Museum The National English Literary Museum Voortrekker Museum War Museum of the Boer Republics William Humphreys Art Gallery Ditsong Museum Total

DAC Spending in Provinces 38

Conclusion The Committee to note the DAC key priorities, highlights and challenges 39

Thank you! 40