Since the beginning of the 2013/14 financial year, the Department has created 5531 job opportunities through its services delivery initiatives.
Policy and Legislative Frameworks
Approval of the National Policy on the Digitisation of the Heritage Resources by the Minister on the 27th of October 2013.
Approval of the National Heritage Human Resources Development Strategy by the Minister on the 4th of November 2013.
Published two Gazettes on the geographical names on the 2nd of October 2013 and 6th of December 2013. To date, the Department has received 92 name change applications and the Minister has approved 83 of those applications.
Conducted two Archival Outreach Programmes in Eastern Cape from the 28th of October to 01 November 2013 AND the Northern Cape from the 04th to 08th of November 2013. Through this programme, the Department managed to reach 359 people in the Eastern Cape Province and 578 people in the Northern Cape Province.
Approval of the National Archives Digitisation Strategy.
National Library South Africa: Provision of facilities for the disabled
Human Resource Development
Human Resource Development
Trained 70 officials in Archives & Records Management from the 7th to the 18th of October 2013 as part of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Programme efforts with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Hosted 10th Annual Oral History Conference in Northern Cape Provincial Archives in Kimberley from the 8th to the 11th of October 2013.
Collaborative arts education projects in partnership with the Department of Basic Education were conducted in Gauteng Province:
100 Schools Arts and Theatre Education in Johannesburg, Braamfontein
International Relations
International Relations
Participated in the International Festival of African Fashion (FIMA) from 18th to the 26th of November 2013 as part of bilateral with Niger. South African designers were nominated for awards (i.e. Mr JJ Schoeman and Mr Slyvester Salata).
Participated in the 10th edition of the Southern Arab Democratic Republic Festival from the 8th to the 13th of October 2013.
Held workshops with Universities and Academia on the Beijing Treaty on Audio-visual Performances in Cape Town on the 7th of October 2013.
Hosted 3 workshops on the Convention on Cultural Diversity in East London (1st November 2013); Kimberley (7th November 2013) and Pretoria (2nd of December 2013).
International Relations Continued…
International Relations Continued…
Participated in Joint Bilateral Commissions towards developing and servicing bilateral agreements with Rwanda, Iran, Niger, Saudi Arabia and Ghana.
Facilitated a Ministerial visit and signed-off a Programme of Collaboration (PoC) with Angola from the 04th to the 8th of October 2013.
Trained 70 officials in Archives & Records Management from the 7th to the 18th of October 2013 as part of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Programme efforts with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Minister Mashatile participated at the 6th Edition of the Forum d’Avignon International meetings which was held from the 21st to the 23rd November in France.
SUMMARY OF TOTAL BUDGET VS EXPENDITURE PER PROGRAMME AND ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
EXPLANATION OF EXPENDITURE VARIANCE PER ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
During the period under review, the Department encountered a number of impediments that hindered the attainment of the planned targets; namely:
During the period under review, the Department encountered a number of impediments that hindered the attainment of the planned targets; namely:
The Department is awaiting an invitation from the Select Committee on Arts and Education to present the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance. This resulted to the underperformance on the ratification and approval of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance.
Two public entities functioning without councils (i.e. PANSALB and WINDYBROW) hindered attainment of 100% councils fully constituted at all public entities.
Reluctance of provinces and other departments to commit to Social Cohesion initiatives hindered convening of the National Social Cohesion Feedback Summit Steering Committee to implement action plan.
