1. PC COMMITTEE BRIEFING:
DEPARTMENT
OF ARTS AND CULTURE
PC COMMITTEE BRIEFING:
19 JUNE 2007
BUDGET VOTE: 13
2007/2008

2. c ontents 1. Aim of the Department Measurable Objectives
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
ontents
1. Aim of the Department
Measurable Objectives
Budget Summary
Detail per Programmes to Achieve Objectives
Additional Information 2

3. DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
AIM OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
To develop and preserve South African culture to ensure social cohesion and nation-building 3

4. M easurable objectives Programme 1: Administration
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
easurable objectives
Programme 1: Administration
Conduct the overall management of the department and provide centralised support services.
Programme 2: Arts and Culture in Society
Increase and facilitate access to and broader participation in arts and culture through policy formulation, legislation and equitable funding.
Programme 3: National Language Service
Develop, promote and protect the 11 official languages through policy formulation, legislation and the implementation of the language policy in order to allow South Africans to
realise their language rights. 4

5. M easurable objectives
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
easurable objectives
Programme 4: Cultural Development and International Co-operation
Increase the access and participation of grassroots arts practitioners in cultural industry economic activities through training, legislation and international opportunities.
Programme 5: Heritage Promotion
Ensure the transformation of the heritage landscape as a vehicle for nation-building and social cohesion, through the implementation of heritage policies and legislation. 5

6. M easurable objectives
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
easurable objectives
Programme 6: National Archives, Records, Meta-Information and Heraldic Services
Enable transparency and evidenced-based good governance of archives, records, published information, and the heraldic and symbolic inheritance of the nation through institutional management, regulation and development. 6

7. B udget Summary R’000 Public Entities 689 863 (42.90%)
Capital Works (14.70%)
Other Transfer Pay (14.95%) Community Libraries (11.19%)
Department (16.25%)
Total
Transfers dominate the total budget allocation at 83,75 %
The attached ENE document provides comparative figures 7

8. A rts and Culture in Society DETAIL PER PROGRAMME R’000
Performing Arts Institutions
Promote Arts and Culture
2010 World Cup Projects
National Arts Council
Total (17%) 8

9. Arts and Culture in Society
Performing Arts Institutions
State Theatre
Artscape
Playhouse Company
Performing Arts Centre of
the Free State
Market Theatre
Windybrow Theatre
Business Arts South Africa
R’000
27 140
31 490
26 565
22 665
16 984
6 480
4 888
(8,47%) 9

10. N ational Language Service DETAIL PER PROGRAMME R’000
Language Planning and
Development
Translating and Editing
National Terminology
Human Lang. Technologies
Pansalb
Total (6%) 10

11. C ultural Development and International Co-operation
DETAIL PER PROGRAMME
ultural Development
and International
Co-operation
R’000
Cultural Industries
Investing in Culture
Promote Culture International
National Film and Video Foun
Total (13%) 11

12. H eritage Promotion DETAIL PER PROGRAMME R’000
National Heritage Council
Declared Cultural
Institutions (Museums etc.)
Capital Works
South African Heritage
Resources Agency
Heritage Promotion
SA Geographical Names
Total (39%) 12

13. Heritage Promotion Declared Cultural Institutions (Museums etc.)
Northern Flagship Institution
Iziko Museum
Natal Museum
National Museum
Die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum
National English Literary Museum Voortrekker Museum
War Museum of the Boer Republics Robben Island Museum
William Humphreys Art Gallery
Engelenburg House Art Collection
Nelson Mandela Museum
Albert Luthuli
Freedom Park: Current
Freedom Park: Capital
R’000
41 069
40 883
10 678
19 629
2 883
5 297
7 479
5 063
33 262
3 694
192
12 976
4 723
47 700
40 466
(17%) 13

14. ational Archives, Records, Meta-Information and
DETAIL PER PROGRAMME
ational Archives, Records, Meta-Information and
Heraldic Services
R’000
National Archives
Bureau of Heraldry
Meta-Information
Community Libraries
Libraries
Total (18%) 14

15. A dditional Information DETAIL PER PROGRAMME R’000
Staffing (7,35%)
Good and Services (8,58%) 15

16. A dditional Information Additional Funds Received:
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
dditional Information
Additional Funds Received:
Increase to the staff establishment:
R10 million in 2007/08
R15 million in 2008/09 and
R20 million in 2009/10
Preparation for the opening and
closing ceremonies for the 2010 FIFA
World Cup and other related activities:
R25 million in 2007/08,
R50 million in 2008/09 and
R75 million in 2009/10
Upgrading the public entities and the
South African Library for the Blind:
R39 million in 2007/08,
R43 million in 2008/09 and
R80 million in 2009/10 16

17. B udget DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE * outer years of the MTEF * *17

18. DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE Department of Arts and Culture
END
The Director-General
Department of Arts and Culture
Private Bag X897
PRETORIA
0001
Tel: (012)
Fax: (012) 18