The aim of the Department of Arts and Culture Communications (DAC) is to contribute to sustainable economic development and enhance job creation by preserving, protecting and developing South African arts, culture and heritage to sustain a socially cohesive and democratic nation. Together with the cultural and creative industries sectors, the DAC is committed to ensure that the arts sector contributes to inclusive economic growth and social cohesion. The department’s spending focus over the medium term will be on implementing the Mzansi golden economy and the national social cohesion strategies through the Institutional Governance and Arts and Culture Promotion and Development programmes. Access to community library services will be broadened through the Heritage Promotion and Preservation programme’s funding of a recapitalisation programme that provides and enhances community library infrastructure, facilities and services. Over the medium term, spending in the Heritage Promotion and Preservation programme in particular is expected to use a significant proportion of the department’s allocation and is projected to grow significantly. This is due to the transfers of the community library services’ conditional grant to provinces, which received additional allocations in the 2013 budget, and transfers to heritage institutions, particularly for new capital works projects. The transfers for capital works projects are mainly for legacy projects under construction, including the Sarah Baartman Centre for Remembrance, the memorial site for JL Dube and the memorial site for OR Tambo. Measures to promote the arts include: • providing financial, as well as information and communication technology support to artists to enable the creation of works expressing national creativity, while opening space for vibrant debate • strengthening the Independent Com- munications Authority of South Africa’s mandate for nation-building and value inculcation • incentivising commercial distribution networks to distribute and/or host art • developing and implementing plans for a more effective arts and culture curriculum in schools with appropriate educator support • supporting income-smoothing for artists in a Arts and Culture special unemployment insurance scheme and evaluating funding models for such initiatives • developing sectoral determination legislation frameworks to protect arts-sector employees. The DAC’s strategic goals over the medium term are to: 61 ArtsArts and and Culture Culture • create 150 000 decent jobs in arts, culture the identification, conservation and promotion and heritage by March 2016 of cultural heritage. • implement targeted programmes that are geared towards human-capital development in Funding the arts, culture and heritage sector by 2014 For the 2014/15 financial year, the total budget • enhance access by citizens and public allocation is R3,5 billion. Relative to the 2013/14 institutions to accurate, reliable and timely financial year, during which the budget was information in their language of choice R2,9 billion, this translates into an increase of through the provision of archives, libraries 20,9%. The actual increase, after the projected and language services inflation rate of 6,2% is taken into consideration, • entrench linguistic diversity in a manner that is 13,9% (or R404,1 million). Approximately facilitates equitable cultural expression by R2,8 billion of the total budget allocation is citizens and communities spent by the entities of the department, namely • enhance the capacity of the sector through on transfer payments to entities and provinces equitable and sustainable development, while R698 million is spent by the department. and the protection and preservation of Transfer allocations for 2014/15: arts, culture and heritage through policy • Heritage Institutions: R594,7 million development, legislative promulgation and • National Library Services: R104,7 million implementation • National Arts Council (NAC): R91,6 million • align public-sector art, culture and heritage • National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF): institutions around a shared vision, a R111,5 million common mandate, and strong governance • National Heritage Council (NHC): R55,9 million and accountability. • National Language Services (NLS): R49,1 million Legislation and policies • Arts and Cultural Development: R335,4 million The DAC derives its mandate from the following • Performing Arts Institutions: R319,1 million legislation: • Capital Works of Performing Arts Institutions: • Heraldry Act, 1962 (Act 18 of 1962) R42,1 million • Culture Promotion Act, 1983 (Act 35 of 1983) • Heritage promotion: R74 million • National Archive Services: R46,2 million • National Archives and Record Service of • Capital Works: R192,3 million South Africa Act, 1996 (Act 43 of 1996) • South African Heritage Resource Agency: • Legal Deposit Act, 1997 (Act 54 of 1997) R47,4 million • South African Geographical Names Council • Public Library Services: R1 billion Act, 1998 (Act 118 of 1998) • South African Geographical Names Council • Cultural Institutions Act, 1998 (Act 119 of 1998) (SAGNC): R8,5 million • National Council for Library and Information • Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB): Act, 2001 (Act 6 of 2001) R83,4 million. • National Heritage Resources Act, 1999 (Act 25 of 1999) National symbols • Use of Official Languages Act, 2012 (Act 12 Animal: Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) of 2012). The springbok’s common name is derived from Broadly, this legislation mandates the DAC to: its characteristic jumping display. It is the only • develop and promote arts and culture in South southern African gazelle and is fairly widespread Africa and mainstream its role in social devel- in open, dry bush, grasslands or riverbeds near opment water. It is also the emblem of South Africa’s • develop and promote the official languages of national rugby team, which bears its name. South Africa and enhance the linguistic diver- sity of the country Bird: Blue crane • improve economic and other development (Anthropoides paradisia) This elegant crane with its silvery blue plumage is opportunities for South African arts and cul- endemic to southern Africa, with more than 99% ture nationally and globally through mutually of the population within South Africa’s borders. beneficial partnerships, thereby ensuring the sustainability of the sector Fish: Galjoen • develop and monitor the implementation of (Coracinus capensis) policy, legislation and strategic direction for The galjoen is found only along the South African 62 SOUTH AFRICA YEARBOOK 2014/15 coast and is a familiar sight to every angler. It The National Anthem keeps to mostly shallow water and is often found in rough surf and sometimes right next to the Nkosi sikelel’ i Afrika shore. i Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo lwayo, Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Flower: King protea Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo. (Protea cynaroides) Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, This striking protea is found in the south- O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho, western and southern areas of the Western O se boloke, Cape. It derives its scientific name cynaroides, O se boloke setjhaba which means “like cynara” (artichoke), from the sa heso, artichoke-like appearance of its flower head. Setjhaba sa South Afrika – South Afrika. Tree: Real yellowwood Uit die blou van onse hemel, (Podocarpus latifolius) Uit die diepte van ons see, The yellowwood family is primeval and has been Oor ons ewige gebergtes, present in South Africa for more than 100 million Waar die kranse antwoord gee. years. The species is widespread, from Table Mountain, along the southern and eastern Cape Sounds the call to come together, coast, in the ravines of the Drakensberg up to And united we shall stand, the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg in Limpopo. Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land. National flag South Africa’s flag is one National Coat of Arms of the most recognised in South Africa’s Coat of Arms, the highest visual the world. It was launched symbol of the State, was launched on Freedom and used for the first time Day, 27 April 2000. on Freedom Day, 27 April Its central image is a secretary bird with 1994. The design and colours are a synopsis uplifted wings and a sun rising above it. of the principal elements of the country’s flag Below the bird is the protea, an indigenous history. South African flower, representing the aesthetic It is the only six-coloured national flag in the harmony of all cultures and the country flowering world. The central design of the flag, beginning as a nation. The ears of wheat are emblems of the at the flag-pole in a “V” form and flowing into a fertility of the land, while the tusks of the African single horizontal band to the outer edge of the elephant symbolise wisdom, steadfastness and fly, can be interpreted as the convergence of strength. diverse elements within South African society, At the centre, stands a shield signifying the taking the road ahead in unity. protection of South Africans, above which are a When the flag is displayed vertically against spear and knobkierie. These assert the defence a wall, the red band should be to the left of the viewer, with the hoist or the cord seam at the top. of peace rather than a posture of war. When displayed horizontally, the hoist should Within the shield are images of the Khoisan be to the left of the viewer and the red band people, the first inhabitants of the land. The at the top. When the flag is displayed next to figures are derived from images on the Linton or behind the speaker at a meeting, it must be Stone, a world-famous example of South African placed to the speaker’s right. When it is placed rock art. elsewhere in the meeting place, it should be to The motto of the coat of arms – !ke e:/xarra//ke – the right of the audience. is in the Khoisan language of the /Xam people, and means “diverse people unite” or “people who are National anthem different joining together.” South Africa’s national anthem is a combined version of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika and The Call of National Orders South Africa (Die Stem van Suid-Afrika).