1. Presentation to Select Committee on Education and Recreation
INVESTING IN CULTURE
Presentation to Select Committee on Education and Recreation
18 August 2010

2. Table of Contents Background of the programme Personnel structure
Developments between 2009/10
Project categories
Further handling of projects
Conclusion

3. Background of the programme
The Investing in Culture (IIC) programme was adopted in 2005
It was previously known as poverty alleviation
The IIC programme provides empowerment opportunities for unemployed people from the second economy through training & job creation in arts culture and heritage
Its objectives are to support the previously disadvantaged group.

4. Personnel structure Overall staff complement is 16 comprised of:
Senior management (1XCD & 1XD) and administrative staff (3Xadmin & 2XDDs) based in Pretoria (DAC)
9 provincial coordinators are based at the provinces (DDs)

5. Interim Staff Complement
Current staff (4 ) is comprised of
Acting CD
1XDD
1XAdmin
1XSec

6. Developments btwn. 2009/10 Moratorium placed on IIC around August 2009
Forensic investigation followed
Recommendations of the investigation were executed

7. Project categories Initiated - total of 30 Free State - 03
Gauteng - 01
Eastern Cape - 08
KwaZulu Natal - 18

8. Project categories Cleared projects – (12 out of a sample of 100)
KwaZulu Natal – 02
Eastern Cape – 02
Free State – 04
Limpopo – 02
North West - 02

9. Project categories Questionable status and others
The rest from the sample (88) and the unsampled
Location – across all the provinces

10. Further handling of projects
Phased in approach in conjunction with the provinces
Initiated projects
Cleared projects
Questionable status and others

11. Further Handling of projects
Involvement of the provinces to strengthen DAC teams for verification of the initiated projects
Payments disbursed to initiated projects with active accounts
Beneficiaries of inactive accounts requested to activate them

12. Further handling of projects
Cleared projects to be verified next
Funds will be disbursed soon as verification visits are finalised
Letters to be sent to questionable status projects and others to request them to submit relevant documents
Funds to questionable status projects to be disbursed if the DAC is satisfied that required information has been submitted.

13. Thank You