mr themba wakashe director-general department of arts and culture briefing on the annual report:...

Mr Themba WakasheDirector-General

Department of Arts and Culture

Briefing on the Annual Report: Portfolio Committee Arts and Culture

16 October 2007

Outline of the Presentation

• Purpose of the presentation• Vision and mission• Legislative mandate• Programme performance• Conclusion

Purpose of the Presentation

• To brief the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on the Annual Report of the Department of Arts and Culture for the Financial year 2006/2007.

• To provide an overview of the activities of the Department in response to the legislative mandate.

• To obtain the Portfolio Committee’s inputs on the Strategic interventions that may be required to fulfill the legislative mandate.

Mission Statement

The mission of the department is to:

• Develop and promote arts and culture in South Africa and mainstream its role in social development.

• Develop and promote official languages of South Africa and enhance the linguistic diversity of the country.

• Improve economic and other development opportunities for South African arts and culture, nationally and globally through mutually beneficial partnerships, thereby ensuring the sustainability of the sector.

• Develop and monitor the implementation of policy, legislation and strategic direction for the identification, conservation and promotion of cultural heritage.

• Guide, sustain and develop the archival, heraldic and information resources of the nation to empower citizens through full open access to these resources.

Legislative Mandate

• The legislative mandate of the Department of Arts and Culture is broad, covering range of institutions and legislation.

• The White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage has led to the promulgation of several acts by Parliament. Institutions have been created in furtherance of the constitutional mandate of the Department of Arts and Culture.

Summary of Programmes

The activities of the Department are organizedinto the following six (6) programmes:

• Administration• Arts and Culture in Society• National Language Services• Cultural Development and International Co-operation

and Investing in Culture• Heritage Promotion• National Archives, Records, Meta-Information and

Heraldic Services

Report on the Programme Performance.

Programme 1: Administration

• The purpose of Administration (Corporate Services) is to provide overall management as well as provision of centralized support services in order to create an enabling environment for the achievement of departmental objectives.

• It is aimed at coordinating an developing systems that will effectively and efficiently manage the strategic functions and operations of the department.

• The following main activities fall under programme 1: Administration:

(a) Coordination

• The Chief Directorate Coordination, Monitoring & Evaluation seeks to ensure that the department has a strategic influence in the determination of the broad Government Programme of Action. It is intended to align and integrate the departmental activities with the broad Government Programme of Action.

• It ensures the promotion of integrated planning and intergovernmental relations in the three spheres of Government and the arts and culture sector.

• It assesses the impact of DAC policies and strategies in the arts and culture sector and proactively identify issues for policy development and/or review.

• In furtherance of the above mentioned objectives the following activities have been conducted:1. Development of Strategic Plans of the department that seek to respond to the DAC legislative mandate and goals as well as the goals and objectives of the broad Government Programme of Action.2. Attendance of FOSAD Cluster meetings and workshops and reporting on the progress made regarding the implementation of the broad Government Programme of Action.

Report on the Programme Performance (cont).

• Addressing the Macro Social challenges in society through the development of the Social Cohesion and Social Justice Strategy on behalf of the Social Sector Cluster and assuming leadership in the implementation of the strategy on behalf of Government through national dialogue and community mobilization, initiatives and campaigns.

• Formulating strategic partnerships with various community stakeholders including the National Religious Leaders Forum (NRLF) in order to implement the collaborative Programme of Action on one (1) of the five (5) key areas that were agreed upon between the President of The Republic of South Africa and the National Religious Leaders and were consequently reflected in the memorandum of agreement signed between the President and the National Religious Leaders in 2006.

• The key area of cooperation involving the leadership of the DAC in this regard relates to the building of Social Capital and Social Cohesion. The DAC implements Social Capital and Social Cohesion collaborative Programme of Action through the Strengthening Youth Networks Programme which forms a component of Social Development and Youth Programme in the Arts and Culture in Society Programme (Programme 2).

• With respect to assessing the impact of DAC policies and strategies in the arts and culture sector, an Arts and Culture Policy Review process was embarked upon in the year 2005/2006 through consultative workshops and the production of a research report. This is regarded as the first phase of the Policy Review process. The second phase thereof, has already been initiated and involves feed back reporting through inter alia, consultative workshops.

• On integrated planning: an arts and culture strategic framework aimed at promoting intergovernmental relations and integrated planning in the three (3) spheres of government has been developed.


(b) Human Resources Management

• The purpose of the Directorate: Human Resource Management is to ensure that the department has an appropriate, efficient and effective personal to ensure the realisation of service delivery objectives and the achievement of departmental goals.

• It seeks to ensure improved competency levels, build a culture of high performance in the department, and ensure departmental compliance with human resource legislation.

• In realising these objectives HR compliance reports have been submitted and a monitoring and evaluation process has been embarked upon to ensure compliance of the department with HR legislative frameworks.

• A large percentage of vacant posts have been filled and training of employees as well as implementation of personal development plans have occurred.

• Human resource policies have been approved.• There is an approved HR structure in the department in line with the DPSA guidelines

and requirements. • The implementation of performance management and development frameworks is

continuously being improved. • The vacancy rate in the department is being addressed and key vacant and funded

top management positions have been filled.• Management development programmes are offered to middle managers in order to

enhance their capacities.


(c) Operations Unit

• The purpose of the operations unit is to create an enabling environment for the department to realize its objectives.

• It coordinates and develops systems that will effectively and efficiently manage the strategic functions and operations of the department .

• It seeks to provide and effective and efficient administrative support service to the department in order to ensure optimal performance of the line functions towards the attainments of DAC goals.

• The service delivery objectives are achieved through the following activities:- Work flow management, accommodation requirements, project management, supply chain management, public relations and marketing, security and office services and events management.

• In the previous and current financial year, the visibility of the DAC has been promoted through marketing and campaigns.

• A safe and healthy working environment for all employees exists, and an efficient provision of appropriate and adequate service has been ensured.


(d) Financial Management.

• An effective, efficient and economic management of State assets, money and expenditure exists. This is intended to improve organizational compliance with financial legislation, policies and procedures. It is also aimed at ensuring an effective implementation of the PFMA.

• An accrual accounting and reporting system has been installed. And a new standard chart of accounts is maintained.

• There is synergy, coordination and liaison among programmes to effectively manage their budgets. The highest standard of professionals ethics is being promoted and maintained.

• Service delivery achievements- Sound Financial Management if facilitated through PFMA workshops.- Regular, efficient and timeous processing of financial transactions as well as regular reporting on and control over governments assets and expenditure take place.- Deficiencies regarding Financial and Supply Chain Management (SCM) principles have been identified and corrected.

• A training programme on Finance and Supply Chain Management to be provided by South African Management Development Institute (SAMDI), National Treasury and the DAC is available. The programme is aimed at providing training to relevant personnel on financial and SCM framework. To date 70% of the training of relevant personnel on financial and SCM framework has been achieved.

• The department has achieved 80% in the promotion of affirmative procurement as prescribed by the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA).

• A process of auditing and reviewing of all contracts within the department as well as ensuring the implementation of the assets management is continuously taking place. The department implements guidelines as described by the national treasury in order to ensure sound, effective and efficient financial management.

• An effective and efficient utilization of the department’s budget allocation in order to ensure maximum impact on its strategic objectives is continuous being improved.

• Workshops are conducted with relevant managers in order to improve financial management in the department.• Effective and efficient management support mechanisms and systems are in place to exercise sound and

economical budgeting and control over income expenditure reporting.• A risk management plan of the department has been developed and implemented, through the departmental risk

committee consisting of senior management, for effective, efficient and timely financial processes.• Sound accounting and revenue management system is in place.

PROGRAMME PERFORMANCEProgramme Main

Appropriation R’000

Adjusted Appropriation

R’000

Actual Amount SpendR’000

Over/Under Expenditure

R’000

1. Administration 93,145 122,121 122,118 3

2. Arts and Culture Society

227,821 225,003 224,993 10

3. National Language Service

91,036 68,856 68,772 84

4. Cultural Development and International Development

183,975 198,292 198,287 5

5. Heritage Promotion

635,225 632,820 632,743 77

6. National Archives, Records, Meta- Information and Heraldic Services

87,274 83,047 83,021 26

Total 1,318,476 1,330,139 1,329,934 205

REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL

Qualified Opinion.

1. Asset management

• Asset verification has been completed.

• The difference of R13,4 million between the asset register and the amount disclosed in the AFS’s is due to the fact that the register still reflected the assets of the old building as well as assets less than R5 000.

• With the assistance of the National Treasury the Department is migrating to the LOGIS system and will also use this system as a asset management system. This will be finalised mid Nov 2007 for the interim audit.

2. Leave Provision

• The Department is in the process to perform the reconciliations between PERSAL and actual leave as per employee files. This will be finalised by the end of Nov 2007.

REPORT OF THE AG (Cont.).

REPORT OF THE AG (Cont.). Other Matters.

The first audit of the artworks was done in 2005 when the missing artworks were discovered. In the same year the SARAH audit of the cultural objects (including all artworks in all government departments, parastatals, embassies except the presidency) commenced.

The SARAH auditors have been informed of the missing artworks in the hope that the artworks may be traced during the audit.

The Department established the a visual arts unit in 2005 that will include being responsible for the artworks in the department (as part of the control environment).

REPORT OF THE AG (Cont.).An official responsible for the artworks was appointed.

An advisory committee has been appointed.

Specification and Guidelines of the Art collection and management have been developed to form part of the Asset management policy. The specifications included principals as: Role of acquiring artwork, Commissioning, Loans, donations, gifts and bequests, Acquisition procedures, Collection management, Curating and valuation.

The Department forms part of the South African Police Service’s National Unit for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage that works closely with the Interpol.


(e) Corporate Governance

• The purpose of the Corporate Governance directorate is to attain good and effective governance within the department’s Public Entities and to ensure timely reporting in terms of the PFMA.

• Service delivery achievements:- ± 60% of the department’s total budget represents transfers to public entities.

• A total of 95% of quarterly reports and strategic plans for 2005/06 – 2007/08 have submitted on time by public entities.

• In terms of the audit reports for the financial year 2005/06, 73% of the department public entities had unqualified reports, compared with 69% for the financial year 2004/05 and 52% for the financial year 2002/03.

• The 2005/06 audit reports also show the highest number of totally clean audit reports, namely seven (7). There has also been a significant reduction in the total number of compliance issues raised in the audit reports.

• Daily communication with the institutions on compliance issues to give guidance regarding the attainment of full compliance with the PFMA as well as close cooperation between the DAC and the office of the Auditor –General on how to deal with problematic issues in public entities has contributed extensively to good governance.

• On average the financial position of the public entities is healthy in that most institutions have achieved surpluses in relation to their income and expenditure.


(f) Legal Services• The Directorate: Legal Services seeks to ensure lawful fulfillment of the

legislative mandate and to maximise service delivery by minimising existing and potential legal risks.

• It supports the Department in the review and amendment of its current legislation, draft and implement new legislation as required.

• Service delivery achievements.• Legal support for the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the

Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is ongoing.• Legal advice services on geographical and other names changes such as the

Makhado Name change court case is ongoing.• Legal support is provided and implementation protocols are drafted to facilitate

service delivery in respect of the community/Public libraries project.• The National Arts Council Act and the Language Professions Council Act have

been reviewed, redrafted and submitted to Parliament.• Continuous legal advice and support to Investing in Culture Chief Directorate in

drafting and approving contracts for the funding of projects is provided.• The directorate participated in the development of draft conventions at the World

Intellectual Property Organisation (WICO) on the protection of Intellectual Property Rights for Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources.


(g) Information Technology

• The directorates facilitates the efficient and effective utilisation of information and information technology as strategic resources in the execution of the departmental functions.

• It ensures alignment of the department’s information management and information technology strategy with the strategic direction, management plans and the business processes of the department.

• It ensures management of the SITA relationship entailing control of the business agreement and service level agreements.

• It facilitates utilisation of security mechanisms and ensures compliance to the relevant regulatory framework.

• Service delivery achievement:- The stabilization project was complete in March 2007.- A network infrastructure was installed in the new offices of the DAC.

• The IT policy manual was drafted and submitted to the auditors in early 2007. An IT security policy was incorporated in the IT policy manual.


(h) Internal Audit

• The purpose of Internal Audit is to provide service in corporate governance, integrated risk management processes and best practices, in order to maintain an efficient and effective internal control environment.

• A range of internal audit services such as risk and compliance audit, forensic audit, computer audit, and performance audit are provided.

• Service delivery achievements:- A risk management strategy was developed and approved and a risk committee was established to monitor the overall risk management process within the department.- Internal Audit and Audit Committee charters which define the purple, authority and responsibility of the Internal Audit and Audit Committee were updated and approved.

• A fraud prevention plan was approved and a fraud prevention strategy was developed and implemented. As part of the fraud prevention strategy the department makes use of the National Anti Corruption hotline.


(i) Communication.

• The directorates provides corporate communication, promotes media relations and public relations services.

• Service delivery achievement:- Communications services were delivered on the following project by the department working hang in glove with provincial governments: Samora Machel, Heritage Month, Women’s day, Language Conference, Bambatha uprisings etc.

• Communications services and strategies are implemented within the broad framework provided by the government to promote interdepartmental activities by communicating relevant and appropriate messages to the public.


Programme 2: Arts and Culture in Society

• The programme is intended to develop and promote arts and culture in South Africa and mainstream its role in Social Development. It seeks to increase and facilitates access to and broader participation in arts and culture through policy formulation, legislation and equitable funding.

(a) Community Arts Centers: Service delivery achievements.- 9 Provincial workshops for the implementation of the Annual Community Arts Centers Awards were held. These awards were aimed at promoting, amongst other things, skills development, job creation and community development.- Conducted a training programmed in 4 provinces (Western Cape, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and Kwazulu Natal) to develop competent arts and culture management personnel.- Profiled Community Arts Centres (CACs) in 7 provinces to support advocacy programmes for centres.

(b) Playhouses and festivals: Service delivery achievements.- Financial support for arts and culture festivals as well as strategic support to playhouses including monitoring & evaluation of festival and playhouses is provided by the department.- In line with the broader departmental objectives of promoting Social Cohesion and creating a sustainable platform for the arts and culture to flourish, the department had provided an estimated amount of 4.5 million rand to five (5) established and fifteen (15) emerging festivals and related projects.

(c) Performing Arts: Service delivery achievements.

- An estimated amount of 2.2 million rand was invested in the promotion of performing arts projects to address skills development programmes, social cohesion and job creation.- The cultural programme for the 50th anniversary of the women’s march was implemented as part of the Ministerial project of National significance. - The cultural programme for the opening and closing ceremony of the 2006 soccer world cup was facilitated and funded by the department.- The preservation of choral music is promoted through commemorations of several historical individuals (such as the late Prof. Khabi Mngoma) who have contributed significantly in the promotion of choral music


(d) Funding bodies: Service delivery achievements.- Members of the Council for the National Arts Council for the promotion of good governance practices within the institution has been appointed.- At least two (2) workshops to capacitate council members on good governance and compliance matters were facilitated.- The department facilitated and was awarded the bid to host the 2009 IFACCA world summit.

(e) Arts, Social Development and Youth Programme: Service delivery achievements.- The directorate has developed guiding strategies for adoption by the DAC on children and families, people with disabilities, an arts and culture approach to creating sustainable human settlements. An arts and culture strategy for the implementation of youth enrichment policy has been developed.- The above mentioned strategies have been developed in order to increase access to the arts for marginalized persons such as the youth, disadvantaged women, children and people with disabilities.- Development if an arts and culture approach in creating sustainable human settlements is intended to raise the importance of cultural planning and planning for culture in human settlements. This programme is implemented as part of the DAC contribution to the broad Government Programme of Action on human settlements led by the Department of Social Development.- Arts access as a programme has also been adopted and implemented as part of the Social Sector Cluster programme.- The DAC is also in partnership with other national departments in an endeavor to preserve and promote the role of family and a holistic development of children. Families and children’s needs are addressed through the utilisation of arts as a source of development. Similarly, the directorate promotes the role of people with disabilities in the arts and culture sector and has supported their participation at the design Indaba 2007.


(f) Arts, Social Development and Youth Programme: Service delivery achievements (cont)

- For the past two (2) years the DAC has supported the Art Therapy Centers training of community arts councilors. This year, 2007, DAC has extended additional financial support to students who had previously enrolled in the Art Therapy Training Centres in order to enhance their qualifications and ensure that the are on par with SETA requirements. Approximately thirty (30) community arts councilors are expected to graduate by June 2008.- The DAC has provided machinery for the production of jewellery to NGO’s such as People Alleviating Poverty in order to enhance the quality and production of jewellery. To date approximately ten (10) people have been trained in jewellery making skills.- The DAC is in partnership with the Department of Correctional Service in order to implement a programme of rehabilitation and the re-integration of offenders into society. The directorate is plating a leading role in the national 16 days campaign for the eradication of gender violence.- The Mosadi Wa Konokono campaign, a flagship programme of the DAC, has been successfully launched in 8 provinces.- As part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the women’s march to the union building, a collection of poetry by marginalized women in the volume titled: Tshimangadzo Mufumakazi wa Afrika: Age of Hope Poetry Collection was successfully launched.- The Arts and Culture education and training models as identified in the South African Flemish project are being rolled out in the provinces such as the Free State, Limpopo, Kwazulu Natal.


(g) National language services:

The programme seeks to develop, promote and protect the 11 official languages through policy formulation, legislation andthe implementation of the language policy in order to allow South Africans to realise their language rights.• It provides translation and editing services for official documentation, develop and implement national

language policy by engaging on language projects and services such as human language technologies, terminology coordination and literature development.

• Service delivery achievements.• Language Research and Development Centres:

- The DAC has set up language structures for the smooth implementation of the National Language Policy Framework. Eight (8) bout of nine (9) of these centres has been established and 1 is yet to be established in the Mpumalanga province where the is no institution of higher learning.

• The LRDC’s are meant to decentralise the development of the official languages.• Focus areas for development include terminology development and language enhancement, literature

development, language museums, heritage, research and development for each of the indigenous languages

(h) Telephone Interpreting Service for South Africa (TISSA).

- Fourty-seven (47) interpreters have been trained by the University of the Witwatersrand to provide efficient

interpreting service in all 11 official languages in South Africa. A training process is currently taking place to train sign language interpreters. To date, three hundred and thirty-seven(337) sites have been connected and are functional in various government departments. The TISSA projects intends to employ more interpreters, extending the service to all government departments and include foreign languages for interpreting by 2010.

Programme Performance (cont.).

(i) Human Language Technologies Unit.• Three (3) projects have been commissioned to be competed over the

next three (3) years as part of the implementation of the National Language Policy framework. The development of spellcheckers for languages that do not have spell checkers, updating existing spellcheckers and the development of a machine – assisted translation system will enhance the quality of documents rendered in the official languages or translated into, in terms of consistency and correctness.

• The development of a multilingual telephone based information system for government purposes will enable callers to access government services in the official language of their choice through the use of ordinary telephones as the information medium.

• The HLT unit has also finalised the compilation of the National Human Language Technology Strategy.

• Several important government documents were translated and or edited in the course of this financial year. These include Acts or Bills, Government Regulations and guidelines as well as departmental policies. Major documents were translated into/from foreign languages.


(j) Terminology development.

• Ground text for the HIV/AIDS and Human, Social , economic and Management Sciences (HSEMS) terminology projects have been finalised. African languages equivalents are now being developed for the two projects by the Language research and Development Centres.

• New terminology projects have been started and are currently in the primary phase. It is expected that this phase will run until the end of 2007. The projects are life orientation (intermediary phase), Mathematics (secondary phase) and Natural Sciences (secondary phase).


Programme 4: Cultural Development and International Co-operation

• The programme seeks to improve economic and other development opportunities for South African arts and culture nationally and globally, through mutually beneficiary partnership, thereby ensuring the sustainability of the sector.

• It seeks to increase the access and participation of grassroots arts practitioners in cultural Industries economic activities through training, legislation and international opportunities.

(a) International Co-Operation

• The programme seeks to increase the access, exposure and participation of cultural practitioners in creative cultural industries through collaborations, capacity building opportunities, economic gains, participation in exhibitions, legislation and international opportunities.

Programme Performance (cont.).• Service delivery achievements.

• During the 2006 world cup in Germany, South Africa showcased the cultural landscape of the country through different programmes which included music and craft exhibitions. ± Two hundred (200) artists from South Africa participated in cultural programmes.

• The DAC has identified shortage of skills in curatorship. As a result ten (10) South African curators were placed in an internship programme through our cultural agreements with the united kingdom. Three (3) students were supported for internship in Sweden and the Netherlands.

• DAC has co-hosted with the a four (4) member delegation form museums in China, a cultural trope of fifteen (15) were sent to China for the FOCAC Cultural programme. In additional DAC hosted an Indian art exhibition, a Cuban cultural group, Architecture and puppetries as well as supporting two (2) South African jazz groups-thirty-two (32) artists to Cuba to participate in the Cuban jazz festival. South Africa participated in the 10th Venice Architecture Bennale. The department supported Matsamo Cultural group to tour and participate in twelve (12) international festivals in Europe. The group consisted of 49 members.

• In Africa and the middle East, cultural agreements were signed during the 2006/2007 financial year with the following African countries: Mali, Mozambique, Gabon, Mauritius and Botswana.

Programme Performance (cont.).(b) Multilaterals and resourcing.

• The Swedish/South African partnership programme has contributed an amount of 12million rands for the period 2004-2008. The department has allocated funds to thirty-one (31) South African organisations on the joint programmes with Swedish organisations.

• Collaboration with the Flanders Ministry of Culture consisted of several arts and culture projects namely, local cultural policy, arts education and training and community arts centres. The DAC contributed an amount of five (5) million rand to the twenty-five (25) million rand contributed by the Flanders for the period 2003-2005. The pilot projects have been successfully concluded at the end of 2005 and the department will negotiate a new partnership that will bring more resources to support the roll out of the projects.

• South Africa hosted the Africa and Diaspora conference on cultural diversity for Social Cohesion and Sustainable Development. The objectives of the conference were to lobby for the ratification of the Promotion and Protection of Cultural Diversity Convention as well as to develop an Africa and Diaspora plan of action post ratification. South Africa has already ratified the convention on the Promotion and Protection of Cultural Diversity in 2006.

Programme Performance (cont.).(c) Cultural development programme

• The programme involves creative industries which include books and publishing, crafts, music, technical service, design, audio visual as well as visual arts.

• It seeks to develop a creative industry strategy as part of the government’s growth and development strategy. To identify, develop and preserve creative industry resources to contribute to economic growth and nation building. To facilitate development and management of creative industries in South Africa. To develop an information system that promotes and ensures generation and maintenance of reliable data and indicators.

(d) Books and Publishing service delivery achievements

• The national book policy has been drafted and circulated among eight hundred(800) or more stakeholders in order to develop and support the books and publishing industry.

• The print industries cluster council has conducted a national survey on the reading habits of adult South Africans. In order to obtain information on all activities across the book value chain. The report has been completed and was presented in June 2006/07 during the Cape Town International Book Fair. The print industry cluster council has been transformed into a national representative body to reflect the broad demographics of the South African society in line with the principles of the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment. The body is now the South African Book Development Council (SABDC) and is meant to include all role players across the book value chain.

• Research study on the cost of books has been commissioned in order to identify factors contributing to the cost of books across the value chain.


(e) Multi Media: Service delivery achievements.

• DAC hosted the African Film Summit that brought film representatives from all over the continent as a contribution to the NEPAD Cultural Industries program, particularly the audio-visual section, and creating a shared vision on the continent.

• The South African Film industry is promote through key festival and markets including our continued partnership in Sithengi, the support for Cannes and the important international festivals and markets.

• The feasibility study on the establishment of a film school as part of the film industry has been initiated.

• Collaboration with Newtown Film and TV school on the Indigenous Language Screen writing project involving “Script to screen in your mother tongue” has been initiated as part of the contribution to skills building. Also, collaboration DOC/Nemisa on the Animation project to produce new South African animation has been embarked upon in order to create jobs and skills.


(f) Investing in Culture: Service delivery achievements.

• In the financial year 2005/06 and 2006/07 5088 jobs have been afforded to the beneficiaries. 62% of the beneficiaries are women, 53% youth and 8.5% disabled persons. The programme has invested 40% of its allocation in nodal municipalities in support of Integrated Sustainable Rural Development and Urban Renewal Programmes.

• Products developed from several projects have entered the mainstream markets. The projects are based in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape, Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape.

• A training partnership with MAPP SETA has been entered into in order to ensure an increase in the skills base, employability potential and a sustainable basis for realisable and meaningful exit opportunities for beneficiaries.

• Provincial coordinators have already been trained and qualified as both Assessors and Moderators on Craft Production, Craft Enterprise and Craft Operations Management.

Programme Performance (cont.).Programme 5: Heritage Promotion.

• The programme seeks to develop and monitor the implementation of policy, legislation and strategic direction for identify, conserving and promoting cultural heritage.

• Its seeks to ensure the transformation of the heritage landscape as a vehicle for national building and social cohesion through the implementation of heritage policies and legislation.

(a) National Legacy Projects: Service delivery achievement.

• The department, the Mpumalanga provincial government and the government of Mozambique jointly planned and implemented the opening the Samora Machel/Mbuzini library and the upgrade of the Samora Machel monument in October 2006. The Library is part of the second phase of the Samora Machel project. The sight of the monument in Mbuzini had been expanded to include a museum and a library.

• The department initiated the second phase of the Sarah Baartmann legacy project which entails the upgrading of the grave-site in Hankey in Eastern Cape Province, as well as the development of facilities to support tourism to the region. It also planned and implemented the commemoration of the anniversary of the Bambatha rebellion.

• The DAC is working hand in glove with the provincial government of the Eastern and Western Cape as well as the South African Heritage Resources Agency to commemorate the life of Sarah Baartmann. A reference group has been established and the Baviaans Mega Reserve and Kouga Development Agency are also consulted in order to synchronize the different heritage proposals in the Hankey region. The second phase of the project will also entail a monument in Cape Town and interpretative centre in Henkey in the Eastern Cape.

• DAC is also working closely with both the Department of Public Works and KwaDukuza municipality on the upgrading of the Nokukhanya road which fits into the Luthuli museum in Groutville. The upgrading of the road will generally contribute to the upgrading of the environment and contribute towards the safety and security of the village.

• The DAC is working together with the South African Heritage Resource Agency, the Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture and the Mbizana Municipality on a project to commemorate OR Tambo in Mbizana and Nkatolo in the Eastern Cape.

• Cooperation is taking place with the Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture, the Department of Public Works, SAHRA and Buffalo City Municipality on the development of the Lock Street Gaol into a women’s museum.

• DAC has started co-operating with the University of Fort Hare to repair damaged buildings in an effort to preserve the historic character of the university.


(b) Heritage Institutions: Service delivery achievements

• SAHRA has been tasked by the DAC to conduct an audit of the national estate. The audit includes movable and immovable objects as well as the skills available in South Africa. It includes the South African Heritage Information System which consist of a data base of our national estate.

• An improved performance management system for museums has been developed. New councils have been appointed for eleven (11) of its heritage institutions.

• DAC has played a leading role in the establishment of the African World Heritage Fund designed to assist numerous African countries to manage and protect their world heritage sited more effectively.

• DAC is instrumental in improving the safety and security of our museums. Initiatives to fight more effectively the theft and illicit trafficking of cultural objects have been embarked on. These initiatives include: the National Forum for Law Enforcement of Heritage Related Matters involving the DAC and other stakeholders form the Heritage and Law Enforcement Sectors. Development of a National Inventory to assist in the protection of our cultural heritage objects by allowing more efficient management of the objects.

Programme Performance (cont.).(c) Geographical Names: Service delivery achievements.

• Standardisation of some geographical feature, names changes, correction of spelling for a number of geographical features continues to take place.

• Nine (9) Provincial committees have been established through the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) in order to bring the processes and policies of the SAGNC closer to the people. Capacity building and human resource development for Provincial Geographical Names Council (PGNC)’s in all nine(9) provinces is taking place in order to enforce policies of the SAGNC and facilitate the standardisation of geographical names at provincial level.

(d) Living Heritage: Service delivery achievements.

• The Indigenous Music and Oral History Project at the University of Venda, Fort Hare and Zululand aimed at identifying, documenting , protecting, preserving and promoting indigenous music, oral history and all forms of indigenous knowledge is continuing. The outcomes of the research project including providing teaching material for the development of a curriculum for arts and culture in educational institutions, the improvement of the sound quality of indigenous instruments as well as the use of indigenous knowledge for community development.

(e) Heritage Policy, Research and Development: Service delivery achievements.

• Consultative meetings were held through out the year with stakeholders in all three(3) spheres of government concerned with arts, culture, heritage , museum and archives on the review of heritage, archives and libraries legislation. Public heritage institutions and academics in the heritage sector were also consulted. The project is almost complete.

• The process towards ratification of the UNESCO convention on the protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in order to ensure that South Africa’s Underwater Cultural Heritage and maritime archaeological resources are protected, documented and conserved is still continuing through broad consultation with stakeholders including academics, professional and public stakeholders on underwater cultural heritage.

• A process on the development of a national policy on Intangible Cultural Heritage has been embarked upon and is linked to the ratification of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangibles Cultural Heritage

Programme Performance (cont.).Programme 6: National Archives, Records, Meta-Information and Heraldic Services.

(a) National Archives Repository: Service delivery achievements.

• An annual Oral History conference was organised by the National Archives in Richards Bay KZN, with the aim of sharing knowledge and resources with practitioners in the country.

(b) Records Management: Service delivery achievements.

• A web-enabled version of the National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System (NAAIRS) has been established as the principal means of locating public records in archival custody. NAAIRS provides an important facet in the archival outreach programme. Significant contributions to the national registers of non public records have occurred and finalised to reflect the oral history and photographic collections of the Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archives.

• The Records Management Policy Manual and Performance Criteria for Records Managers in Governmental Bodies were published both in hard copy and on line on the National Archives website.

• The National Archives has taken proactive steps to accommodate the changing nature of record keeping in the electronic environment. In this regard, publication titled “Managing Electronic Records in Governmental Bodies”: Policy, Principles and Requirements” has been substantially revised. In addition a publication “Managing Electronic Records in Governmental Bodies: Metadata Requirements” was published.

• In the sphere of policy development the National Archives is represented in the Archives and Records Management Standing Committee of Technical Committee 46: Information and Documentation of both Standards South African and the International Standards Organisation.

• Records Management services are rendered to governmental bodies to enable them to comply with Statutory requirements.


(c) Preservation: Service delivery achievements.

• The renovation of the conservation laboratory was completed at the end of 2006. The work included the installation of a laboratory facility.

• A draft policy statement of preservation has been developed and extensive consultation has taken place.• The National Archives has funded a paper conservation course in October 2006 involving participants from provincial

archives, heritage institutions, academic institutions, archives and libraries, which seeks to provide the participants with basic skills in performing simple repairs, assess damage on records, books, art works and photographs.

(d) Meta Information: Service delivery achievements.

• The DAC in consultation with the National Council for Library and Information Services is in the process of developing a funding model for the management of funding for the public community library an information services. The first phase of this process involves an impact assessment study in all nine(9) provinces to distribute an ear marked allocation of R200million to provincial and local governments with effect form the 2007/08 financial year in order to expand and transform community library and information services. An impact assessment report has been compiled and submitted to the DAC in September 2006. The second phase involves the Status Quo report and the creation of a funding model. A draft report was submitted to the DAC in February 2007. The third phase involves development of a plan of action detailing prioritisation of needs, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the funding strategy or model. A final report was submitted in July 2007.

• A consultative conference on Copyright and National Library and Information Services Legislation was organised in July 2006. The purpose of the workshop was to examine the impact of the copyright Act. 1978 (as amended), on the four national and information services Acts that the Department administers.

• Consultation on the Library Transformation Charter was initiated by the National Council for Library and Information Services in August 2006. The Transformation Charter is intended to be a broad and integrated framework that will guide the development an promotion of libraries in South Africa.

• A new site for the Mdantsane community library project has been identified and approved and the consultation process with the community has already began.

• The World Library and Information Congress was held in Durban in August 2007.


(e) Heraldry: Designs and Registration: Service delivery achievement.

• The design project for Parliament’s New Emblem.

• The reformatting of all municipal coats of arms.

• The design and registration of coats and arms for schools.

• The design and registration of flags for schools.

• The design and registration of badges and emblems for the forces.

• The design and registration of coats of arms, flags, banners and badges for associations and sport clubs.

• The design and registration of coats of arms, flags, banners and badges for private persons.

• To date 126 municipalities have designed and registered coats of arms with the Bureau if Heraldry.

• Flag in every school project.

• Co-production of a book “My Country South Africa – Celebrating Our National Symbols & Heritage” with the Department of Education.

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