1. Budget Briefing: 2004/2005 www.dac.gov.za DEPARTMENT
OF ARTS AND CULTURE
Budget Briefing:
2004/2005

2. c ontents 1. Aim of the Department 2. Corporate goals
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
ontents
1. Aim of the Department
2. Corporate goals
3. Measurable Objectives of the Department
4. Programmes to Achieve Goals
5. Budget: Additional Information
6. Legislative programme
7. Estimates of National Expenditure
‘Chapter’: Vote 14 – Annexure A 1

3. The aim of the Department is to develop and preserve
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
The aim of the Department
is to develop and preserve
South African culture
to ensure social cohesion
and nation-building. 2

4. C orporate goals Develop and promote arts and culture in
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
orporate goals
Develop and promote arts and culture in
South Africa and mainstream its role in
social development.
 Develop and promote the 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. 3

5. C orporate goals Develop and monitor the implementation
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
orporate goals
 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 and open access to these resources. 4

6. M easurable objectives Programme 1: Administration
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
easurable objectives
Programme 1: Administration
Conduct the overall management of the department and provide centralised support services
Programme 2: Arts and Culture in Society
Increase and facilitate access to and broader participation in arts and culture through policy formulation, legislation and equitable funding
Programme 3: National Language Service
Develop, promote and protect the 11 official languages through policy formulation, legislation and the implementation of the language policy in order to allow South Africans to
realise their language rights 5

7. M easurable objectives
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
easurable objectives
Programme 4: Cultural Development and International Co-operation
Increase the access and participation of grassroots arts practitioners in cultural industry economic activities through training, legislation and international opportunities
Programme 5: Heritage Promotion
Ensure the transformation of the heritage landscape as a vehicle for nation-building and social cohesion, through the implementation of heritage policies and legislation 6

8. M easurable objectives
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
easurable objectives
Programme 6: National Archives, Records, Meta-Information and Heraldic Services
Enable transparency and evidenced-based good governance of archives, records, published information, and the heraldic and symbolic inheritance of the nation through institutional management, regulation and development 7

9. P rogrammes to achieve goals Public Entities R 792,921 mil (70%)
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
rogrammes to achieve goals
Public Entities R ,921 mil (70%)
Other Transfer Pay. R ,279 mil (13%)
Department R ,378 mil (17%)
Total R 1,141,578 mil
Administration: R 39,312 mil (3,44%)
Arts and Culture
in Society: R218,153 mil (19,11%)
National Language
Service: R 78,049 mil (6,84%)
Cultural Dev. & Inter: R148,992 mil (13,05%)
Heritage Promotion: R593,675 mil (52,00%)
National Archives &
Heraldic Services: R 63,397 mil (5,55%) 8

10. A rts and Culture in Society PROGRAMMES TO ACHIEVE GOALS R’000
Performing Arts Institutions
Orchestras
Promote Arts and Culture
10 Y of Freedom Celebrations
National Arts Council
Total (19,11%) 9

11. N ational Language Service PROGRAMMES TO ACHIEVE GOALS R’000
Language Planning and
Development
Translating and Editing
National Terminology
Pansalb
Total (6,84%) 10

12. C ultural Development and International Co-operation PROGRAMMES TO
ACHIEVE GOALS
ultural Development
and International
Co-operation
R’000
Cultural Industries
Poverty Relief
10 Y of Freedom Celebrations
Promote Culture Int
National Film and Video Foun
Total (13,05%) 11

13. H eritage Promotion PROGRAMMES TO ACHIEVE GOALS R’000
National Heritage
Council and Transformation
Declared Cultural
Institutions (Museums etc.)
Capital Works
South African Heritage
Resources Agency
Heritage Promotion
SA Geographical Names
Heritage Day
Total (52,00%) 12

14. ational Archives, Records, Meta-Information and Heraldic Services
PROGRAMMES TO
ACHIEVE GOALS
ational Archives, Records, Meta-Information and Heraldic Services
R’000
National Archives
Bureau of Heraldry
Meta-Information
Libraries
Total (5,55%) 13

15. D epartment PROGRAMMES TO ACHIEVE GOALS R’000 Staffing (6,9%) 78,746
Administration cost (3,1%) 35,314 14

16. E stimate of expenditure Additional Funds Allocated:
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
stimate of expenditure
Additional Funds Allocated:
Social cohesion and
social justice R 7,5 mil
National heritage
inventory audit R 7,5 mil
Investing in Culture prog. R75,0 mil
Pan South African
Language Board R 1,5 mil 15

17. B udget DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE * * * outer years of the MTEF16

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19. L egislative programme: 2004 SA Languages Bill
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
egislative programme: 2004
SA Languages Bill
Bill is intended to provide a regulatory framework for the use of all the official languages
Time scale: 2005
Language Professions Council Bill
Bill is intended to regulate the accreditation and monitoring of the practitioners within the translation and interpretation
disciplines 18

20. L egislative programme: 2004 Legal Deposit Amendment Bill
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
egislative programme: 2004
Legal Deposit Amendment Bill
Bill is intended to streamline the current Act in lieu of the last 7 years experience
Time scale: June 2005
SA Geographical Names Council
Amendment Bill
Bill is intended to amendment the current Act to bring the Act in line with the PFMA and Administrative Justice Act and to empower provinces to perform functions related to geographical names 19

21. DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE Department of Arts and Culture
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The Director-General
Department of Arts and Culture
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PRETORIA
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