ATC141022: Budgetary Review And Recommendation Report Of The Portfolio Committee On Arts And Culture, On The Performance of the Department of Arts and Culture for the 2013/14 Financial Year, dated 21 October 2014
Arts and Culture
Budgetary Review and Recommendation
Report of the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture,
on the performance of
the department of arts and culture for the 2013/14 financial year,
DATED
21 October 2014
The Portfolio Committee on
Arts and Culture
(hereinafter
referred to as the Committee)
, having
considered the performance of the Department of Arts and Culture
(hereinafter referred to as the
Department)
, reports as follows:
1.
Introduction
1.1.
Mandate of Committee
The Constitution of the
Republic of South Africa (Act No. 108 of 1996) empowers the National Assembly,
through its committees, to ensure that executive organs of the state in the
national sphere of government are accountable to it. It further empowers the
National Assembly to maintain oversight of the exercise on national executive.
In order for the Committee to
provide oversight, the Budget Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) is an
essential tool to assess the Departments performance and strategic direction.
The BRRR also acts as a mechanism to measure service delivery and identify
areas that require urgent interventions. The BRRR process enables the Committee
to understand how the Department has expended its appropriated budget.
1.2.
Description of Core Functions of the Department
The
Department derives its mandate from the Constitution with specific focus on
language and culture, access to information and, to some extent, education. In
relation to governments 2014-2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework, the
Department has to respond to Outcome 14:
Nation
Building and Social Cohesion
.
The
Department further seeks to unleash the potential of the arts, culture and
heritage sector to contribute to job creation and economic growth through the
Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) strategy. Furthermore, the Department is also
responsible for the promotion of the performing arts in South Africa; provision
and promotion of official languages and enhancement of linguistic diversity in
South Africa; and provision and maintenance of the declared cultural institutions,
national archives and library services in South Africa.
1.3.
Purpose of the BRR Report
Section 5 of the Money Bills
Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act (Act No. 9 of 2009) requires the
National Assembly, through its Committees, to produce a Budgetary Review and
Recommendation Report which assesses the performance of each national
department with reference to the following:
a)
The Medium Term Estimates of Expenditure, Strategic
Priorities and Measurable Objectives, as tabled in the National Assembly;
b)
Prevailing Strategic Plans;
c)
The Expenditure Report as published by the
National Treasury in terms of section 32 of the Public Finance Management Act
(Act No. 1 of 1999);
d)
The Financial Statements and Annual Reports;
e)
The Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts;
and
f)
Any other information requested by or presented to
a House of Parliament.
1.4.
Method
In compiling the 2014/15 BRRR the Committee utilised
the following documents:
§
2014
February State of the Nation Address;
§
2014
June State of the Nation Address;
§
The 2013
Management Performance Assessment Tool: National Departments Score Cards as
issued by the Department of Performance Management and Evaluation;
§
2009-2014
Strategic Plan of the Department of Art and Culture;
§
2014/15
Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Arts and Culture;
§
2013/14
Annual Report of the Department of Arts and Culture;
§
2013/14
Reports of the Auditor-General on the outcomes of audit findings of the
Department of Arts and Culture;
§
2013/14
Budget Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Arts and
Culture;
§
2014/15
first quarter expenditure report of the Department of Arts and Culture; and
§
The National
Development Plan: Vision for 2030.
During the 2012 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
(MTBPS), the Minister of Finance announced a consolidated government
expenditure framework, a system that extends the monitoring of expenditure to
entities and other spheres of government. Furthermore, due to the fact that 80%
of the Departments budget is transferred to departmental entities, the
Committee requested them to provide information that relate to their
expenditure on personnel as well as goods and services. Furthermore, entities
were also requested to provide performance information from 1 April - 30
September 2014 and its vacancy profile. Information was requested from the
following entities:
-
Pan
South African Language Board;
-
South
African Heritage Resources Agency;
-
National
Film and Video Foundation;
-
The
South African State Theatre;
-
Windybrow
Theatre;
-
The
National Arts Council;
-
National
Heritage Council;
-
The
Freedom Park;
-
Msunduzi
Museum;
-
Luthuli
Museum;
-
Business
and Arts South Africa;
-
Iziko
Museums of South Africa; and
-
Robben
Island Museum.
1.5.
Portfolio Committees Oversight Environment
The year 2014 marks the twentieth
anniversary of freedom and democracy. This has been characterised by various
commemorations as the country hosted the fifth general elections. During the
February State of the Nation Address, the President emphasised the need to
prioritise healing, nation building and continue to build understanding,
tolerance and reconciliation as part of the 20
th
commemoration of
freedom and democracy. The President emphasised that during the 2014-2019
government term of office sport and culture will play a major role as unifying
factors. In addition, the President pointed out that government will continue
to promote inclusive heritage through building monuments and other symbols that
honour the heroes of the struggle that delivered the freed and democracy.
Since the beginning of the fifth
parliament, the Committee has been actively involved on oversight functions
that seek to ensure that the delivery of arts, culture and heritage services is
accelerated and South Africans enjoy the value of their diverse heritage. The
Committee has challenged entities of the Department to align themselves with
strategic priorities of government. These include alignment with the National Development
Plan (NDP): Vision 2030 and contribution to job creation. The Committee has
robustly engaged the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) in an attempt
to assist the Department to ensure that PanSALB fulfils its Constitutional
mandate.
The Committee acknowledges
that the Department has a pivotal role to play in realising the vision of the NDP.
The Committee believes that the amplification of the current programmes of the
Department could enhance the delivery of services and a delivery of a dream of
a better life for all.
The President has set the
target to increase the number of foreign visitor arrival to be more than 15
million annually by 2017 while setting the economic growth target at 5% by
2019. These targets require all sectors of society to embark on various
measures and interventions to create a demand to visit South Africa and to
jump-start the economy. This requires museums to develop new attractive
exhibitions and artistic products by performing and visual arts institutions. The
MGE strategy positions the sector to be a catalyst in economic growth.
2.
Overview of the key relevant policy focus areas
The following policy developments characterised the
sector during the 2013/14 financial year:
2.1.
South
African Language Practitioners Council Act
During the 2013/14 financial
year the President enacted the South Africa Language Practitioners Council Act
(Act No. 8 of 2014). This legislation establishes a national public entity that
will be responsible for the promotion of language practice in South Africa and
be a professional body responsible for the accreditation of language
practitioners and development of the code of conduct for language
practitioners.
2.2.
Review
of the 1996 Arts, Culture and Heritage White Paper
In accordance with the policy
review report, the Department initiated the review of the 1996 White Paper. The
process has culminated in a number of public consultations with stakeholders in
the sector. It is envisaged that a revised White Paper on Arts, Culture and
Heritage will realign the sector taking into consideration current needs of
shared services, scarce skills, compliance and excessive audit costs as well as
demands of the 21
st
century.
2.3.
Draft
National Museum Policy
Since the establishment of
the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in 1994 the issue of
what constitutes a national museum has been unclear. The draft national
museum policy seeks to provide a framework for the management of national
museums in South Africa within the broader context of heritage management and
key government priorities. The policy has been circulated for public
consultation and the Department hosted a consultative seminar.
2.4.
International
Agreements
In
2013 the National Assembly adopted the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the protection of underwater
cultural heritage; the International Institute for the Unification of Private
Law (UNIDROIT) Convention on the stolen or illegally exported cultural objects;
and the 1999 second protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of
cultural property in the event of armed conflict. These conventions do not
necessitate any legislative amendments. However, the 1999 second protocol to
the 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of cultural property in the event
of armed conflict requires that sites of cultural property should not be used
for military operations. In the South African context the Castle of Good Hope
in Cape Town hosts a cultural property and a military operation. The
Departments of Arts and Culture and Defence should resolve this issue as it
presents a potential threat to cultural property in the event of armed
conflict.
2.5.
Impact
of the National Development Plan, vision 2030
The NDP asserts that South
Africans have made significant progress in uniting the country since 1994. The
end of apartheid restored the dignity of all South Africans. It identifies
shared history as the basis of fundamental relationships that define us as
South Africans. The NDP presents this shared identity within the Constitutional
framework as a social compact that carefully defines our togetherness and
accords rights and exacts obligations to each of us. The work of the Department
is central to the implementation of Chapter 15,
Transforming Society and Uniting the County,
of the NDP. The
Departments programmes of nation building and social cohesion are directly
aligned to the NDP. It has also streamlined itself to respond to critical goals
of the NDP. However, some entities of the Department are still to align their strategic
operations with the goals of the NDP.
2.6.
Medium
Term Strategic Framework, 2014 - 2019
The Medium Term Strategic
Framework (MTSF) defines the strategic objectives and targets of government for
the next five years. The 2014-2019 MTSF is based on the diagnostic report of
the Planning Commission and therefore grounded on the vision of the NDP. The
Department has been assigned with Outcome 14: Nation Building and Social
Cohesion.
3.
Summary of previous key financial and performance
recommendations of Committee
3.1.
2013/14 BRRR Recommendations
During the 2013/4 BRRR the
Committee made the following recommendations:
a)
Financial
Management & Governance
§
The Committee observed that there are huge funding disparities among
institutions whose mandate is similar. The Department should review its funding
formula with regards to funding of its entities;
§
The Department to prioritise the legislative review process in order to
streamline proper management of entities;
§
The Department to speed up the recruitment of the Chief Financial
Officer (CFO);
§
The Department to ensure that entities prioritise legislative
compliance;
§
The Department to develop a system to ensure that provinces spend
Conditional Grants allocated to them;
§
A Shareholder Compact between the Minister and entities should be clear
on the expected financial management outcomes;
§
For smaller entities the Committee has observed that it is sometimes
difficult to develop control measures that are required as there are sometimes
insufficient human resource capacity. The Committee recommends that the
Department consider establishing shared services while working on the
establishment of the flagships as recommended in the 2013/14 budget report
(Central Flagship and KwaZulu-Natal Flagship);
§
The
Department should develop a Road Map of Financial Compliance for the sector and
seek ways to reward financial compliance;
§
Where lack
of skills has been identified consistently, the Department in partnership with
affected entities should develop a Personal Development Plan which should
result in reskilling concerned personnel; and
§
The
Department and entities should develop clear guidelines and consequences of
non-compliance.
b)
Performance
Information and other related
§
The
Department to develop transversal performance indicators for its entities in
order to enhance its ability to measure value for money throughout the sector.
This would enable the Department to ensure that there is accurate
standardisation to rate performance of institutions while they can add their
own indicator based on their field of specialisation.
The Committee observes that
the Department took some of these recommendations seriously as the following has
been achieved:
§
Both the
draft review of the White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage and the draft
National Museum Policy seek to enforce the notion of shared services within the
sector;
§
The
Department increased oversight visits to institutions that had serious non-
compliance challenges;
§
A
Project Support Office was established to assist provinces like Limpopo and Eastern
Cape to fast-track the expenditure on the conditional grant;
§
The
Department worked closely with the National Treasury to intervene where there were
transgressions and instituted forensic investigations; and
§
The
Shareholder Compact includes expectations of financial compliance and both the
accounting authority and accounting officer make commitments.
However, the Committee notes
that the following key recommendations were not implemented:
§
The
position of the CFO has been vacant for over four years and has still not been
filled;
§
The Road
Map for Financial Compliance for the sector and the rewarding of financial
compliance has not been developed; and
§
The
Department has not been able to develop specific skills development plans for
entities that have staff in key positions and they are unable to achieve their outcomes,
e.g. the issue of skills deficit was identified by the Auditor General as a key
cause of non-compliance among some entities.
3.2.
2014/15 Committee Budget Report
The Committee supported the
2014/15 budget of the Department and its Annual Performance Plan (APP). It also
supported the strategic alignment of the Departments programmes with the NDP. The
following recommendations were made during the 2014/15 budget report:
-
The Department must spend 100%
of its 2014/15 budget allocation;
-
The Department should
prioritise the appointment of the CFO and the National Archivist;
-
More governance monitoring to
be provided to departmental entities, particularly with regard to the
development of the Annual Performance Plans and Strategic Plans;
-
The Department should consider
developing customised national indicators for entities in order to ensure
that the work of entities is in line with governments priorities such as
the National Development Plan;
-
In light of scarce resources
it is crucial that the Department develops a shared service model in
provinces such as Free State, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal;
-
The Department to invest in
the Business Development Approach of entities so that they are able to
raise more funds on their own rather than to depend entirely on the
states subsidy; and
-
The Department should
reconsider budget cuts in respect of Non Profit Institutions, i.e. Blind
South Africa and National Library for the Blind. These budget cuts should
be possibly absorbed elsewhere in the budget other than institutions that
target people with disabilities.
The Committee observes the
following based on its 2014/15 budget report recommendations:
-
The Department has committed itself that it will
adjust its expenditure indicator and envisages to spend 100% of its
2014/15 appropriated funds; and
-
A revised 2014/15 APP to be tabled after the
introduction of the Adjustments Appropriation Bill.
4.
Overview and assessment of financial performance
Over the past
years the Department has received an unqualified audit opinion with matters of emphasis.
It should be noted that despite the audit opinion being unqualified, the amount
of irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure has been growing steadily.
During the 2013/14 audit the Department received a qualified audit opinion. The
Committee observes that with the exception of Robben Island Museum and Iziko
Museums of South Africa which received clean audits, there is a general
regression in the audit outcomes as more auditees received qualified opinions
compared to the previous financial year.
Audit opinion
|
2009/10
|
2010/11
|
2011/12
|
2012/13
|
2013/14
|
Clean
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
9
|
Unqualified
|
16
|
17
|
15
|
14
|
9
|
Qualified
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
Adverse
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Disclaimer
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Figure
1
: Audit history of the vote
[1]
The Committee observes that the
National Film and Video Foundation, War Museum of the Boer Republic, Artscape,
KwaZulu-Natal Playhouse, Luthuli Museum, KwaZulu-Natal Museum and Freedom Park
have consistently received clean audits. The Committee observes that five
entities improved their audit findings (Robben Island Museum and Iziko Museums
of South Africa improved from unqualified with finding to unqualified with no
findings. William Humphreys Art Gallery, South African State Theatre and South African
Heritage Resources Agency improved from being qualified to unqualified with
findings). The Committee remains concerned about the future of the Pan South
African Language Board (PanSALB). As indicated in Figure 1 above the entity received
a disclaimer from the Auditor General. During the recent oversight visit of the
Committee it discovered that the entity has not budgeted for the position of
the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) thus it cannot fill the post until the
2015/16 financial. This contravenes section 36 (1) of the Public Finance
Management Act (Act No.1 of 1999, as amended) which requires that every
department and constitutional institution must have an accounting officer. The
Committee is also concerned about the oversight function of the Department
since it approved the draft budget of PanSALB which unfunded the CEOs
position. The Committee also observed that PanSALB is in a serious paralysis phase
that requires urgent consideration by the both Parliament and the Department.
Figure
2
: Audit outcomes in percentage
Irregular Expenditure
The
Committee is concerned about the exponential growth of irregular expenditure
within the Department and its entities. Out of the R2.9 billion appropriated
budget of the vote, R225.6 million was incurred as irregular expenditure. While
the Committee cannot conclude that this funding was spent on fraudulent
activities, it is concerned by the Departments and entities failure to comply
with the supply chain management procedures as this could lead to potential
fraud and corrupt activities. The Committee views perpetual irregular
expenditure with displeasure as it has a pernicious impact on the public trust
of the Department and its entities.
The
Committee is concerned about the lack of internal control mechanisms to
disclose irregular expenditure and the ability by the Department and its
entities to disclose it accurately. Financial Statements of the Department and
its entities disclosed only R119.1 million as irregular expenditure while the
Auditor General discovered an additional R106.4 million which the Department
and its entities has failed to disclose.
Figure
3
: History of Irregular
expenditure within the vote
[2]
Fruitless and Wasteful expenditure
The
Committee notes the extent to which the Departments and its entities
fruitless and wasteful expenditure has grown over the past three financial
years. While the vote had incurred R4.7 million in fruitless and wasteful
expenditure in 2011/12, by 2013/14 this amount had grown to R9.3 million. The
Committee is concerned that some of this money was paid for among other things,
services that were never rendered, Value Added Tax (VAT) paid to non-VAT
vendors and payment of traffic fines that should be paid by perpetrators. In
addition, the Committee is concerned about the Departments and its entities
failure to disclose fruitless and wasteful expenditure accurately. While the
Department and its entities disclosed R3.7 million as its fruitless and
wasteful expenditure the Auditor General discovered an additional R5.5
million.
Figure
4
: History of Fruitless and
wasteful expenditure by the vote
[3]
Non Compliance
The
Auditor General has raised serious concerns with regards to the quality of
financial statements that are generated by the Department and its entities. The
AG postulates that had it not given auditees an opportunity to correct
financial statements, that fifteen auditees would have been qualified instead
of nine.
The
Committee is concerned by the report of the AG that the quality of annual
performance reports has regressed if compared with the previous financial year.
While during the 2012/13 financial year only eight auditees were identified not
to have complied, during the 2013/14 financial year the figure has increased to
twelve. The root cause of non-compliance could be appropriated to lack of
skills within the sector, inability of the accounting authority to exercise its
oversight function, lack of peer collaboration with the sector and non-appointment
of the CFO of the Department.
Vacancy Profile
The
Committee notes that the Department and its entities have unfilled funded vacancies
that are critical in delivery of services. Four entities do not have CEOs while
one entity has had its CEO suspended and it has not been able to finalise the
disciplinary process within sixty days. While these posts are currently
occupied by acting CEOs, with the exception of PanSALB where there is no acting
CEO, there is a risk that appointed acting CEOs cannot function efficiently in
these positions since they still have to perform on positions they were
originally contracted to.
Some
entities take more than a year to fill a critical position. The Luthuli Museum,
for example, has taken more than two years to fill a researchers position and
more than a year to fill a curators position. This has affected service
delivery as performance targets for research, exhibitions and education
programmes were not achieved.
4.1.
Overview of 2013/14 Vote allocation and spending
Final
Appropriation
|
Actual Expenditure
|
Variance
|
%
Spent
|
|
|
R000
|
R000
|
R000
|
%
|
Administration
|
258,068
|
258,068
|
-
|
100%
|
Performing Arts
|
602,085
|
572,195
|
29,890
|
95%
|
National Language Service
|
134,616
|
134,616
|
-
|
100%
|
Cultural Development
|
255,195
|
254,129
|
1,066
|
99.6%
|
Heritage Promotion
|
829,170
|
731,922
|
97,248
|
88.3%
|
National
Archives and Library
Services
|
835,643
|
804,290
|
31,353
|
96.3%
|
Grand Total
|
2,914,777
|
2,755,220
|
159,557
|
94.5%
|
Figure
5
: Expenditure patterns
with the vote
[4]
4.2.
Financial Performance 2013/14
The
Committee notes that the Department spent 94.5% or R2.7 billion of its
appropriation. The Department reported an underexpenditure of R159.5 million
compared to R15.9 million in the 2012/13 financial year. The major cause of
under expenditure was mainly underperformance of capital works within the Heritage
Promotion programme. The Committee recognises the sterling work of the
Department with regards to the delivery of the library services through the
conditional grant. However, the Committee is concerned that despite these
strides Limpopo, Free State, Northern Cape, and North West provinces report an
excessive amount of under expenditure.
The Committee notes with concerns expenditure delays in
the Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) projects. MGE is a job creation catalyst,
therefore any delays compromises the ability of government to create a required
number of employment opportunities. The Departments virement of R223.5 million
(for MGE projects) is also concerning as this questions the planning ability of
the Department.
Personnel
are a necessary expenditure in any Department as staff drives the programmes of
the government. However, there needs to be constant awareness of the need to
strike a balance between expenditure on personnel and expenditure associated
with core function and other operational costs. The Committee further observed
that there are certain entities whose growth in personnel expenditure is
disproportionate with indicative subsidy growth. Some of these entities
personnel expenditure constitutes more than 80% of the total budget. If this
scenario is not properly managed it could result into a situation whereby their
entire budget is spent on personnel costs and this will have a negative impact
on service delivery.
4.3.
Financial Performance 2014/15
The Department has a 2014/15
available appropriation of R3.5 billion which represents a nominal increase of
R610 million, or 20 per cent, from 2013/14.
Transfers and Subsidies account for R2.8 billion of
the available budget.
At a Glance:
Composition of Expenditure
A total of 77.2 per cent
of expenditure during the first quarter was under transfers and subsidies and
payments for financial assets, with the remaining 22.8 per cent spent on
departmental operations.
Of operational
expenditure, 32.7 per cent was on compensation of employees, 64.9 per cent on
goods and services, and 0 per cent on interest and rent on
land.
2.4 per cent of expenditure was
on payments to capital assets.
|
|
Figure
6
: Budget expenditure during the 1
st
quarter of
2014/16
[5]
|
By the end of August 2014 the Department had expended
R1.4 billion, 40%, of its appropriated budget. This expenditure trend does not
convince the Committee that the Department will spend 100% of its budget given
that the Department has a history of underspending on capital works.
Thirteen entities that
were studied demonstrate that there is a relatively stable expenditure pattern which
leans towards growth on personnel costs. Freedom Park has spent over 22% of its
total budget on personnel costs. Robben Island Museums scenario is concerning.
Its personnel costs are more than the subsidy it receives from the Department.
The Museum plans generate R74.5 million. While the Committee applauds such a business
sustainability model it is concerned about the risk level associated with it.
What would happen if the Museum is unable to generate its expected revenue? The
Committee is concerned with the expenditure patterns at the South African
Heritage Resources Agency. By 30 September 2014 the entity had spent R31.6
million on personnel costs against the budget of R46.4 million, excluding R20
million of the conditional grant.
5.
Overview of service delivery ENVIRONMENT and FinancIAL
performance, 2013/14 & 2014/15
5.1.
Service Delivery Performance for 2013/14
The 2013/14 was characterised
by the centenary commemoration of the 1913 Native Land Act. Many entities
hosted programmes that were aligned to the 1913 Native Land Act. The Department
further achieved the following:
-
The first ever provincial summit on social cohesion and moral
regeneration was held in Mahikeng, North West Province in July 2013.
-
The Department facilitated a number of measures to develop, protect,
preserve and promote arts, culture and heritage including:
-
Celebrating the centenary of the Union Buildings and the unveiling
of the Nelson Mandela statue;
-
The implementation of the second phase of the JL Dube project at the
Ohlange Institute, Inanda Township, Durban;
-
Commemoration of national days such as Human Rights Day, Youth Day,
Heritage Day;
-
Supporting a number of cultural events and festivals; and
-
Acknowledging excellence in the sector through hosting the South
African Music Awards and the South African Literary Awards.
-
In collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the
Department has placed over 200 artists in schools across eight provinces.
-
A modern film studio, installed in the City of Johannesburg-owned
community centre, was handed over to the community of Diepsloot to assist
with the training of local artists and in the production of local films.
-
The Department signed an agreement with
Linstitut national de laudiovisuel
in France to digitise the
recordings from the Rivonia Trial.
-
Through the Community Library Conditional Grant, just over R1 billion
was used to build 16 new libraries and upgrade 55 libraries.
5.2.
Service Delivery Performance for 2014/15
The Department has
streamlined its microstructure and this resulted in a subsequent reduction of
its programme from six to four programmes. The Committee holds a strong view
that the Department and its entities have a vital role to play in the
transformation of the South African society. While the Department and its
entities find it difficult to achieve performance targets it is mindful that
more targets were achieved between April to June 2014 compared to the same
period during the 2013/14 financial year. The Committee is concerned that job
creation targets are not reported quarterly and this hinders effective
oversight by the Committee. This also has a potential to prohibit the government
from conducting mid-term monitoring on this performance target.
6.
Recommendations
In the light of the key
performance issues raised in this report, the Committee recommends the
following
:
a)
The Department must spend 100% of its appropriated
budget;
b)
The Department should ensure that the CFO and
National Archivist positions are filled by not later than 31 March 2015;
c)
The Department to report quarterly to Parliament on
its job creation target;
d)
The Department to consider tapping into the Expanded
Public Works Programme -Environment and Culture sector, to create additional
job opportunities in the sector;
e)
The Department to develop customised national
indicators for entities to ensure that government strategic goals are met;
f)
The Department to consider a Cultural Season with
African countries in light of South Africa being signatory to African Charter
on Cultural Renaissance;
g)
The Department should consider repositioning the
National Archives in a manner that makes it
more effective, efficient, visible and
accountable;
h)
The Department to forge intergovernmental
relations that enables entities to work with provincial departments that are
responsible for cultural affairs;
i)
The Department to reprioritise its Medium Term
Expenditure Framework to ensure that entities that serve the needs of disable
citizens are properly maintained;
j)
The Department to initiate inter-departmental peer
assistance programmes to enable experienced and well-resourced institutions to
assist fledgling entities;
k)
The Department should assist the Board of PanSALB to
appoint a CEO and a CFO and resolve the institutional paralysis at PanSALB with
immediate effect; and
l)
The Department must continue to strengthen
internal controls and work towards eliminating irregular, fruitless and
wasteful expenditure incurred within the Department and its entities.
7.
Appreciation
The Committee
thanks the support of the Department and entities that worked hard to produce
documents that were required to generate this report.
Report to be considered.
[1]
Presentation by the
Auditor General of South Africa to the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture,
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 14 October 2014.
[2]
Presentation by the Auditor General of South
Africa to the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture, Parliament of the
Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 14 October 2014.
[3]
Presentation by the
Auditor General of South Africa to the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture,
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, 14 October 2014.
[4]
Presentation by the Acting Director General of
the Department of Arts and Culture to the Portfolio Committee on Arts and
Culture, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 14 October
2014.
[5]
Standing Committee on Appropriation, 1
st
Quarterly Expenditure Report-2014/15 Financial Year (2014, p. 62).
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