Department of Arts and Culture Annual Report 2014/2015
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Annual Report 2014/2015 arts & culture Department: Arts and Culture REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 1 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE | ANNUAL REPORT | Budget Vote 14 | 2014-2015 PART ONE: GENERAL INFORMATION PART THREE: HUMAN RESOURCE 1.1 Departmental General Information 4 MANAGEMENT 3.1 Introduction 48 1.2 List of Abbreviations/Acronyms 5 3.2 Human Resource Oversight Statistics 48 1.3 List of Figures 6 1.4 Foreword by the Minister 7 PART FOUR: GOVERNANCE 1.5 Statement by the Deputy Minister 9 4.1 Introduction 84 1.6 Report of the Accounting Officer 11 4.2 Risk Management 84 1.7 Statement of Responsibility for Performance 21 4.3 Fraud and Corruption 84 information 4.4 Minimising Conflict of Interest 85 1.8 Strategic Overview 22 4.5 Code of Conduct 85 1.9 Legislative and other Mandates 23 4.6 Health, Safety and Environmental Issues 86 1.10 Organisational Structure 25 4.7 Internal Audit and Audit Committees 87 1.11 Public Entities Reporting to the Minister 26 4.8 Report of the Audit Committee 89 PART TWO: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION PART FIVE: FINANCIAL INFORMATION 2.1 Report of the Auditor-General on Predetermined 30 Objectives 5.1 Accounting Officers Statement of Responsibility for 95 the year ended 31 March 2015 2.2 Overview of Departmental Performance 30 5.2 Report of the Auditor-General 95 2.3 Detailed Programme - Specific Performance 43 Information 5.3 Annual Financial Statements 100 2.4 Service Delivery Improvement Plan 43 PART SIX: ANNEXURES 2.5 Key Policy Developments and Legislative Changes 44 6.1 Annexure A: Pre-determined Objectives 174 2.6 Conditional Grants 44 6.2 Annexure B: Detailed Conditional 197 2.7 Capital Investment, Maintenance and Asset 44 Grant-Output Information Table of Contents Management Plan 2 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE | ANNUAL REPORT | Budget Vote 14 | 2014-2015 Part 1 General Information Arts & Culture 3 Part 1 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE | ANNUAL REPORT | Budget Vote 14 | 2014-2015 General Information Arts & Culture 4 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE | ANNUAL REPORT | Budget Vote 14 | 2014-2015 1.1 Departmental General Information PHYSICAL ADDRESS : KINGSLEY CENTRE 481 STANZA Bopape STREET CORNER STEVE BIKO & STANZA Bopape STREETS ARCADIA POSTAL ADDRESS : PRIVATE BAG X897 PRETORIA 0001 TELEPHONE : +27 12 441 3000 Fax : +27 12 441 3699 EMAIL ADDRESS : [email protected] WEBSITE ADDRESS : WWW.DAC.GOV.ZA ISBN : 978-0-620-65468-5 5 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE | ANNUAL REPORT | Budget Vote 14 | 2014-2015 1.2 List of abbreviations/acronyms AGSA Auditor-General of South Africa IMC Inter-Ministerial Committee AO Accounting Officer MACUFE Manguang African Cultural Festival APP Annual Performance Plan MOU Memorandum of Understanding ATM Afrikaans Taal Museum MTSF Medium-Term Strategic Framework AU African Union NAAIRS National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System AWHF African World Heritage Fund NARSSA National Archives and Records of South Africa CI Corporate Identity NDP National Development Plan DAC Department of Arts and Culture NEHAWU National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union DPSA Department of Public Service and Administration NEPAD New Partnership for Africa Development DPW Department of Public Works NFVF National Film and Video Foundation FESP Flag in Every School Programme NFVSA National Film, Video and Sound Archives FMPPI Framework for Programme Performance Information NaCISA National Academy for the Creative Industries of South Africa FOCAC Forum on China-Africa Cooperation NLSA National Library of South Africa FOSAD Forum for South African Director-Generals ODA Official Development Assistance GDP Gross Domestic Product OHASA Oral History Association of South Africa GEMS Government Employees Medical Scheme OHS Occupational Health and Safety HDI Historical Disadvantaged Individuals PCRDP Post-Conflict and Reconstruction Development Programme HLT Human Language Technology PFMA Public Finance Management Act ICMP Integrated Conservation Management Plan PMD Performance Management and Development 6 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE | ANNUAL REPORT | Budget Vote 14 | 2014-2015 POA Programme of Action PSA Public Service Act 1.3 List of figures PSCBC Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council Figure 1: Geographical spread of newly built community libraries RIM Robben Island Museum SADC Southern African Development Community Figure 2: Geographical spread of upgraded community libraries SALW South African Library Week Figure 3: Language bursaries awarded to students per institution SARA South African Roadies Association SCOA Standard Chart of Accounts Figure 4: Heritage bursaries awarded to students per institution SCOPA Standing Committee on Public Accounts Figure 5: Overall condition of all facilities of the DAC SDIP Service Delivery Improvement Plan SIAO Salon Internationale Delartisanat De Ouagagougou. Figure 6: DAC annual performance overview for 2014-2015 UJ University of Johannesburg Figure 7: Comparative analysis of annual performance UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 WITS Witwatersrand (University of the Witwatersrand) Figure 8: Annual performance trends over the last 5 financial periods Figure 9: Corporate Services annual performance overview for 2014-2015 Figure 10: Institutional Governance annual performance overview for 2014-2015 Figure 11: Arts and Culture Promotion and Development annual performance overview for 2014-2015 Figure 12: Heritage Preservation and Promotion annual performance overview for 2014-2015 Figure 13: Conditional grant and earmarked funds received by the Department Figure 14: Geographical distribution of the conditional grant per province 7 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE | ANNUAL REPORT | Budget Vote 14 | 2014-2015 1.4 Foreword byForeword the Minister meaningful in the lives of all South Africans. Arts and Mpumalanga, MACUFE in the Free State and the culture is the mirror that reflects the complex processes Marula Festival in Limpopo. These events are catalysts of nation building, social cohesion and transformation for economic development, given that artists are of life, living conditions, places and symbols. It is in reliant on events for income and economic stability. this context that the Department was tasked with the In line with the Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) responsibility of coordinating all government initiatives Strategy, we continue to expedite the pace of aimed at nation building and social cohesion under a transformation in the arts sector by encouraging single inter-ministerial committee (IMC), referred to as and supporting pro-poor innovations necessary to Outcome 14. equip citizens, especially youth, with theoretical and Firmly rooted in the Freedom Charter, the Constitution experiential knowledge. To this end, we have piloted and the NDP, our aim in the Department has been to several creative arts incubators across the country. clearly articulate the contribution of the Arts, Culture These incubators are a very important tool to ensure MR NATHI MTHEThwa (MP) and Heritage Sector to job creation and economic that we create local content and unleash the economic development. To this effect, we conducted a national potential of the creative economy. MINISTER OF ARTS AND CULTURE mapping study to understand the scale and scope I announced in my budget vote speech that we of the creative industries and their contribution to would host a month-long Africa Festival in May 2015 economic growth. Some of the headline findings of the in honour of the founding of the Organisation of study indicate that the sector contributed R90,5 billion This Annual Report reviews the year 2014/15, a year African Unity, now known as the African Union (AU). to the South African economy in 2013/2014 alone and in which the country celebrated the 20th anniversary We plan to showcase African fashion, fine arts, crafts, created employment for over 560 000 people, the of democratic rule. In these 20 Years of Freedom, dance, literature, music, theatre, film and food culture majority of whom are below the age of 35, reaffirming the Department’s vision and mission have been as part of this month-long celebration. We will work the importance of the sector as a creator of economic set on a firm foundation, guided by the need to on including a series of dialogues and seminars in a opportunities for young people. overcome the structural consequences of apartheid festival of ideas to forge African unity and exchange and in particular the devastating systemic impact on During the 2014/15 financial year, the Department through the arts. The Department, in collaboration with the social fabric of our country. As the Department supported 22 national and regional flagship events, other government departments, started this work in responsible for leading the vision of a non-racial, including the National Arts Festival, Cape Town the latter part of 2014 to ensure that the whole country non-sexist and democratic South Africa, we are International Jazz Festival, and a range of regional had an opportunity to participate in the Africa Month guided by a historic mission of building bridges festivals such as the Kalahari Desert Festival in Celebrations. Confirming the country’s commitment for nation building efforts to become concrete and the Northern Cape, Mpumalanga Comes Alive in to the development of the African continent, last 8 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE | ANNUAL REPORT | Budget Vote 14 | 2014-2015 year South Africa became the 8th country to ratify the Charter for African Cultural entails, among other things, mobilising people to act together to enable the birth Renaissance; a significant milestone in the implementation of the Pan-African of a new culture and create new forms of engagement towards greater unity. agenda in the country. The Social Cohesion Summit held in 2012, adopted a 12-point declaration; adopted We seek to raise the consciousness of our people through the Liberation Heritage clear line of march for all stakeholders to a more cohesive society. In fulfilling its Route to trace the story of our struggle throughout the country, continent and obligations in terms of these resolutions, the Department has developed and abroad.