It is with great sadness that the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has learnt of the untimely passing of publisher, Nadia Goetham, who passed away on Sunday 25 April, due to COVID-19 related complications.
It is with great sadness that the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has learnt of the untimely passing of publisher, Nadia Goetham, who passed away on Sunday 25 April, due to COVID-19 related complications.
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has learnt of the passing of radio veteran, Grant Shakoane, who grew up in Mamelodi. Shakoane began his career in advertising at a time when there were few opportunities for people of colour.
Minister Mthethwa has expressed his disappointment at the failure of the CSA delegates to adopt the revised MOI. The revised MOI that the affiliates decided against adopting, constituted an agreement between the CSA Members Council and the Interim Board.
As of Thursday, 8 April 2021, the following milestones have been achieved with regards to the PESP, administered by the National Arts Council (NAC):
Today marks 20 years since the worst sporting accident in South African football history, when a Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates derby at Ellis Park Stadium was called off due to a stampede that claimed the lives of 43 spectators.
The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, yesterday evening, announced that the two main sticking points standing in the way of the Members Council and Interim Board finding common ground have now been successfully resolved.
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in association with Mpumalanga Province and Thaba Chweu Local Municipality will this Friday (09 April 2021), handover a multipurpose sport facility and equipment to the community of Thaba Chweu and surrounding areas. In keeping with the Department mandate of creating an enabling environment, the handover is done to ensure that South Africans remain physically active and have access to sport facilities, especially those living in previously disadvantaged areas. The role of this handover is also to put focus on equitable access, as it remains one of the Department’s primary mandate as highlighted in the EPG Transformation report.
Representing the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture will be Minister Nathi Mthethwa, who will be accompanied by Mpumalanga MEC for Culture, Sport and Recreation, Ms Thandi Shongwe.
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this public announcement and introduction of the NWC2023 Board.
As you may know, Netball South Africa, around June 2018, in their desire to grow the sport, in the country, as well as acknowledge the quality of their players, decided to bid to host the 2023 Netball World Cup.
In bidding for the Netball World Cup, we firmly believed that hosting the Netball World Cup will create an environment for peak performances from the games’ finest players and provide them with a uniquely African and particularly South African experience.
Our track record of hosting premier global sporting events is unparallel. We want to host the most inspirational tournament in Netball World Cup history.
In line with the declaration of the year 2021 as the year for Arts, Culture and Heritage by the African Union Assembly of Heads of States and Government, the Government of South Africa in partnership with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) will host a virtual meeting on Sites of Memory and World Heritage Convention in Africa, culminating in an Inter-Ministerial Meeting from 6th to 9th April 2021.