SOUTH AFRICA ARTS AND CULTURE

OUTLAY OF PRESENTATION

Background information

SA Population by Provinces

SA population by population group and gender

SA languages/Language distribution

Provincial variations

SA Music

World heritage sites

Museums

Art Galleries

SA Literature

SA Art and Craft

SA Film Industry

MADIBA

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

South African Population

Total Population : 50,59 million(2011 estimates)

52% Female( 26,07 million)

31,3% of the population is younger than 15 years

7,7 % of the population is 60 years and older

Life expectancy is estimated at 54,9 years for males and 59,1 years for females

Infant mortality rate for 2011 is estimated at 37,9

THE RAINBOW NATION

South African Population by Provinces

Province Population Estimate

Eastern Cape 6 829 958(13,5%)

Free State 2 759 644 (5,46%)

Gauteng 11 328 203 (22,39%)

KwaZulu-Natal 10 328 203 (21,39 %)

Limpopo 5 554 657 (10,98%)

Mpumalanga 3 657 181 (7,23%)

Northern Cape 1 096 731 (2,17%)

North West 3 253 390 (6,43%)

Western Cape 5 287 863 (10,45%)

TOTAL 50 586 757

SA by Population Group and Gender

Population Group

Number of Males

% Male

Number of females

% females

Total Number

Total %

African 19 472 038 79,4 20 734 237 79,5 40 206 275

79,5

Coloured 2 188 782 8,9 2 351 008 9,0 4 539 790

9,0

Indian/Asian 626 690 2,6 648 177 2,5 1 274 867

2,5

White 2 227 526 9,1 2 338 299 9,0 4 565 825

9,0

TOTAL 24 515 036 100 26 071 721 100 50 586 757

100

South African Languages

A Rainbow Nation –

SA has 11 official languages

English is the most commonly spoken in official and commercial public life –

but only the sixth most spoken

home language

Other languages are: Afrikaans, IsiNdebele, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, Sesotho sa

Leboa, Sesotho, Setswana, Siswati,

Tshivenda, Xitsonga

Language DistributionLanguage Speakers Percentage

Afrikaans 5 983 420 13,35%

English 3 673 206 8,2%

IsiNdebele 711 825 1,59%

IsiXhosa 7 907 149 17,64%

IsiZulu 10 677 315 23,82%

Sesotho sa

Leboa 4 208 974 9,39%

Sesotho 3 555 192 7,93%

Setswana 3 677 010 8,2%

Siswati 1 194 433 2,66%

Tshivenda 1 021 761 2,28%

Xitsonga 1 992 201 4,44%

Other 217 291 0,48%

Provincial VariationsProvince Languages spoken

Eastern Cape IsiXhosa (83,4%), Afrikaans (9,3%)

Free state Sesotho (64,4%), Afrikaans (11,9%)

Gauteng IsiZulu (21,5%), Afrikaans (14,4%), Sesotho (13,1%), English (12,5%)

KwaZulu-Natal IsiZulu (80,9%) , English (13,6%)

Limpopo Sesotho sa

Leboa (52,1%), Xitsonga (22,4%),

Tshivenda (15,9%)

Mpumalanga siSwati (30,8%) , isiZulu (26,4%) , isiNdebele (12,1%)

Northern Cape Afrikaans (68%) , Setswana (20,8%)

North West Setswana (65,4%) , Afrikaans (7,5%)

Western Cape Afrikaans (55,3%) , isiXhosa (23,7%), English (19,3%)

South African Music

Gospel Music –

Soweto Gospel Choir/ Joyous Celebration/Rebecca Malope

etc

Contemporary -

Umoja

Marabi

Dance

Kwela

Mbaqanga

Jazz

Jazz

Pop, Rock & Cross Over

Bubble Gum to Kwaito

Hip Hop

Choral Music

Acapella

Traditional

World Heritage Sites

There are 851 World Heritage sites in 141 countries

South Africa has 8 World Heritage Sites –

four cultural, three natural and one mixed cultural and natural site

Isimangaliso

Wetland Park(KZN) –

Natural heritage with some 521 bird species

Robben

Island (Western Cape) –

Cultural heritage: Former President Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years of his 27 years in jail at Robben

Island.

Robben

Island “symbolizes the triumph of the human spirit, of freedom, and of democracy over oppression”.

Cradle of Humankind(Gauteng) –

Cultural heritage: the world’s richest concentrations of hominid fossils covering 47 000 hectares, evidence of human evolution over the last 3,5 million years

Cont’d

uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park (KZN) –

mixed: Has outstanding natural beauty, Africa,s

highest mountain range south of Kilimanjaro and the largest and most concentrated series of rock

art paintings in Africa. It is 243 000 hectares in size

Mapubungwe

Cultural landscape(Limpopo) –

means “place of the stone of wisdom”. Lies on the open savannah of the Mapubungwe

National Park. Topped by impregnable cliffs all round, with a free standing structure rising 30 metres

above the surrounding grasslands

Cape Floral Region(Western/Eastern Cape) –

Takes up 0,04% of the world’s land area, yet contains an astonishing 3% of its plant species. It is one of the richest areas for plants in the world and one of the globe’s 18 biodiversity hot spots. Spanning 90 000 square kilometres, the 553 000 hectare Cape floral region comprises 8 protected areas stretching from the Cape Peninsula to Eastern Cape: Table Mountain, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Boland mountain complex,

the Groot Winterhoek

wilderness area, the Swartberg

mountains, the Boosmansbos

widerness

area, the Cederberg

widerness

area and Baviaanskloof

Vredefort

Dome(Free State and North West) –

Natural heritage: The world has about 130 crater structure of possible impact origin and the Vredefort

is among the top three and is the oldest and largest clearly visible meteorite impact site in the world.

Richtersveld

Cultural and Botanical Landscape (Northern Cape) –

covers 160 000 hectares of dramatic mountainous desert. The unique feature is that it is owned and managed by a community that until recentlyhad

very little to call its own: The Khoisan

Museums

The flagships of cultural sites are the country’s national museums:

South African museum –

Cape Town

Robben

Island museum –

Cape Town

National Museum –

Bloemfontein

Anglo-Boer War Museum –

Bloemfontein

Ditsong

National museum of Natural History –

Pretoria

Ditsong

national museum of military History -

Johannesburg

SA ARCHITECTURE

Art Galleries

The visual arts have a rich history in SA and the contemporary art is scene is no less exciting

Art museums and galleries offer a rich artistic feast for visitors to SA.

The country’s flagship institution is the SA National Gallery found in the scenic Company Gardens in Cape Town

SA is home to the world’s most ancient and beautiful art –

the rock paintings of the San. It is also home to contemporary artists producing important new work.

Regional galleries: Durban Art Gallery(KZN), Johannesburg Art Gallery and King George VI Gallery in Port Elizabeth , showcase collections of indigenous, historical and contemporary artworks from their respective Provinces.

Universities -

SA Universities play an important role in acquiring works of national interest with substantial collections housed at Wits University and UNISA.

Corporate Galleries –

there are several corporate collections of national interest by

corporates like Standard Bank, ABSA, MTN cellular network

Commercial galleries –

many of these host solo and curated group exhibitions that change regularly, normally on monthly basis. There are also those who are selling artworks at affordable prices.

SA Literature

SA has had a rich history of literature output

Realism dominated the production of fiction in SA, until recently –

authors felt an overriding concern to capture the

country’s turbulent history and the experiences of its people

Fiction has been written in all of SA’s 11 official languages

Many writers also touched on poetry to tell their stories.

SA’s Arts and craft

South Africans are a crufty

bunch-

The country’s people produce remarkable range of arts and crafts, working from the pavements and markets of the big cities to deep rural enclaves, with every possible form of traditional artwork

Artists are constantly developing the African crafts repertoire –

ranging from tablewares, Christmas trees deco and embroided

cloths to keyrings

and candleholders

In addition to standard material such as beads, grass, leather, fabric and clay, pieces are made using telephone wires, plastic bags, petrol cans, and bottle tops

Shops, markets and collectives dealing in African craft are thriving, providing much needed employment and income in communities.

There are are also some folk art making inroads into western-style high art

Ceramists and sculptors are gradually making inroads in areas where they were never represented previously.

The Ndebele tradition of house-painting burgeoned amazingly with the advent of commercial paints

SA beadwork, once the insignia of the tribal royalty alone, has found a huge range of applications: bottles, match boxes, Aids ribbon, cups etc

SA Film Industry

Vibrant, growing film industry that is increasingly competitive internationally

Local and foreign film-makers are taking advantage of the country’s diverse, unique locations and low production costs to make movies in SA

SA has highly skilled film crews and technicians, excellent technical capacity and infrastructure as well as the good weather

Government has identified the film industry as a sector with excellent potential for growth.

Telling own stories: History and building the country’s heritage by telling its own stories and is a national moral imperative to create platforms for ordinary South Africans to be able to bear influences in the expression of their own images.

SA broadcasters are exploring opportunities to distribute local productions in the rest of Africa through direct sales and a form of bartering; content is exchanged for advertising airtime.

Cape Town : A R430 million , Hollywood style film studio was being built outside Cape Town to target international filmmakers and producers in 2010 and should be ready for use anytime soon

Tsotsi –

won an academy award for best foreign language film in 2006

U Carmen e Khayelitsha won the Golden Bear Award at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival

Sharon Stone –

one of our own is making headlines in Hollywood movie circles.

NELSON MANDELA – A STRUGGLE ICON

Is ranked first in perception index of the world’s most visible leaders and public personalities in politics, business, culture and sport.

Mandela’s attributes is based on being liked, respected, admired and trusted

Mandela is a symbol of the worldwide struggle against injustice and a continuing source of inspiration to people the world over

Conclusion

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTIONSr. Sekome

Collen

Mohuba

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