Budget and Legislation for 2000/2001

Arts and Culture

04 April 2000
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ARTS, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
4 April 2000
BUDGET AND LEGISLATION FOR 2000/2001

 

Chairperson: Mr. M W Serote.

The delegation from the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST) included: Minister, Dr Ben Ngubane; Deputy-Minister, Mrs Brigitte Mabandla; the new Director-General, Dr Rob Adam; Professor Musa Xulu, Deputy Director-General: Arts and Culture; Dr Nthoana Tau-Mzamane, Deputy Director-General: Science and Technology; Dr Errol Tyobeka, Chief Director; Dr Nonhlanhla Mkhulisi, Director Language Services; Mr Frans Basson, Chief-Director of Communications; Mr Steven Sack, Director of Cultural Development; Kimberley Worthington, Director of the Minister's Office and Ms Marjorie Pyoos, Director.

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

CONTENTS
1. Mission of the Department
2. Corporate Goals of the Department
3. Programmes to Achieve Goals
4. Budget and policy alignment
5. Priority Goals for 2000/2001
6. Legislation

MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
To realise the full potential of arts, culture, science and technology in social and economic development, in nurturing creativity and innovation, and promoting the diverse heritage of our nation.

CORPORATE GOALS

GOALS

INSTRUMENTS

DIVERSITY

Language
Arts and Culture
Heritage

EMPOWERMENT

Language
Terminology
Information Society

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Technology
Indigenous Knowledge
Cultural Industries

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Arts and Culture
Institutional Platforms


PROGRAMMES TO ACHIEVE GOALS
Diversity & Economic development through Arts and Culture

 

R'000

National Arts Council

25 000

National Heritage Council

4 775

Performing Arts Institutions

80 928

Film Fund

11 382

Promote Culture Internationally

3 339

Promotion of Arts and Culture

23 948

Cultural Industries Growth Strategy

2 690

Total

(16%) 152 062


Empowerment through Linguistic diversity

 

R'000

PANSALB

13 020

Translating, Planning and Editing

7 190

National Terminology

3 108

General Dictionary Develop

2 627

South African Geographical Names Council

400

Total

(3%) 26 345


PROGRAMMES TO ACHIEVE GOALS
Equitable development and preservation through Heritage

 

R'000

Declared Cultural Institutions (Museums etc.)

111 981

South African Heritage
Resources Agency

6 743

Heritage Promotion

1 617

National Holidays

2 186

National Archives

18 096

Legacy Projects

2 000

Total

(15%) 142 623


Competitiveness and QoL through the NSI

 

R'000

Technology development

32 806

Public Science (PUSET)

11 036

Innovation Fund

125 000

Lead Programmes

20 000

NACI

1 100

Equipment

10 000

National Laser Trust

9 000

Scientific Institutions (HSRC, R61,198 mil NRF R271,714 mil.)

332 912

Meta-information

916

Library

21 228

Total

(61%) 563 998


Department

 

R'000

Staffing (6,3%)

58 095

Administration cost (1,7%)

17 248


DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Estimate of expenditure

Transfer Payments

R838,477 mil (90,61%)

Department

R 86,840 mil

(9,39%)

Total

R925,287 million

 

Administration:

R 25,261 mil (2,73%)

Arts and Culture:

R287,767 mil (31,10%)

National Archives of South Africa:

R 18,096 mil (1,96%)

National Language Services:

R 27,940 mil (3,02%)

Science, Technology and Meta-inform

R566,223 mil (61,19%)


Budget and policy alignment
SCIENCE VOTE: NACI PROCESS

First level cut:

Key Investment Areas

Core funding

-1%

Competitive funding

+60%

Agency funding

+8%

National facilities

0%

Standards

+1%

Overall increase:

8%

Current level comp funding

10%

 

Second level cut:

Core funding

 

% of 1999/2000

AISA

138

ARC

95

CGS

95

CSIR

95

HSRC

95

Mintek

95

MRC

128


Alignment with "immediate" National Priorities

Rural development

ARC

Urban renewal

HSRC

HIV/AIDS

MRC

Crime Prevention

CSIR

Job Creation

Mintek

HRD

SABS

Regional integration

CGS


PRIORITY GOALS FOR 2000/2001
 

Results - driven and accountable SETIs
· Indicators for S&T decision making
·
Promote technology transfer and diffusion for economic growth
· Promote PUSET
· Strengthen regional co-operation
·
Optimisation of technology choices
· Proper protection and utilisation of indigenous knowledge
· Further S&T in South Africa through international co-operation
· Maximum accessibility of published information
· Well functioning set of governing and advisory bodies for the National System of Innovation

PRIORITY GOALS FOR 2000/2001
Arts & Culture:
·
National Museum Service
· National Archives Service
· National Film & Video Foundation
· National Heritage Council
· National Arts Council
· Strategic Arts Development / Education / Training
· African Renaissance Projects
· Performing Arts Councils
· The Legacy Project
· Cultural Industries Growth Strategy Projects
· Cultural Tourism Projects

LEGISLATION
Legislation to be submitted to Parliament in 2000:

· Cultural Laws Amendment Bill: Amending the Cultural Laws to bring the legislation in line with new Government policy and more effective service delivery.

· Natural Scientific Professions Amendment Bill: To transform the natural scientific professions Council in line with Government policy and more effective service delivery.

· The Science Academy of South Africa Bill: To establish a Science Academy of South Africa for the better co-ordination of the various science disciplines and for more effective service delivery.

· The Africa Institute Bill: To transform the Africa Institute for better co-ordination of research on African affairs and for more effective service delivery.

· Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: To establish regulatory mechanisms for the protection of IK.

· The Institute for the Promotion of Science Bill: To transform the current Foundation for Education, Science and Technology for better co-ordination of science activities and service delivery.

· National Advisory Council on Library Information Services Bill: To establish a council to advise the Minister on the better co-ordination of Library Information Services.

· The National Museums Bill: To transform the Museum system to accommodate a system of National Museums separate from the current Cultural Institutions systems.

· Translation and Interpreting Professions Council Bill: To regulate the accreditation and monitoring of the professions within the translation and Interpreting disciplines.

· Cultural Workers Professions Council Bill: To regulate the accreditation and monitoring of the professions within the Cultural disciplines.

Discussion
Certain points that emerged from the discussion were:
- Mr Ngubane believes that dualism in the Department is hampering the transformation process at both the provincial and national level.
- Director of the Ministry, Ms Worthington, emphasised those programs that focused on gender equity.
- Transformation of institutions has been very slow,
- The Department is doing fairly well, considering the heavy cuts.
- The need to restructure museum management is seen as an immediate challenge.
- The Department is not aware of any plans for the science and technology component to move elsewhere
- The Deputy Director-General acknowledged the need for improvement in serving the rural community. Science and technology are key targets, as well as rural women - there has been a deliberate move to ensure that rural women are accommodated. Rural towns are accomodated by means of mobile science labs and technology stations. These technology stations are used to assist crafters to develop their strategy, which will in turn develop tourism. Crafts are creating key possibilities for the rural areas.
- They are ensuring that people are learning science and technology in their mother tongue.
- They plan on increasing film funding in indigenous languages.

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