Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. Yes, CCIFSA submitted a copy of its Memorandum of Incoparation (MoI) to the Department. (a) the copy was submitted on 18 March 2015. (b) The MoI was subsequently presented to the CCIFSA inaugural conference that was held from 23 – 24 March 2015 in Bloemfontein, which I also attended. Though the conference decided to proceed with the election of the current leadership, it resolved not to adopt the MoI but to allow the new leadership to conduct further consultations with other stakeholders especially those who did not have the opportunity to be part of the process leading to the conference. CCIFSA is in the process of finalising the revised MoI, taking into consideration the views which were

2. Yes, CCIFSA submitted annual financial statements for the (a) 2014 -15 and (b) 2015-16 financial years; (c) The 2014–15 finacial statements were presented to the Department on 15 July 2015 as part of the hand-over by the Interim Committee to the current leadership. The 2015–16 financial statement were presented to the Department on 31 August 2016.

Reply:

The Minister is aware of the meeting between the specified DAC official and the organisers of the Thank You SABC music concert which took place on 1 September 2016. The organisers insisted on the meeting with the official which took place on the side-lines of the launch of National Book Week, a DAC supported programme, which was held at the Apartheid Museum. The official concerned discussed the Thank You SABC project with the organisers and requested a project proposal and documentation from the organisers. A letter requesting support from the DAC for the event and two invoices by way of the requested proposal were received later on the same day. The official consulted with the relevant managers in the Department of Arts and Culture and the decision of the DAC was not to support the project.

Reply:

1. The Windy brow Theatre did not set any employment equity targets.

(a) The Windy brow Theatre was consolidated into the Market Theatre Foundation on 1 April 2016.

(b). The Windy brow Theatre does no longer exist as a separate entity. Consequently, the future plans of the Windy brow Theatre in terms of meeting the legislative employment equity targets are incorporated in the broader plans of the Market Theatre Foundation.

(i) Not applicable.

(ii) Not applicable.

Reply:

1. The Department did not play any role in the hosting of the Thank You SABC Music Concert that was held on 10 September 2016 at the Orlando Stadium. A request for support was received, however the DAC could not provide the funding requested due to financial constraints.

Reply:

(a) My department has spent the following amounts on advertising:

    (i) Africa News Network 7 Channel

(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year is R0.00

(bbb) Since 1 April 2016 to date is R0.00

(ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation:

(aa) Television Channels

(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year is R549 494.34

(bbb) Since 1 April 2016 to date is R32 640.00

(bb) Radio Stations

(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year is R864 000.00

(bbb) Since 1 April 2016 to date is R0.00

(iii) National Commercial Radio Stations:

(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year is R165 000.00

(bbb) Since 1 April 2016 to date is R 0.00

(iv) Community channels:

(aa)Television

(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year is R147 000.00

(bbb) Since 1 April 2016 to date is R0.00

(bb) Radio Stations

(aaa) 2015-16 Financial year is R640 000.00

(bbb) Since 1 April 2016 to date is R0.00

b) The entities reporting to the Department have spent the following amounts on advertising 2015/16 FINANCIAL YEAR

ENTITY	ANN7 Channel	SABC TV Channels	SABC Radio Stations	National Commercial Stations	Community TV channels	Community Radio Stations
AFRIKAANS TAALMUSEUM EN MONUMENT	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
FREEDOM PARK	R0	R0	R0	R0	0	R25 000.00
DITSONG MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
IZIKO MUSEUM				R83 980.38		R12000
KZN MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
LUTHULI MUSEUM	R0	R0	R12, 082.97	NIL	NIL	R1,156.54
MSUNDUZI MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NATIONAL MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NATIONAL ENGLISH LITERARY MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NELSON MANDELA MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R28 002.54
ROBBEN ISLAND	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
SAHRA	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
WILLIAM HUMPHRY	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
WAR MUSEUM OF THE BOER REPUBLIC	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SOUTH AFRICA	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
SOUTH AFRICAN LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
ARTSCAPE	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
PACOFS
THE PLAYHOUSE COMPANY	R0	R0	R0	R132 787.20	R0	R0
THE STATE THEATER	R0	R0	R285 000	R309 403	R0	R0
NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FOUNDATION	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
WINDYBROW	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
THE MARKET THEATRE	R0	R0	R0	R101 639	R0	R0
NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NATIONAL HERITAGE COUNCIL		R0	R0	R170 895.00
TOTAL	R0	R0	R297 082.97	R798 704.83	R0	R66 159.08

b) The entities reporting to the Department have spent the following amounts on advertising SINCE APRIL 2016/17

ENTITY	ANN7 Channel	SABC TV Channels	SABC Radio Stations	National Commercial Stations	Community TV channels	Community Radio Stations
AFRIKAANS TAALMUSEUM EN MONUMENT	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
FREEDOM PARK	R0	R0	R0	R149 000.00	0	R10 000.00
DITSONG MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
IZIKO MUSEUM				R29 535.18		R3000
KZN MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
LUTHULI MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R1,156.54
MSUNDUZI MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NATIONAL MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NATIONAL ENGLISH LITERARY MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NELSON MANDELA MUSEUM	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R39 000
ROBBEN ISLAND	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
SAHRA	R0	R206 161.36	R0	R0	R0	R0
WILLIAM HUMPHRY	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
WAR MUSEUM OF THE BOER REPUBLIC	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SOUTH AFRICA	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
SOUTH AFRICAN LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
ARTSCAPE	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
PACOFS	Awaiting response
THE PLAYHOUSE COMPANY	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
THE STATE THEATRE	R0	R0	R399 000	R171 000	R0	R0
NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FOUNDATION	R0	R0	R0	Power FM R490 000.00	R0	R0
WINDYBROW	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0	R0
THE MARKET THEATRE	R0	R0	R0	R281 377	R0	R0
NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL	R0	R0	R291 042.00	R0	R0	R0
TOTAL	R0	R206 161.36	R690 042.00	R1 120 912.18	R0	R53156.54
GRAND TOTAL	R0	R206161.36	R1040281.51	R1770617.01	R0	R119315.62

Reply:

The national Departments have no HOD but Director Generals, this question is much more appropriate for the provinces.

1. Currently, the department has no HOD; it has an Acting Director General (ADG) who has a performance agreement since his employment as Deputy Director General (DDG).
2. There was no DG without signed performance agreement who was paid performance bonus.
3. There was no performance bonus paid out

Reply:

(a)(i) Chief Financial Officer of the Department has the following qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce degree
• Masters of Business Administration

(b)(i) The Acting Director-General of the Department has the following formal qualification

• Secondary Teachers Diploma
• Bachelor of Arts Degree
• Honours Bachelor of Arts
• Masters of Arts degree.

Reply:

As I have indicated in my response to question 1760 that I have developed a programme to engage society through the sectoral engagement on matters that relate to nation building and social cohesion. In every province there are Social Cohesion Advocates who continuously engage various sectors of society on these matters.

These engagements will culminate in a national convention that will developed a social compact to build social cohesion and strengthen efforts against racism.

Reply:

There is admissible evidence that all the national public entities mentioned above complied with the implementation of the Use of Official Languages Act (the Act), No. 12 of 2012, by May 2015 except HSRC and Iziko.

(a) The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) gazetted its language policy on 18 March 2016 and indicating that it will utilise English, isiZulu and Sepedi for government purposes.

(b) Iziko Museums of South Africa gazetted its language policy on 9 October 2015 indicating that it will utilise Afrikaans, isiXhosa and English for government purposes.

(c) KwaZulu-Natal Museum gazetted its language policy on 31 March 2015 indicating that it will utilise English, isiZulu and Afrikaans for government purposes.

(d) National Heritage Council gazetted its language policy on 30 March 2015 indicating that it will utilise English, Setswana and isiZulu for government purposes.

(e) Msunduzi and Ncome Museum Council gazetted its language policy on 30 March 2015 indicating that it will utilise English, isiZulu and Afrikaans for government purposes.

(i) Institutions that did not comply by May 2015

• Iziko Museums of South Africa complied by 9 October 2015
• The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) complied by 18 March 2016

(ii) Steps taken to encourage entities to comply with the Act

• The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) organised a workshop with national government departments to encourage them to facilitate implementation of the Act with the national public entities reporting to them.
• DAC appointed a service provider to facilitate the implementation of the Act with all non-complying institutions.

Reply:

1. The Department concluded the appointment of a service provider to conduct community conversations over a period of three years. The first phase of the community conversations were concluded in the last financial year and the second phase of the community conversations have commenced. A total of four community conversations were concluded in Northern Cape (Calvinia, Carnarvon, Prieska, Kimberly); two community conversations were held in Limpopo (Schoonoort and Modimolle); and three community conversations were held in Mpumalanga (Ermelo, Delmas, Lydenburg) thus far.

2. The community conversations took place from 16 – 19 August 2016 in Northern Cape; 30 – 31 August 2016 in Limpopo; 06 - 08 September 2016 in Mpumalanga.

SCHEDULE OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

Province	Town	Local Municipality	District Municipality	Area	Venue	Date-2016
Nothern Cape	Calvinia	Namakhoi	Namakwa	Semi-urban	Tromp Nell Hall	16 Aug
	Carnarvon	Kareeberg	Pixley ka Seme	Semi-urban	DRC Hall	17 Aug
	Prieska	Siyathemba	Pixley ka Seme	Rural	Steps of Omega Hall	18 Aug
	Kimberley	Sol Plaatje	Frances Baard	Urban	MGregor Museum	19 Aug
Limpopo	Schoonoort	Mkhuduthamasa/ Elias Motsoaledi/ Fetakgome	Sekhukhune	Rural	Peter Nchabeleng Hall	30 Aug
	Modimolle	Thabazimbi/Modimolle/ Bela Bela	Waterberg	Semi-urban	Library Auditorium	31 Aug
	Tzaneen	Did not take place – Cancelled by DAC Provincial	1 Sep
Mpumalanga	Ermelo	Msukaligwa	Gert Sibande	Semi-urban	Transnet School Of Rail Hall	6 Sep
	Delmas	Victor Khanye	Nkangala	Semi-urban	Braam Fisher Hall	7 Sep
	Lydenburg	Thebe Cheu	Enhlanzeni	Semi-urban	Civic Center	8 Sep

Reply:

On assumption of this responsibility after the 2014 National elections I have developed a programme to engage society through the sectoral engagement on matters that relate to nation building and social cohesion. In every province there are Social Cohesion Advocates who continuously engage various sectors of society on these matters. Education is amongst the sectors of society that are engaged.

Amongst others in discharging this programme, partner departments in outcome 14 like Basic Education and Justice and Constitutional Development are on board.

Reply:

No official of my department has faced disciplinary processes. The funds were transferred to Windybrow to undertake the capital works projects. During the implementation of the projects, the department uncovered that funds were misused and that a forensic investigation was instituted. Subsequent to that the CFO and CEO were charged and subsequently fired.

Reply:

1. (A) PAN SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES BOARD ( PANSALB)

  (i) 2013/14 financial year

The Department requested the National Treasury to conduct an investigation into the allegations of financial mismanagement for the period 15 June 2012 until 30 September 2014. The investigation was finalised on 31 July 2015. The investigation scope focussed on the overall governance of PanSALB and the Supply Chain Management processes; and covered only transactions that related to the period of Mr Zwane’s acting as Caretaker Chief Executive Officer of PanSALB.

  (ii) 2014/15 financial year

The investigation conducted by the National Treasury covered two quarters of the 2014/15 financial year until 30 September 2014. The remainder of the period is not covered as the Board of PanSALB was appointed in June 2014 to deal with challenges at the Pan South African Language Board

  (iii) 2015/16 financial year.

No steps have been taken. The Audit report for the 2015/16 financial year has just been completed and its findings will be dealt with during the current financial year.

2. No disciplinary measures have been taken against any official of the Pan South African Language Board. The investigation report did not recommend disciplinary measures against any official of the Pan South African Language Board. The report recommended that an in-depth investigation be conducted to establish the validity of the appointments, validity of payments made to the service providers and verification of value for money to the institution, during the period under review. The report further recommended that PanSALB should refer the possible contravention of sections 38, 39 and 40 read with section 86 of the Public Finance Management Act by Mr Zwane (former Caretaker CEO), in relation to the appointment of service provider, for criminal investigation by the South African Police Service (SAPS).

1 (b) PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE OF THE FREE STATE ( PACOFS)

   i) 2013/14

No steps were taken

   II) 2014/15

No steps were taken

   iii) 2015/16

The Department of Arts and Culture conducted an Adhoc Audit investigation based on the Audit findings of 2013/14 and 2014/15. These findings were on the Capital Expenditure Project Allocation at the Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS). The investigation started in February 2016 which was extended to cover the financial years from April 2009/10 to 31 March 2014/15. The Audit was completed in May 2015/16 and its recommendations were that a forensic investigation needs to be conducted. The National Treasury Forensic Investigation Unit is currently undergoing the investigation which will cover through the years 2013/14 to 2015/16 including the Audit findings of 2015/16.

2. Consequent to the results and recommendations of the Internal Adhoc Audit investigation conducted by the DAC, the Council of the PACOFS took an action to suspend the CEO of PACOFS and Disciplinary Hearings are underway.

Reply:

No, my department has not launch forensic investigation into the expenditure of the Kimberly Theatre.

Reply:

(1) The DAC has not been approached by any political party for funding in the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and to date in the 2016/17 financial years;

(2) The DAC has not provided any form of funding to any political party in the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and to date in the 2016/17 financial years.

Reply:

(a) The Department of Arts and Culture’s Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) programme provides opportunities for small business and co-operatives in all creative industries sectors. The MGE strategy was initiated in 2011 to create cross-sectoral strategic investment mechanisms to overcome significant challenges with regard to job creation, market and audience development, skills development and research identified through sector research processes and also consultation processes with creative industry practitioners, businesses and organisations. The core of the programme comprises 10 work streams as follows:

MGE Objectives	Work streams
Audience development	Cultural Events Touring Venture Public Art Artists in Schools
Building Demand	Art Bank Mzansi Golden Market Cultural Observatory Cultural Precincts
Human Capital Development	National Academy for the Creative Industries of South Africa (NACISA)

Under the auspices of this programme, and the National Academy for the Creative Industries South Africa (NACISA) workstream, the Department of Arts and Culture’s 6 performing arts entities run incubator programmes for arts entrepreneurs. The details per institution are outlined in the table below.

DAC Business Development Programmes

	Question 1aa	1bb	1cc
MGE Workstream	Description	Budget 2016/17 (in ZAR)	Jobs Created
Cultural Events	The programme supports festivals, exhibitions, productions and other cultural events across the country through national and regional flagships programmes and open calls. Enterprises supported include companies, co-operatives, non-profit organisations and individuals.	162,032,000	Across all workstreams it is anticipated that 15,000 work opportunities will be created
Touring Ventures	The programme supports participation by South African artists in local and international platforms including festivals, Cultural Seasons, biennales, conferences through identified programmes and open calls. Enterprises supported include companies, co-operatives, non-profit organisations and individuals.	28,500,000
Public Art	The programme supports public art programmes and infrastructure across the country through flagships programmes and open calls. Enterprises supported include companies, co-operatives, non-profit organisations and individuals.	8,000,000
Artists in Schools	Individual artists are provided with opportunities to join teachers in the classroom to enhance the teaching and learning experience through the formal curriculum of learners in identified primary and high schools in all nine provinces.	12,000,000
Art Bank	The Art Bank in 2016/17 will begin commissioning and purchasing contemporary visual art works from artists and galleries across the country for exhibition and rental by government agencies and private sector stakeholders.	6,000,000
Mzansi Golden Market (Sourcing Enterprise)	The MGM portal will be fully launched in 2016/17, providing all arts enterprises with opportunities to profile their organisation and work on an online portal.	1,000,000
Cultural Observatory	The Cultural Observatory will conduct research and impact studies across the creative industries that will inform policy and programming, and also provide the sector with insights into business and other opportunities in the sector.	16,000,000
Cultural Precincts	Support will be provided to the development infrastructure in cultural precincts as designated spaces for the production and consumption of the arts.	12,500,000
National Academy for the Creative Industries of South Africa (NACISA)	Artists and enterprises will be provided with training opportunities through identified programmes including the incubator programmes offered by the performing arts institutions as outlined in the table below.	31,569,400

A portion of these funds will directly benefit small business and co-operatives in the sector as these organisations are eligible for financial support in terms of the funding criteria of the DAC for the MGE programme.

Public Entity Business Development Programmes

1. Performing arts institutions

As outlined in the Estimates of National Expenditure, through their core programming, the 6 DAC performing arts entities will

Programme	Target Number	Budget (in ZAR)
Annual productions	205	124,031,000
Annual festivals	14
Skills and training development programmes	50	23,300,000 (A portion of this will be spent on skills development & training)

A portion of these funds will directly benefit small business and co-operatives in the sector.

The incubator programmes, delivered in partnership with the DAC are as follows:

ENTITY	PROGRAMME	DESCRIPTION	BUDGET 2016/17	OUTPUT PER CYCLE
Market Theatre	Community Theatre Practitioners Incubator Programme	The proposed Community Theatre Practitioners Incubator Programme will concentrate on improving the skills of community based writers, directors and actors and empower them with the necessary skills to enable them to create and produce works of high standard and of local content. The Incubator Programme will train the next generation of the community arts leaders, arts entrepreneurs and administrators and expose them to the creative and practical sides of the industry and what is required to produce a professional theatre piece. The Incubator Programme will provide the group leaders (usually the writers and directors) with specialised training and resources to acquire additional and enhanced skills that will enable them to improve the quality of their work and their leadership which will ultimately be of benefit to the group and the new plays they are creating.	1,600,000	10 Writers 10 Directors +/- 80 Community Arts Practitioners Incubated 10 Plays of local content
	DAC Incubator Photography Programme	The Market Photo Incubator intends developing an on the job based photography programme as a platform from which photographers at a relatively progressed level might enhance and refine their practice, while learning additional skills through the guidance of established practitioners, curators and administrators. Aimed at emerging photographers, the Programme is envisaged as a transfer of skills, experience, knowledge and professional practice that might shift talented photographers into a more advanced stage. The incubation Programme further offers an administrative directed opportunity in photography, affording the incubates skills and credentials that facilitates independent thought, ensuring high levels of competence, commitment and reliability.	1,600,000	10 Photographers Incubated. 10 annual fully developed projects that will take the form of an exhibitions and publications. Projects engaging with the public and communities through photography. Publications, as reflection of overall activities.
Windybrow Theatre	Emerging Theatre Practitioners Incubator Programme	Windybrow Theatre’s Emerging Theatre Practitioners Incubator Programme will engage with emerging and/or mid-level theatre practitioners – directors, designers, stage managers and actors - and offer them areas of opportunity to work one-on-one with a professional mentor over a 4 month period towards the staging of a fully developed script of their choice. This incubation process will result in the creation and staging of 5 new works of local content annually.	1,600,000	4 fully fledged theatre productions of local content per year. 4 professionally trained directors per year with the creative and business skills to develop sustainable careers in the theatre industry and contribute to production of exciting new South African work on the country’s stages. 12 fully trained designers in set, costume and lighting design per year. 4 fully trained production managers per year 4 fully trained stage managers per year. 24 fully trained actors per year (+/-6 actors per production)
The Playhouse Company	Playhouse Dance Residency Incubator Programme	The Residency Incubator programme aims to develop 8 dancers annually and these dancers will create 4 new locally inspired pieces for 4 seasons, tapping into a wide range of dance repertoire which consists of a schools programme, New Stages, South African Women’s Arts Festival and the Festive Season programme. With assistance from The Playhouse Company, the Dance Residency also receives mentorship from established arts administrators.	1,600,000	x4 seasons x4 Productions of Local Content x8 Dancers Incubated
	Playhouse Actors' Studio	A core company of twelve actors is engaged as part of The Playhouse drama residency/ incubation programme. This fully-fledged annual programme provides incubation and advancement in the industry for suitably talented actors. Established performing arts professionals would contribute to the work of the residency by teaching masterclasses. The actors will also feature in existing seasons at the Playhouse i.e New Stages, the South African Women's Arts Festival, Children's Theatre, Schools seasons as well as in the Playhouse Community Arts Mentorship Programme etc.	1,600,000	x12 Actors incubated x4 New local Productions Participation in 4 platforms
ArtsCape	Creative Capacities Incubator	Creative Capacities Incubator (CCI) is aimed at 15 arts organisations across performing arts disciplines towards a well-rounded programme that supports the establishment of healthy arts business practice that is sustainable, efficient and professionalised. The potential for the existing organisations in the landscape to contribute significantly to the turning around of the status quo which is dominated by eternal volunteerism at the expense of the constitutional right of every citizen of South Africa to participate in the economy, as set out in the NDP and other such efforts by our government as aspirations towards social cohesion was identified to be and still continues to be underutilised and unexplored. Parallel to that is the existence of such models that are somewhat successful but are driven by the privileged, accessing government funding and donor funding; etc. on behalf of the marginalised and keeping them at the level of dependent beneficiary eternally. The project seeks to challenge this by means of capacitating to disrupt the norm significantly.	1,600,000	x80 Individuals capacitated Min 30 content created which is either written and or performed. x15 fully incubated Arts Marketers per cycle x15 fully incubated technical and lighting technicians
State Theatre	Indie Spotlight Incubator Programme	Independent theatre practitioners in and around the province would be offered a venue where they could stage their productions at no cost. The State Theatre will provide available resources like décor, costume, human resource and technical skills, mentorship, and marketing – with the caveat that the productions be competent enough to be able to draw and sustain a respectable audience. The independent producers would then go into a deal with the State Theatre, where box office returns would be split 80 or 70 % to the independent producers and 20 or 30% to the State Theatre. Such a box office split would serve as a driver for the independent producers to try and achieve a full audience capacity for their productions as this would satisfy their profit principle, and this in turn would serve to benefit the State Theatre with attracting new audiences and increasing its declining audiences.	1,600,000	x20 New production per cycle x20 Groups with +/- 4 individuals per group incubated. Skills transfer from State Theatre technical skills to incubates. 2 Weeks Season per organisation. Possible recording and editing of a DVD of the production.
	The Precinct Programme	The Precinct Incubator Programmes aims to establish talented Artists and bands within the local community. The programme will screen bands through a panel of judges and the winning band will be incubated for 3 month and with the output being a completed album. Through the 3 months recording period, the band or artist will be mentored by industry professionals that will be strategically selected based on the genre of music that the winning band produces.	1,600,000	x4 Completed market ready Albums. x4 New demos for artist that place in 2nd place. +/- 10 individuals incubated and capacitated. Opportunity created for artist to perform at State Theatre Jazz and African Nights.
PACOFS	Operation Vulindlela Incubator Programme	Over the next year, the aim is to successfully provide Resources and Practical experience to 6 local theatre productions, 12 Music Groups or individuals and employ approx. 12 facilitators to host the Workshops and Masterclasses. The programme will provide on-hand incubation to artists that make it through the selection process in developing their projects or creating new content and PACOFS will provide tools of production and platform to showcase their content. The incubator project will present 6 Exit productions for 12 music groups at the end of each cycle as part of the First Stages Festival. Incubates will also be afforded opportunities to participate in various other projects within the province as part of our Current Artistic Development program.	1,600,000	x6 Local Theatre Production. Incubate 12 music groups or individual productions Participation in various festivals organised by PACOFS
Total Incubators for 2015/16 FY	Total Individuals Incubated or Capacitated in 2015/16 FY
6 Incubators to be launched by July 2015	406
Total Incubators for 2016/17 FY	Total Estimate of Individuals Incubated or Capacitated in 2016/17 FY
6 Incubators functional in 2016/17	406

1. Development Agencies

As outlined in the Estimates of National Expenditure, through their core programming, the Development Agencies will support:

Entity	Programme	Target Number	Budget (in ZAR)
National Film & Video Foundation (NFVF)	Local content scripts developed annually	66	53,495,000
	Local content films developed annually	38
	Bursaries provided for film & video studies annually	63
	Film festivals supported annually	16
National Arts Council	Individual artists supported annually	212	26,725,000
	Arts programmes developed & successfully implemented annually	8
	Flagship creative arts projects financially supported annually	3
	Arts organisations receiving 3 year funding on an annual basis	91

A portion of these funds will directly benefit small business and co-operatives in the sector as these organisations are eligible for financial support in terms of the funding criteria of the NFVF and NAC.

Reply:

1.Yes, (a) I am aware of a heritage site called Canteen Kopje, a declared Provincial Heritage Site, located on Portion 9 of West Commonage 687, in the Barkley West District of the Northern Cape.

(b) The site was first declared as a National Monument on 29 January 1948 in terms of section 8 of the Natural and Historical Monuments, Relics and Antiquities Act, 1934. Under the current heritage act, the site enjoys protection at a provincial level.

(c) Although it is true that the significance of site was well known during the mid-20th century, local and international interest in the site waned during the second half of the 20th century. The site has been the focus of renewed research interest from the 1990s partly fuelled by significant steps forward in scientific methods, which allows for greater understanding of the formation of the site. Although the scientific work focuses on the behaviour of our earliest human ancestors, the site also contains important information about extant communities and the history and legacy of diamond mining in South Africa. Although the date of this occurrence is not known recent research by SAHRA indicates that Canteen Kopje may be the oldest known archaeological occurrence in South Africa.

(d) The Department of Mineral Resources issued a mining permit to Ms Jacky M. Wesi for Portion 5 of West Commonage, Barkley West in October 2014. Furthermore, a cease works order was issued to prevent the unnecessary destruction of significant heritage resources without the required mitigatory measures in place to prevent the undocumented destruction of such resources.

(e) The information provided to the heritage authorities and SAHRA, in particular, did not indicate that up to forty percent of the site would be mined,

(f) and specifically excluding the areas of current research by the Universities of Witwatersrand and Toronto. Similarly, according to the information provided the mining would have occurred outside the boundaries of the declared Provincial Heritage Site.

(g) This permit was issued without prior consultation with the appropriate heritage authorities. The heritage significance of the site and the provisions of the NHRA were communicated to relevant stakeholders.

(h) Yes I am aware of a Conservation Management plan for the site.

(i) Section 8 of the National Heritage Resources Act (Act 25 of 1999) promotes a three-tier system of Heritage Resources Management, in which national functions are the responsibility of the South African Heritage Resources Agency; provincial functions are the responsibility of the provincial heritage authority, and local level functions are the responsibility of local authorities.

2. A recent final court interdict granted by the Kimberley High Court has prevented any further mining on the declared site of Canteen Kopje. Although it is currently protected as a Provincial Heritage Site, SAHRA has initiated an administrative process to re-examine the grading of the site to possible Grade 1 status

3. To ensure that heritage resources are afforded the protection that it deserves it is important that the provisions of the NHRA are fully implemented. This means ensuring the provincial heritage authorities and local authorities are capacitated and adequately resourced. Currently, there are only three fully functioning provincial authorities ensuring compliance with the provisions of the NHRA. This means that the potential exists for the unwanted destruction of significant heritage resources.

Reply:

(a) The amount spend on advertising in the 2015-2016 financial year

(i) Department’s adverts

Advert on Bursaries (Non-Employees)	119,738.70
Advert: Promotional Items	854,365.00
Advert: Marketing	5,689,523.85
Advert: Recruitment	754,885.76
Advert: Tenders	390,327.24
Total spent	R7 808,840.55

 

(ii) Public Entities

I have 27 entities reporting to me, to compile this information it will take time, but as soon as it is collated I will forward the necessary information to the Honourable Member.

(b) Amount budgeted for Advertising 2016/17 financial year

(i) Department 9.2 million

Reply:

Year & Festival	(a) Number of trips by officials of the department	(c) Number of artists accompanying officials on the specific trips	(b) Estimated costs – actual costs are being collected from financial records and will be supplied as soon as available	(d) How did film producers benefit from the specific trips
2011/12 FISAHARA Film Festival in Tindouf in Algeria	1 trip	3 artists	Estimated costs R600 000 - Actual costs being obtained	The work of SA film producers was showcased
2012/13 FISAHARA Film Festival in Tindouf in Algeria	1 trip	4 artists	Estimated costs R650 000 Actual costs being obtained	The work of SA film producers was showcased
2013/14: FISAHARA Film Festival in Tindouf in Algeria Cannes Film Festival in France	1 trip 1 trip	11 artists None	Estimated costs R800 000 Actual costs being obtained Estimated costs was R814 180.00. Actual costs being obtained	The work of SA film producers was showcased The work of SA film producers was showcased. Signing film coproduction treaties allow SA film producers to access partnerships, access co-financing, to coproduce, and access distribution, exhibition and marketing opportunities.
2014/15 FISAHARA Film Festival in Tindouf in Algeria	1 trip	2 artist	Estimated costs R400 000 - Actual costs being obtained	The work of SA film producers was showcased
2 FISAHARA Film Festival in Tindouf in Algeria 015/16	1 trip	1 artist	Estimated costs R400 000 - Actual costs being obtained	The work of SA film producers was showcased

Reply:

1. The NFVF currently does not have any regional offices. The main reason is budgetary – the NFVF Act allows for a 25% cap on administration expenditure and the setting up of regional offices would cause NFVF to vastly exceed this cap and reduce funds available to offer as grants.

2. The NFVF does not enter into agreements with individual international companies. However, the NFVF has agreements with official international state entities. South Africa has signed 8 international co-production treaties with the governments of Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Germany, France, Australia and New Zealand. We are currently in negotiation with Brazil, Algeria, Kenya and Netherlands to sign treaties with these countries.

Co-production treaties are signed in order for government entities (such as NFVF) in both countries to facilitate and encourage production and cultural exchange between the respective countries. These co-production treaties are administered by the NFVF.

3. The co-production treaties that has been signed with the 8 above-mentioned countries govern the relationship between South Africa and the respective countries. Please find attached copies of the 8 treaties signed between the government of South Africa and the government of the respective countries.

Reply:

I did not undertake an international trip on government business to either the French Republic and/ or the Republic of Senegal in the 2015 -16 financial years.

Reply:

In relation to the question of translators in other departments, I am unable to provide answers since these departments are not accountable to me. The honourable Member must feel free to ask each of the departments of government and their respective entities.

Reply:

1. The Department appointed Cheadle; Thompson & Haysom attorneys since they previously dealt with similar language related cases initiated by the said Lourens and were therefore familiar and more knowledgeable regarding the issues at hand. Furthermore, the said attorneys had assisted the Department in drafting the Use of Official Languages Act in 2012 and their appointment was thus necessary to ensure continuity and effectiveness in addressing the language related issues.

2. The legal costs of the (a) attorneys amount to R726 186.70 and (b) R694 925.69 for advocates to date.

Reply:

1. (a). There is currently a total of fifteen (15) translators in service to the department,
2. (b) these in house translators perform translation work in all the official languages including French and Portuguese,
3. (c) (i) the annual remuneration of translators are according to their levels which are level eight (8) with notches ranging from 91,404 to 107,670 and level nine (9) with notches ranging from 311, 784 – 376, 626 per annum, (ii) the sum total of all the translators in the department is fifteen (15).

(2). Yes, steps have been taken in the department with regards to building of capacity of translation services. Translators attended on-going development training in areas such as basic copy editing, proof reading and advancement in foreign languages. In addition, there are a number of translators who have registered with various institutions of higher learning through the DAC bursary scheme for the long term formal programs such as studies in applied linguistics.

Reply:

The Department of Arts and Culture awarded bursaries to a total of 2102 students in a period of five years who studied language practice and heritage studies.The number of beneficiaries is broken down according to financial years:

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE BURSARIES
Number	Year	Language Bursary	Heritage Bursary	Total
a.	2011-12	94	31	125
b.	2012-13	555	75	630
c.	2013-14	336	83	419
d.	2014-15	284	73	357
e.	2015-16	463	107	570
TOTAL NUMBER OF BURSARIES AWARDED IN 5 YEARS	2101

Reply:

(a). The following process is used during the recruitment and selection of the Artists in the Artists in Schools Programme;

      (i) Adverts are placed in the local newspapers, community radio stations, social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter requesting interested artists to submit the CVs to the Beneficiaries

      (ii) Auditions and interviews are conducted for the short-listed artists

      (iii) Successful candidates are appointed and then placed in the schools.

(b). (i)(ii) and (iii). This programme is implemented jointly with the provinces the kind of information will reside in the provinces and the Department of Basic Education.

Reply:

Ever since I have been a Minister, I have never earned extra income from any source, not a single member of my family has ever done business with government.

Reply:

The position of the Chief Executive Officer at the Robben Island (RIM) has not been filled yet. The first advert for the position was published in September 2015 and interviews were held in October/November 2015. The preferred candidate from the interviews turned down the offer. The Council of RIM decided to re-advertise the position in February 2016 since the second and third placed candidates did not meet the criteria (according to the scoring method used). The closing date for the second advert was March 2016 and interviews are scheduled for 28 April 2016.

It is anticipated that the RIM CEO position will be filled by 1 July 2016. The interviews and other forms of assessments (including the competency assessments and screenings) of qualifying candidates are anticipated to be finalised by May 2016. It is also envisaged that the final employment offer will be made by May 2016 to allow the preferred candidate to serve the stipulated one month notice (i.e. the month of June).

Reply:

The contract of the Chief Executive Officer of the National Film and Video Foundation (Ms Zama Mkosi) expired in March 2016. The Council of the NFVF resolved to reappoint Ms Mkosi as the CEO of the NFVF for another period of 5 years as provided for in section 13(3) of the NFVF Act. The decision to reappoint Ms Mkosi was informed by her good performance record whilst at the helm of the NFVF, including obtaining successive clean audits for the institution. Her new contract is effective from 1 April 2016 to 30 April 2021

Reply:

(1) Yes. The position of Project Manager was advertised as follows:

• • National Museum web site – 31 July 2015
  • Sunday Times – 02 August 2015
  • Sowetan – 04 August 2015
  • Express – 05 August 2015
  • Volksblad – 05 August 2015
  • The advertisement was also circulated by the National Museum and the Department of Arts and Culture to various stakeholders via e-mail, who in turn posted it on their web sites.

(2)The position was filled on 1 April 2016.

Reply:

I and my Deputy have never had a meeting with the Gupta Family, nor their employees or a person who is a close associate of them.

Reply:

1(a). I was wary of allowing the current CEO of PanSALB to act as both the Accounting Officer and Accounting Authority since he was fairly new to the job and could be overwhelmed with work. The Department is trying to avoid similar challenges that occurred in the past when the former caretaker CEO acted as the Accounting Authority

(b). The basis for the appointment was made in terms of section 49 (3) of the Public Finance Management Act, as the National Heritage Council is one of the public entities reporting to me as the Executive Authority. We proceeded because initially we received concurrence from National Treasury, but later the National Treasury withdrew the advice they gave me, immediately thereafter the National Heritage Council was withdrawn, I realised that PANSALB is a constitutional entity, and is not part of the entities listed by the PFMA, therefore it cannot be governed under those rules.

Reply:

1(a). The National Archives has been operating at the same level of professionalism and dedication since 1994. Additional functions have been added to the work of the National Archives. These new services/activities include the provision of access to information in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) Act, Act No 2 of 2000, the implementation of Oral History programmes, the provision of policies, the guidelines, procedures and management of Electronic Records Management and Digitisation programmes.

(b). The National Archives is charged with the responsibility of managing government records through its records management unit and having custody of all national records through the National Archives Repository. The filing plan of the National Archives is up to date and properly implemented.

Through Oral History Programmes and projects implemented by the National Archives in partnership with other stakeholders including the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA), the National Archives is systematically recording histories of different communities throughout the country. This is in line with section 3(d) of the National Archives and Records Service Act, Act 43 of 1996 as amended, which refers to the collection of non-public records with enduring value of national significance which cannot be more appropriately preserved by another institution with due regard to the need to document aspects of the nation's experience neglected by archives repositories in the past.

Reply:

1.Yes, the Department has bought advertising space in The New Age in the 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years;

i) Number of times; and

ii) The amount in each specified financial years.

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE

Advertisements	Date	Cost
Heritage Month	September 2012	R75 360.00
Freedom Month	April 2012	R56 520.00
Africa Month	May 2012	R42 955.20
Nelson Mandela Day	July 2012	R28 636.80
Nelson Mandela Day	July 2012	R28 636.80
Visual Arts Indaba	October 2012	R66 572 00
Advertisement	April 2013	R40 929.42
Advertisement	June 2014	R35 803.98
Advertisement	November 2014	R8 997.61
Advertisement	March 2015	R6 791.30

2. The advertisements that were placed through GCIS are as follows:

Adverts placed through GCIS:

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE THROUGH GCIS

Reconciliation Month	December 2014	R31 710.00

Reply:

1. Yes, the Department has bought advertising space in The New Age in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 financial years;

i) Number of times; and

ii) The amount in each specified financial years.

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE

Advertisements	Date	Cost
Heritage Month	September 2012	R75 360.00
Freedom Month	April 2012	R56 520.00
Africa Month	May 2012	R42 955.20
Nelson Mandela Day	July 2012	R28 636.80
Nelson Mandela Day	July 2012	R28 636.80
Visual Arts Indaba	October 2012	R66 572 00
Advertisement	April 2013	R40 929.42
Advertisement	June 2014	R35 803.98
Advertisement	November 2014	R8 997.61
Advertisement	March 2015	R6 791.30

2. The advertisements that were placed through GCIS are as follows:

Adverts placed through GCIS:

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE THROUGH GCIS

Reconciliation Month	December 2014	R31 710.00

Reply:

(1)(a). Yes, the specified project has reached practical completion, meaning it is suitable for operations, however there are minor outstanding items such as the mechanisation of stage machinery.

(b). the actual completion is anticipated by the end of July 2016, the final tranche of R 2 000 000, will be paid before the end of March 2016

(2). The DAC has not as yet received an audited report on the utilisation of the additional allocation of funds for the specified project. We have, already requested an acknowledgment of expenditure report sent by the Project Manager updating us on the utilisation of the first tranche of R 10 000 000, and finally, an audited report upon completion of the project.

Reply:

i) (A) & (B) (i) 9% of all procurements was given to the SMME’s from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available.

(ii) none

Reply:

1. (a) There are no frozen vacant positions in the Department of Arts and Culture. In line with DPSA Circular 1 of 2012, all unfunded vacant positions have been abolished.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) Not applicable.

Reply:

(a). On Friday, the 17 April 2015, I convened a National Consultative Meeting to deal with the challenges facing the transformation of the heritage sector with a focus on statues, place names and symbols that define our public spaces. Amongst the decisions of this meeting was the creation of a special purpose task team to assist with conceptualization, implementation and monitoring as well as impact assessment of a rapid process of transformation of the heritage landscape towards nation-building. The above-mentioned Task Team has been appointed and has conducted consultation workshops in all nine provinces.

 

Botshabelo Mission is a Provincial heritage site which was first protected on the 26th of February 1965. After successful land claim, the site was for some time managed with the assistance of the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality until it was completely transferred to the Botshabelo Community Development Trust which was appointed by the Botshabelo Community to run the affairs of the site as both a heritage site and a tourist attraction. The Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Arts and Culture established a Task Team that will put together a report and recommendations in terms of ensuring the salvaging of the site from total collapse.

This Task Team includes members of the Botshabelo Community, the Department and both Local and District Municipalities. The Task Team has since removed valuable artifacts from the site to a place of safety. The Task Team also recommended the services of a Conservation Architect to evaluate the state of structures/ buildings and the probable costs to repair. Furthermore, the Provincial Department of Arts and Culture has since 2008 assisted the Botshabelo Community Development Trust to solicit funding from the National Lottery. The funding was frozen amid disagreements and infighting among members of the Botshabelo Community.

The Department is now in the process of ensuring the establishment of a legitimate and stable board so that those funds can be released for the restoration and management of the site.

(b). In accordance with the National Heritage Resources Act, a person may be found guilty or liable to pay a fine or imprisonment for defacing a statue.

Reply:

(a) Disciplinary action has been taken against the official who was responsible for part of the growth of irregular expenditure from R74,3 million in the 2013-14 financial year to R80,6 million in the 2014-15 financial year (b) Disciplinary action has been taken against the official who was implicated in some of the fruitless and wasteful expenditure of R5,5 million in 2013-14 and R330 000 during the 2014-15 period My department has since appointed the service provider to investigate the irregular expenditure and fruitless and wasteful expenditure in order to establish the extent of transgression and deal with consequent management. Since the investigation report has not yet been released, the recommendations to take disciplinary action against the transgressors have not yet been implemented.

Reply:

Yes, my department has made significant progress with respect of the 2014 – 2019 MTSF goals to achieve Nation Building and Social Cohesion in order to realize the objective of Outcome 14, namely South Africa achieving a diverse, socially cohesive society with a national identity.

The department has been able to successfully coordinate the various Outcome 14 government departments to develop the outcome 14 MTSF strategic targets in line with the five pillars of chapter 15 of the National Development Plan and quarterly progress reports have been submitted to Cabinet.

Outcome 14 has five (5) broad sub outcomes that direct its ultimate goal of a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa, namely: fostering constitutional values, equal opportunities, inclusion and redress, promoting social cohesion across all levels in society, promoting active citizenry and leadership and fostering a social compact.

The progress against outcomes include:

Support to the Moral Regeneration Movement in terms of the promotion of the Code of Positive Values.

We continue to leverage on the national days as key platforms through which to instil constitutional values, build and promote unity and reconciliation.

The report back Summit held in March 2015 offered partners an opportunity to give feedback and renew discussions on matters discussed at the Social Cohesion Summit held in 2012.

The department’s resolve to ensure a generation is raised that knows the history of our country is driven by our visibility in schools as we install flags in schools and educate learners on how to hoist the flag and driving the understanding of the meaning of the preamble as they recite it at assemblies.

The opening of the Matola Monument in September of this year and the Liberation Heritage Route that has been approved by cabinet further emphasis the strides being made in ensuring we tell the correct history of our country.

Reply:

(a). The Department of Arts and Culture has not outsourced the management of the Artist in School programme. The programme is implemented in partnership with organizations that specialize in arts, culture and heritage matters, such as community arts organisations, to

• Recruit and provide regular training of the contracted arts practitioners;
• Partake in identifying and negotiations’ processes with relevant officials at school Principals, Teachers, creative arts subject advisors and Provincial Department of basic Education and Departments of Sports Recreation, Arts and Culture level before any placement of arts practitioners can take place;
• Lesson planning and teaching of the subject (genres);
• Monitoring the individual arts practitioners to ensure that they execute their functions in a very desirable way and in line with the policy prescript of DBE
• Hosting of the Provincial Schools Festivals;
• Project Management (stipend allowances, conflict resolutions, report writing and all the relevant logistical arrangements that enables the successful implementation of the Project;

(b). The Department of Arts and Culture is not aware of any of the Department’s supported Artists in Schools programme that employs people with no background or training to teach arts in the Schools. Recruitment of the Artists in Schools take place at a local level through the identified arts, culture and heritage organisations to ensure that artists with the necessary skills and experience are appointed, and are placed in consultation with relevant stakeholders. It would be appreciated if any such individual or individuals could be reported to the Department.

Reply:

1. The Department provides funding to its institutions based on the mandate of the particular entity. Annually the baseline budgets of entities are adjusted for inflation or cost of living. In addition to the baseline allocations, entities may receive funding (on a needs basis) for capital works projects. Such funds are ring-fenced for capital project(s) only and cannot be used to augment operational budgets.
2. Funding for the implementation of GRAP 103 will be on a needs basis. Each entity has been requested to cost its funding requirements for the implementation of the GRAP 103. The costing exercise conducted by the forum of the CFOs of DAC public entities revealed that the costs of implementation include valuation costs, human resources costs, IT costs and security costs. Entities have submitted their respective budgets for the implementation of GRAP 103 and will receive funding based on the availability of resources.
3. As mentioned in 2 above, the costing exercise conducted by the forum of the CFOs of DAC public entities revealed that the costs of full implementation include valuation costs, human resources costs, IT costs and security costs. All the entities were appraised of these costs and were requested to incorporate them in their respective GRAP 103 costing or budgeting exercises. As such the budgets requests are inclusive of all costs relating to the implementation of GRAP 103.

 

Reply:

1. Yes, the department currently employs 10 persons with disabilities which represent 2.1% of the staff complement.

Reply:

As I indicated in my response on the 05 September 2015 to question no: 3284, which I stated the following: “Government officials are expected to travel between Gauteng and the Western Cape to carry out official duties, including ministerial and department support to the Executive who carry out parliamentary duties according the Parliamentary Programme.

“Costs incurred by Government Officials are readily made available in Annual Reports which will be tabled in Parliament”.

To further assist the Honourable Member, page 106 of the latest annual report do highlight the item on travel and subsistence.

Reply:

1. All museums reporting to me has commenced with the process of recording and evaluation of their national heritage assets. The first phase entails the capturing, verifying and conversion of manual registers into electronic asset registers. The financial evaluation phase will commence once phase 1 has been concluded and is subject to availability of funds.

2(a) The preliminary assessment done by my department pertaining to the tagging and evaluation of the museums pieces revealed that the exercise will cost in the region of about R205 million.

(b) An assessment was done on the status of security at museums. Given the inputs received from the museums, a costing exercise will be conducted to determine the budget required to upgrade security features at various museums in South Africa.

Reply:

1. Yes, my department conducted various workshops and National Language Fora with national government departments, national public entities and national public enterprises during which the department workshoped them on how to write their language policies.
2. The workshops conducted by my department yielded positive results as policies received, comply with the prescripts of the Act. The department also gives advice and makes comments when and where necessary.
3. The department is in a process of appointing a service provider to enforce compliance on the Use of Official Languages Act, 12 of 2012.

Reply:

The importance of community arts and the development and upgrading of community arts infrastructure has been recognised as a driver of social cohesion and nation building in Outcome 14: Nation Building and Social Cohesion. The community arts programme is a contributor to the Sub-Outcome: Equal Opportunities, Inclusion and Redress. Approved by Cabinet, Outcome 14 stipulates that the Department of Arts and Culture, within the 5 year Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF), will build 15 new community arts centres, refurbish 80 centres and activate 500 community arts programmes by 2018/19. The focus of this work will be rural and township areas.

Reply:

1(a). The Department has not stopped paying a subsidy to the Voortrekker Monument. The Voortrekker Monument is not a Declared Cultural Institution in terms of the Cultural Institutions Act and therefore does not receive a subsidy from the Department. However, the Department does provide funding to the Monument on an adhoc basis subject to the availability of funds. The Department has committed to transfer R1.3 Million to the Monument for the 2015/2016 financial year. To date, the DAC has transferred R1, 170 000 to the Voortrekker Monument in August 2015, and will transfer R130 000 on submission of a satisfactory expenditure report before the end of the current financial year.

(b). No discussion or prior notice was necessary since the MOU for the funding stipulates the terms and the funding period.

2(a). Non notification is not DAC standard practice.

(b). Standard practice was not deviated from as no discussion or prior notice was necessary since the MOU for the funding stipulates the terms and the funding period. No notification was required as the Voortrekker Monument receives ad hoc funding from the DAC and not annual funding as it is not a Declared Cultural Institution. My department has had several engagements with the Monument to see how best it can accommodate the Monument depending on the availability of funds.

3. As the Minister of Arts and Culture, I cannot reinstate a subsidy that did not exist. The Voortrekker Monument does not receive an annual subsidy as it is not a Declared Cultural Institution in terms of the Cultural Institutions Act.





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Reply:

(a). Yes, my department, as part of the broad programme of government to build a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous country, we are taking steps to ensure that more resources are being ploughed into the uptake of sign language training, by promoting, and creating conditions for the development of South African Sign Language (SASL) through funding and training projects that focus on the development and use of SASL.The department is also awarding language bursaries to Universities which are offering the training of the South African Sign Language as one of their courses.

(b). By funding training projects and awarding language bursaries we create a pool of professional sign language interpreters. Through sign language interpreters, communities are able to communicate with deaf people at a societal level.