Purpose:

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

Sub Directorates

Sub-Directorate: Community Art Centres (CACs)
To promote a policy driven network of sustainable community arts centres throughout South Africa, which enables communities, organisations and individual users to participate in local, provincial and national programmes for artistic, cultural and socio-economic empowerment

Functions

• To implement an Arts and Culture Management and Administration Training for Community Art Centres and Centre Management
• To promote information sharing between across the country by strengthening networks for CACs, Exchange programmes and twinning centres here with centres regionally and internationally.
• Develop policy guidelines for the development of CACs at Provincial and Municipal levels
• Develop partnerships with other government departments, funders and business for the sustainability of CACs
• Implement quality arts and culture programmes in CACs

Contacts
Ms Suzan Choene Selepe
Tel: (012) 441 3471

Ms Kgomotso Sekhabi
Tel: (012) 441 3659

Sub-Directorate: Playhouses and Festivals
To implement Departmental objectives and programmes through and by Playhouses and promote access to Playhouses
Develop and implement policies and strategies for the Arts and Culture Festivals for the realization of the Departmental objectives.

Functions

• Provide strategic support to the six Playhouses namely Artscape, PACOFS, State Theatre, Market Theatre, Windybrow Arts, and the Playhouse Company. These include the appointments of boards, support to the boards, giving direction to their strategic planning.
• Develop guidelines for the implementation of festivals nationally, provincially and locally
• Financial assistance to National Festivals namely, Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, International Jazz Festival and SA Music Heroes
• Advice on the Cultural Programme for National Days eg, Youth Day, Day of Reconciliation, Women’s Day etc.

Contact
Ms Thandi Mdlela
Tel: (012) 441 3050

Sub-Directorate: Funding Bodies
To promote and implement departmental policies on access to arts, culture and heritage resources through equitable funding to increase broader participation in the arts development and promotion that will lead to social and economic improvement. 

Functions

• Provide institutional management and corporate governance support to the National Arts Council and Business and Arts South Africa, in the context of promoting broader access to funding resources.
• Align the work of Funding Bodies with the Department’ objectives of developing and preserving the South African Culture to ensure social cohesion and nation building (Align and  implement DAC  national programmes with Funding Bodies),
• Providing strategic support for the development of the institutions in the areas of good governance/management, budget procedures and knowledge of the public finance act.
• Enhance funding policy with monitoring and evaluation strategy that ensures proper utilization of funds and that can detect funding irregularities as well as funding duplication.

Contacts
Mr France Sesesdinyane
Tel: (012) 441 3698

Sub-Directorate: Performing Arts Portfolio
To develop, promote, preserve and sustain South African Performing Arts and provide strategic support to the Large Scale Performing Arts ensembles.

 Functions

• Develop and implement policies and strategies for the performing arts sector e.g. Theatre (drama, storytelling and poetry), Dance and Music (Choral and  indigenous music)
• Develop audience for the performing arts sector
• Provide strategic support to Large Scale Performing Arts namely, Kwa Zulu Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Cape Town Jazz Orchestra and Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
• Implement some special projects for the Ministry in relation to the performing arts sector

Contact
Ms Germinah Nkadimeng
Tel: (012) 441 3627

Sub-Directorate: 2010 Arts and Culture Programme

To utilize a carefully designed Arts and Culture programme related to the 2010 FIFA World Cup to generate sustainable economic growth, create jobs and transfer skills in the South African economy, particularly in the Arts and Culture sector.

Functions

• Develop African cultural content and investment opportunities in Arts and Culture.
• Provide an Arts and Culture programme that contributes to social cohesion
• Supply products across the various Arts and Culture genres.
• Develop capacity through training and skills transfer
• Develop a campaign against crime
• Drawing in Pan African participation.

Contacts
Ms Thandi Mdlela
Tel: (012) 441 3050