Department of Arts and CultureDepartment of Arts and Culture
 
 
 
 
 
Projects and programmes
 
  • Investing in Culture
  • Legacy Projects

Investing in Culture

The Investing in Culture Programme promotes job creation, skills development and economic empowerment, supporting business start-ups and poverty-alleviation projects.

Other initiatives include:

  • Indigenous Music and Oral History Project
  • Mosadi wa Konokono (Woman of Substance)
  • Youth in Arts
  • Artists in Schools Project
  • Art in Correctional Facilities Programme.

Indigenous Music and Oral History Project

The Department of Arts and Culture has partnerships with the universities of Venda, Fort Hare and Zululand. The mandate for these universities is not only to conduct research on indigenous music and instruments, but to also identify and collect all aspects of intangible cultural heritage in their provinces.
The department and the African Cultural Heritage Fund promote indigenous music by hosting regional, provincial and national competitions on indigenous dance and music. These competitions showcase the diverse indigenous music and dance in South Africa.

Mosadi wa Konokono (Woman of Substance)

Mosadi wa Konokono is a flagship campaign of the Department of Arts and Culture. It is a sociocultural-economic campaign that was conceptualized as a vehicle for elevating the profile of ordinary women in grassroots communities.
The campaign uses arts and culture to foster social cohesion and to nurture a spirit of economic self-determination. The campaign has also been created as a platform to enable the emergence of talented women and youth who are already instrumental in and proactively building their communities.

To be part of this project, contact the Chief Directorate: Arts, Social Development and Youth at tel: 012-441-3103 or 012-441-3658

Legacy Projects

Monuments, museums, plaques, outdoor art, heritage trails and other symbolic representations create visible reminders of, and commemorate, the many aspects of South Africa’s past.

Government has initiated several national legacy projects to establish commemorative symbols of South Africa’s history and celebrate its heritage.

The legacy projects include the:

Other projects underway are the 1981 Matola Raid Memorial in Maputo, Mozambique; the rehabilitation and development of the Lock Street women’s prison in East London into a museum; the development of the former apartheid state security site Vlakplaas into a heritage memorial site; and the OR Tambo Memorial Project in Bizana in the Eastern Cape.

The Department of Arts and Culture has funded the Liliesleaf Project with an amount of R5 million. Lilliesleaf Farm, which was once the headquarters of the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, has been turned into a museum to showcase the story of South Africa’s transformation.

 

 

 

 

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