Media Advisories 2014 - 2010
The Department of Arts and Culture invites members of the media to a two-day national carnival workshop that will be held at Kopanong Conference Centre, Benoni. The aim of the workshop is to develop a national carnival policy framework for South Africa. The workshop will create a platform for local carnival organisers, funders and promoters to network with their international counterparts from countries such as Brazil and Britain. It is expected that delegates will also discuss coordination of the carnival sector in relation to cultural exchange programmes.
The Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture Dr Joe Phaahla hereby invite the representatives of the media to cover the Fifth General Assembly of the International Council on English Braille (ICEB) which will be held on:
Date: 0 7 May 2012
Time: 09h00
Venue: Protea Samrand Hotel in Midrand
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Paul Mashatile, invites you to a Budget Vote breakfast briefing.
The Minister will present the current approach to name changes, review Freedom Month and discuss the Department’s plans to enhance South Africa’s Heritage.
The details of the briefing are as follows:
Date : Friday 4 May 2012
Time : 06:30
Venue : Grand West Casino, Cape Town
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Paul Mashatile, invites you to a Budget Vote breakfast briefing.
The Minister will present the current approach to name changes, review Freedom Month and discuss the Department’s plans to enhance South Africa’s Heritage.
The details of the briefing are as follows:
Date : Friday 4 May 2012
Time : 06:30
Venue : Grand West Casino, Cape Town
AFTA, the School of motion picture and live performances will host the CILECT bi-annual in Cape Town. CILECT is an association of more than 140 film and TV schools across the world and represents the of USC, UCLA, COLUMBIA, NFS (UK), AFTRS (Australian), VGK (Moscow), LA FEMIS (Paris) to mention but a few. The Congress theme “UbuntuFilmEducation” has been chosen to focus on sharing and collaborations between institutions, lecturers and students.
President Jacob Zuma will on Friday, 27 April 2012 deliver a keynote address at the Freedom Day celebrations in Union Building in Pretoria. This year’s celebrations marks eighteen years of democracy in South Africa and will be held under theme: "Working Together to Build Unity and Prosperity for All"
The formal programme will take place as follows:
Dr John Langalibalele Dube’s refurbished heritage site will be unveiled by the Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Paul Mashatile who will also announce significant infrastructural and economic development plans for Inanda associated with the legacy of JL Dube.
The Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile cordially invites members of the media to witness the repatriation of the remains of the Khoisan couple, Klaas & Trooi Pienaar.
Minister Paul Mashatile of South Africa and Ambassador Benavides Orgaz of Spain will sign a Programme of Co-operation (POC) to strengthen bilateral relations between the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Spain in the fields of arts and culture for the years 2012 to 2015.
The POC covers areas in the Archive, Culture and Heraldry spheres. Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile and the Spanish Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Mr P Benavides Orgaz will sign the POC.
Arts and Culture Minister, Mr. Paul Mashatile, opens a three month long exhibition of Irma Stern’s painting the Arab Priest, at the Iziko South African Gallery, in Cape Town later this week.