arts, culture and heritage policy

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPORT: WESTERN CAPE

ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE POLICY (DRAFT 20)

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE 1.2 PROCESS

2 AFFIRMATION OF THE VALUES OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE

3 DEFFINITIONS

4 CONSTITUTIONAL COMPETENCIES AND LEGISLATIVE MANDATES

5 VISION

6 VALUES

7 OUR LEGACY OUR HISTORY

8 THE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, THE TASKS AND SCOPE OF WORK OF

THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPORT, ITS PUBLIC ENTITIES AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM

9 ARTS AND CULTURE

10 CONSERVING, PRESERVING AND MANAGING THE HERITAGE RESOURCES AND

MUSEUMS OF THE WESTERN CAPE

11 THE WESTERN CAPE GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES COMMITTEE

12 THE PROMOTION, PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LANGUAGES OF THE WESTERN CAPE

13 THE DELIVERY OF AN EFFECTIVE AND FREE LIBRARY SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE

OF THE WESTERN CAPE.

14 THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE ARCHIVE SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WESTERN CAPE.

15 FUNDING

16 TRAINING, EDUCATION, CAPACITY BUILDING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE

ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE SECTORS

17 INFRASTRUCTURE AND A PUBLIC ART AND HERITAGE PROGRAMME

18 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE INDUSTRIES AND ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE TOURISM

19 THE NEEDS OF MARGINALISED SECTORS OF SOCIETY

20 EVENTS AND FESTIVALS

21 PARTNERSHIPS

22 THE RIGHTS AND STATUS OF THE ARTIST

23 THE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE:

This policy provides a new vision and policy direction for the Provincial Government of the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and its public entities. It also provides a broad policy framework for all stakeholders and potential partners involved in the field of arts and culture in the Western Cape.

1.2 PROCESS

In August 2004, The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport hosted a Cultural Transformation Indaba. Stakeholders in the arts, culture and heritage sectors were invited to shape and contribute to the development of a provincial arts, culture and heritage policy framework and to recommend the way forward for transformation in the province.

The Head of Department in collaboration with members of his department selected members of civil society to serve on a Cultural Transformation Reference Group whose mandate it was to take the process of policy development and formulation to its conclusion.

A provisional draft policy was presented at five workshops outside of the metropolitan area. This strategy sought to ensure the inclusion of rural constituencies in the policy formulation process. One final consultation meeting occurred that was attended by constituencies from the metropolitan as well as rural areas.

In true partnership and in the healthiest spirit of co-operation, civil society representatives and members of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport developed this draft policy document.

2. AFFIRMATION OF THE VALUE OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE:

2.1 The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport re-affirms the value and importance of arts, culture and heritage to democracy and effective government service delivery. An effective arts and culture strategy has the power to promote social cohesion, create economic sustainability and develop livelihoods, build healthy and empowered communities and imbue citizens with a sense of confidence and pride in their historic, cultural and linguistic heritage. The arts, culture and heritage sectors are favourably placed to develop social, human and economic capital and provide opportunities for life-long learning. Effective strategies create a citizenry at ease with itself and its identity and one that will be eminently capable of contributing to a healthy nation.

2.2 Through arts, culture and heritage we want to affirm the Western Cape as a

home for all; by nurturing, honouring, celebrating and respecting the cultures of all.

2.3 The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport in recognising the need for co-ordinated implementation of the Development Framework of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape, re-affirms the significance of arts, culture and


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heritage in achieving the developmental objectives of Ikapa Elihlumayo – the Growing Cape.

2.4 Through effective arts, culture and heritage practices: • We can successfully build social capital, with youth as our priority sector;

strengthen social ties and social integration. • We can build human capital, with youth as the priority social sector,

through emphasising the acquisition of opportunities through training, education, entrepreneurship, leadership, mentoring, apprenticeships and internships.

• The arts, culture and heritage sectors occupy strategic infrastructural

social resources such as community centres, museums and libraries, which if effectively managed and planned could accrue premium social and economic returns for the province.

• The micro-economic strategy of the province seeks to improve the

quality of life of all citizens within the province through economic growth, the creation of high quality jobs, generating wealth and investment to ensure the long-term fiscal health of the province. Arts, culture and heritage sectors offer tremendous potential in all these aspects.

• The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport re-affirms the value of the

arts, culture and heritage sectors in achieving the outcome goals of the Provincial Government. They have the full potential if effectively managed and resourced to assist in:

• Increasing economic growth • Increasing employment and economic participation • Reducing geographical and socio-economic inequality

• The arts, culture and heritage sectors could create an enabling

environment in promoting and transforming culture for the benefit of the well-being and unification of all people of the Western Cape.

3. DEFINITIONS:

ARCHIVES mean records in the custody of an archives repository. The objects and functions of the National and Provincial Archives shall be to preserve public and non-public records with enduring value for use by the public and the State. ARCHIVE SERVICES: refers to a component within the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport. ARTS refer to but is not restricted to all forms and traditions of dance, drama, music, music theatre, visual arts, crafts, design, written and oral literature, film and video and culinary art all of which serve as means for individual and collective creativity and expression through performance, execution, presentation, exhibition, transmission and study. (White Paper on Arts and Culture Heritage. Dept of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Pretoria, 4 June 1996)


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THE COMMUNITY ARTS SECTOR has historically provided solutions to pressing socio-economic and educational needs within disempowered communities. It has provided the training ground- (and pre ’94 – often the only alternative) for emerging black artists to acquire skills in arts and culture and has continued to provide significant human resources for the professional arts sector. The community arts sector has been associated with non-government and community based initiatives and in this respect has drawn its main income streams from trusts, donors and international governmental funding programmes. Over the last ten years when all arts organisations have felt the necessity to become economically sustainable, the community arts sector has also generated income through selling its “artistic products” and engaging in income generating projects. In some respects the community arts sector has always provided the opportunity for learning, appreciating and experiencing arts and culture in a relatively informal setting while it has strived to, at the same time, maintain management and administrative systems which operate on the same principles as any other “professional” arts body or organistion. CONTROLLING BOARDS OF MUSEUMS; refers to the independent board of governors which execute the policy and programmes of those museums which form part of the provincial museums or the provincial-aided museums

CULTURE refers to the dynamic totality of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features which categorise a society or social group. It includes the arts and letters, but also modes of life, the fundamental rights of the human being, value systems, traditions, heritage and beliefs developed over time and subject to change. (White Paper on Arts and Culture Heritage. Dept of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Pretoria 4 June 1996) CULTURAL COUNCILS are bodies consisting of persons belonging to a cultural, religious or linguistic community who choose to maintain culture, religious and linguistic associations. CULTURAL SERVICES: refers to a component within the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.

HERITAGE is the sum total of wildlife and scenic parks, sites of scientific and historical importance, national monuments, historic buildings, works of art, literature, film and video and documentaries, dance and music, oral traditions, story telling and indigenous knowledge systems, museum collections and their documentation which provide the basis for a shared culture and creativity in the arts. (White Paper on Arts and Culture Heritage. Dept of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Pretoria, 4 June 1996) HERITAGE RESOURCE means any place or object of cultural significance. (National Heritage Resources Act, No 25 of 1999). HERITAGE SITE means a place declared to be a national heritage site by the South African Heritage Resources Agency or a place declared to be a provincial heritage site by a provincial heritage resource authority. (National Heritage Resource Act, No 25 of 1999). LIBRARY means any buildings, furniture and equipment used for the purposes of a library. LIBRARY MATERIAL means any book, periodical, document, print, newspaper, map, film, video, gramophone record tape, art print, microfilm, microfiche, slide or similar publication as well as any material in digital format, whether owned or loaned to the library authority. (Provincial Library Service Ordinance, 1981)


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LIBRARY SERVICES: refers to a component within the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport. LIVING HERITAGE means the intangible aspects of inherited culture, and may include: cultural tradition, oral history, performance, ritual, popular memory, skills and techniques, indigenous knowledge systems and the holistic approach to nature, society and social relations. (National Heritage Resources Act, No 25 of 1996). MUSEUM: means a non profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development and open to the public which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment. (International Council on Museums) MUSEUM SERVICES refers to a component within the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport. NON-PUBLIC RECORDS means a record created or received by a private individual or body other than one defined as a governmental body. (National Archives of South Africa Act, No.43 of 1996) PUBLIC ENTITY: refers to a government business enterprise, or a board, commission, company, corporation, fund or other entity that is established in terms of legislation; fully or substantially funded, either from the National Revenue Fund or by way of tax, levy or other money imposed in terms of national legislation. (Public Finance Management Act. No 1. of 1999) PUBLIC RECORDS means a record created or received by a governmental body in pursuit of its activities.

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS COMPANIES are:

a) Companies, which employ arts practitioners in their particular disciplines on at least one year-contracts.

b) Companies with one to three full-time employees (managers or artists) who employ artists on an ad hoc, project-by-project basis as funding becomes available.

c) Companies which exist in name, with the leaders and members of such companies employed in other contexts, and who organise projects, employ practitioners or come together for regular seasons on an ad hoc basis as funding becomes available.

PROVINCIAL-AIDED MUSEUMS refers to museums to which the provincial government provides part of the resources that they require in order executing their chosen programmes of work. PROVINCIAL MUSEUMS: refers to museums to which the provincial government provides financial, human and technical resources.

STATUTORY BODY: refers to an organisation instituted as a result of legislation. LANGUAGE UNIT: refers to a component within the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.

4. CONSTITUTIONAL COMPETENCIES AND LEGISLATIVE MANDATES Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport. Tel: 0860-142-142 / www.capegateway.gov.za/culture_sport Updated on 22/12/2005

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National Legislation: General Annual Division of Revenue Acts Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000, Act 3 of 2000 Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1977, Act 75 of 1977 Constitution of the Republic, 1996, Act 108 of 1996 Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002, Act 25 of 2002 Employment Equity Act, 1998, Act 55 of 1998 Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 Labour Relations Act, 1995, Act 66 of 1995 National Treasury Act, 1995, Gazette No 23463 of 25 May 2002 National Treasury Regulations Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, Act 85 of 1993 Pension Funds Act, 1956, Act 24 of 1956 Prescriptions Act, 1943, Act 18 of 1943 Prescriptions Act, 1969, Act 68 of 1969 Prescription Amendment Act, 1984, Act 11 of 1984 Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000, No 2 of 2000 Protected Disclosure Act 2000, No 26 of 2000 Public Finance Management Act, 1999, Act 1 of 1999 Public Holidays Act, 1994, Act 36 of 1994 Public Service Act, 1994, Proclamation 103 of 1994 Public Service Regulations, R1 of 5 January 2001 Skills Development Act, 1998, Act 97 of 1998 Skills Development Levies Act, 1999, Act 9 of 1999 State Tender Board Act, 1968, Act 86 of 1968 Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1941, Act 30 of 1941 Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000, Act 4 of 2000 Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998, Act 17 of 1998. Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000, Act 32 of 2000

National Legislation: Cultural Affairs Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities Act, 2002, Act 19 of 2002 Cultural Institutions Act, 1998, Act 119 of 1998 Cultural Promotions act, 1983, Act 35 of 1983 Cultural Affairs Act (House of Assembly) 1989, Act 65 of 1989 National Archives of South Africa Act, 1996, Act 43 of 1996 National Arts Council Act, 1997, Act 56 of 1997 National Council for Library and Information Service Act, 2001, Act 6 of 2001 National Film and Video Foundation Act, 1997, Act 73 of 1997 National Heritage Council Act, 1999, Act 11 of 1999. National Heritage Resources Act, 1999, Act 25 of 1999 Pan South African Language Board Act, 1995, Act 59 of 1995 The National Library of South Africa Act, 1998, Act 92 of 1998 The South African World Heritage Convention Act, 1999, Act 49 of 1999 South African Geographical Names Act 1998, Act 118 of 1998 Provincial Legislation: General

Constitution of the Western Cape, 1997, Act 1 of 1998 Western Cape Exchequer Law, 1994, Law 4 of 1994 Western Cape Land Administration Act, 1998, Act 6 of 1998 Western Cape law on the Powers and Privileges of the Provincial Legislature, 1995, Law 3 of 1995 Western Cape Tourism Act, 1997, Act 3 of 1997


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Provincial Legislation: Cultural Affairs Establishment of Provincial Heritage Resources Authority, Western Cape PN 336 of 25 October 2002 Western Cape Cultural Commission and Cultural Councils Act, 1998, Act 14 of 1998 Western Cape Provincial Languages Act, 1998 Act 13 of 1998 Regulations made by Heritage Western Cape, PN 298 of 29 August 2003

Provincial Archives and Records Service of the Western Cape Act Ordinances

Museums Ordinances, 1975, Ordinance 8 of 1975 Oude Kerk Volksmuseum Van ‘T Land van Waveren (Tulbach) Ordinance, 1979, Ordinance 11 of 1979 Provincial Library Service Ordinance, 1981, Ordinance 16 of 1981

Policies relating to Arts and Culture Western Cape Language Policy, 2001 White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage, 1996 The Provincial Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and its public entities play an important role in supporting and assisting various government structures at local, provincial and national levels in fulfilling their legislative mandates. These Legislative frameworks that are not directly the competency of Provincial Government but which have consequences and implications for how successfully the Provincial Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport executes its legislative responsibilities must also be taken into account when reading this policy.

5. VISION:

A Western Cape community unified and empowered through arts, culture and sport.

6. VALUES:

The following values underpin the formulation of this policy. This policy commits itself to:

6.1 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The right of citizens to develop their creative talents, to freedom of speech and freedom of artistic expression. It affirms the right to human dignity, equality and freedom, of the right to use the language and participate in the cultural life of choice, of the right to form, practice and maintain cultural, religious and linguistic diversity without reduction to ethnic, or cultural chauvinism.

6.2 INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITY

Open consultation with stakeholders to ensure a diversity of opinions and ideas. It will focus on all forms of art, culture and heritage and pay particular attention to that which was historically hidden, obscured or unacknowledged. It will give consideration to all sectors. It will seek to redress the resource imbalance in and between urban and rural communities as well as all forms of art, culture and heritage, which was historically hidden, obscured or unacknowledged. It will affirm the Western Cape as a home for all by nurturing, honouring celebrating and respecting the cultures of all.


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6.3 EMPOWERMENT

Assisting communities and individuals to redress past inequities. It will affirm and uplift disadvantaged communities and individuals without being insensitive to the needs of others. It will advance economic empowerment in the arts and culture and heritage sectors It will proactively promote marginalised social sectors such as women, children, youth, the elderly, those with disabilities and those discriminated against in respect of gender. It will seek to promote the necessity for empowerment through training, access to education and arts education and skills transfer.

6.4 TRANSPARENCY

Open and clearly communicated decisions, policies and procedures. It will ensure that communication and information channels are clearly understood and that information is accessible in at least the three official languages of the province.

6.5 ACCESS

Access to, participation in, enjoyment and appreciation of the arts. It will ensure access to facilities to practice and perform, by providing facilities, access to funding, access to technical, managerial and administrative training and support, access to knowledge, training and education in arts, culture and heritage. It will emphasise the need to provide access to facilities and opportunities in arts, culture and heritage for those from previously marginalised communities as well as those with disabilities. It will insist on the need to secure access to communication and information for those who are partially sighted and blind and for those who have hearing impediments. It will secure access to for those who are not able to read or write by providing alternatives to the written word.

6.6 BATHO PELE

A service ethic within government that puts people first and which is people-centered. It insists upon caring and responsive service delivery. A service ethic, which extends beyond even government, that seek to establish an arts, culture and heritage sector where all partners, civil society organisations and private institutions embrace this principle.

6.7 EXCELLENCES AND INNOVATION, QUALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM

Supporting excellence and innovation through skills development, and capacity building, the discovery and nurturing of latent talents, it will insist upon the development of technical, administrative and managerial skills to support excellence in arts, culture and heritage. It will promote systems, which support practitioners through all stages of the process of creation, allowing for experimentation and erring. It will work towards the creating of norms and standards, which regulate and monitor both qualitative and quantitative outcomes and ensure service delivery.

6.8 PARTNERSHIPS AND CO-OPERATION

Co-operative Governance between national, provincial and local spheres will promote inter-sectorial co-operation. It will strive to create a spirit of tolerance and sharing amongst practitioners and citizens of the western cape. It will seek


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unity, trust and a common understanding. It will work towards creating strategic partnerships between private, government and non-governmental sectors to create leverage, deliver services and maximise resources. It will give effect to the principles of lkapa Elihlumayo (to grow and share the Cape).

6.9 THE ARMS LENGTH PRINCIPLE TO FUNDING

At the heart of this principle lies the demand for the respect of the right of artists to freedom of creative expression. It therefore follows that the allocation of arts, culture and heritage funding be made for reasons that serve the interests of these sectors and not be made for political gain. This principle relies on peer assessment and evaluation for funding allocation and militates against funding being made to arts culture and heritage to secure political patronage or favour. Effective implementation of this principle nevertheless relies on co-operative relations between government and the arts community to set mutually agreed policy and financial frameworks for the efficient and fair execution of public funds to the arts.

6.10 UNIQUENESS, DIVERSITY AND NATION BUILDING

Celebrating our rich diversity while appreciating the uniqueness of each community and indeed each individual. The Western Cape draws upon a myriad of cultural influences and traditions. We have been and contfinue to be divided by “racial categorization” and by varying class positions. This policy seeks to understand the strength of our multiculturalism, how understanding of the arts, culture and heritage of all the people of the province contributes to the building of a common nationhood and how we achieve harmony and accord as one South African nation.

6.11 INTERNATIONALISM

Becoming part of an international family of nations While we derive benefits from such acceptance we also have responsibility to pursue and implement internationally agreed and accepted norms and standards in various sectors of our society including arts, culture and heritage. We are part of the African Continent. We will draw inspiration from it and contribute to its development. Moreover, we also have a great contribution to make to the development of the international community within the framework and spirit of our own national agenda.

7. OUR LEGACY, OUR HISTORY

7.1 During the Apartheid Era, the arts, culture and heritage sectors were marred by

the same socially divisive and dehumanising features as all other sectors of South African life. The arts, culture and heritage sectors of only a minority were celebrated, funded and resourced, recognised and valued.

7.2 The challenges which faced policy-makers in 1994, was to determine how the same resources available to the arts, culture and heritage sectors during the apartheid era, was to now serve the artistic needs and aspirations of all. The National White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage of 1996 laid the policy framework to realise the vision of the new democracy.


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7.3 In the light of our historic legacy, the vision and values stated here and in order to give more effective, practical content to a new, just and fair arts, culture and heritage dispensation in this province, the following recommendations are made:

8. THE TASKS AND SCOPE OF WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL

AFFAIRS AND SPORT, ITS PUBLIC ENTITIES AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM. The following strategies and actions are recommended: 8.1 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport ensures that each unit within

the department supports and services a public entity.

8.2 The following partnerships are recommended.

The Arts and Culture Service supports The Western Cape Cultural Commission

That the section of Heritage Services that has responsibility for the built environment and which regulates heritage supports Heritage Western Cape. That section of the Heritage Service that has responsibility for museums supports the Provincial Heritage Committee. That the Language Unit supports the Language Committee

That the Libraries Unit supports the Libraries Committee That the Archive Unit supports the Archives Committee That the Geographic Co-coordinators support the Geographic Names Committee.

8.3 That a Properties Unit is created with a cross-serving function to support the

partnerships described above 8.4 That a Research Unit is created with a cross-serving function to support the

partnerships described above. 8.5 That the H.R, Finance and administrative services within the department

continue to support the partnerships described in F3. 8.6 That the functions of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport will include:

• The development and formulation of policies which reflects the political leadership of the government in power and which informs and provides the framework upon which the implementation plans of the public entities are based.

• The planning and implementation of an annual programme of events to

celebrate and honour government-declared public holidays.

• The funding of public entities Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport. Tel: 0860-142-142 / www.capegateway.gov.za/culture_sport Updated on 22/12/2005

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• Deciding on the designation of departmental staff to the public entities

• Providing core services such as financial, administrative and human resource support to the public entities

• Assuming responsibility for the implementation of a departmentally driven

programme of developmental projects which does not duplicate or contradict but supports and enhances the developmental programmes of the public entities.

• Developing such programs that contribute to enhancing social cohesion

and address the socio-economic problems facing the province.

8.7 That the functions of the public entities include:

• Developing funding implementation plans and criteria for allocation of financial resources to their respective constituencies.

• Advising on strategy and the formulation of policy to guide the work of the

departmental service, which they partner. • Being equipped with the necessary management, implementation,

administration and technical skills to perform their tasks and have specially designated departmental staff to support their work.

• Being included in the appointment process when new staff are appointed.

• Operating within the principle of arms-length within the policy imperatives

as laid down by the MEC. • Being fully representative of the province in sectorial, geographic and

demographic terms.

8.8 The relationship between the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and the public entities will be one based the principle of co-operative governance between government spheres and civil society and mutual respect for aims and objectives, which might be shared or might be different.

8.9 To this end the following process serves as a guide to practice:

• At the beginning of each policy cycle of three years, the Department in

consultation with civil society will present its Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy which will establish the broad policy framework, which will be aligned to and reflect the strategic direction of the provincial government.

• The Department at the beginning of each financial year, once it has

achieved clarity on its financial allocation from the treasury will decide on its funding allocation and confirm its allocation of staffing to its public entities.

• The public entities, taking the broad Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy as its

point of departure, will develop its individual implementation plans frameworks, pertinent and particular to its area of work. Each public entity at the beginning of the three-year cycle will present, in consultation with the


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department, policy frameworks for its programmatic direction for the three-year cycle and implementation plans for funding.

• The Department of Arts and Culture and Sport and the public entities will

decide on an annual time-table of meetings where respective work programmes, progress or lack of progress will be monitored and discussed or difficulties and problems solved.

• An annual timetable of meetings between public entities will also be

arranged to achieve co-ordination, avoid duplication and provide a platform for mutual support.

9. ARTS AND CULTURE

In the Western Cape, we will create a new and dynamic environment that creates opportunities for promotion and enrichment of arts and culture, for appreciation and enjoyment thereof. One that recognises the value of arts and culture as a vital instrument for social development and cohesion provides for the acquisition of skills associated with the disciplines of art while also contributing to the development of life skills such as self-confidence and positive self-esteem.

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and the Western Cape Cultural

Commission will provide for the promotion, appreciation, the celebration of arts and culture through the pro-active engagement and creative partnering with representatives of the following arts and culture sectors; dance, drama, music, visual arts, puppetry, literature, film and video, craft, design, opera and music theatre.

It will provide for the promotion of culture as a dynamic totality of distinctive

spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features which characterise a society or social group. It includes the arts and letters, but also modes of life, culinary traditions and the fundamental rights of the human being, value systems, traditions, heritage and beliefs developed over time and subject to change.

That the following strategies and actions be implemented:

9.1 A SUSTAINABLE, SUBSIDISED ARTS INDUSTRY AND THE CREATION OF

“PROVINCIAL ASSETS”

The creation of a sustainable, subsidised arts industry based on access, excellence, diversity and redress, which encourages the development and celebration of the full range of our performing arts practice, which improves the quality of life in the province through the creation of local jobs and the increase in local and international tourism. Such professional arts companies have the potential to become the jewels in the provincial crown, creating a Western Cape cultural and artistic identity that could claim international attention and respect.

9.1.1 Implementation of funding would follow the following path:

• All existing companies are invited to apply. • Companies are selected by the Western Cape Cultural

Commission according to agreed criteria such as artistic merit, track record, impact on the local industry, redressing of historical imbalances, repertoire and productivity, organizational and


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management structures and remuneration and working conditions of artists.

• Funding is awarded annually, in three year funding cycles to allow

for planning and security. • Support for a particular number of companies could be phased in

over a period of three years.

9.1.2 Companies are to be housed at venues that form part of a “provincial circuit” with some companies offered financial incentives to be located at venues in areas of the province, which are less resourced.

9.2 INDIVIDUAL PROVINCIAL ASSETS

9.2.1 Directors, composers, visual artists, writers and any other creative

artists could be commissioned by the province and offered support for their work for periods of between three months and one year.

9.2.2 Incentives:

• Best companies and artists to undertake provincial, national and international tours.

• Best practitioners to win opportunities for domestic or

international residencies.

• Host annual, competitions to encourage new and excellent work.

9.3 EXCELLENT, WORLD CLASS INSTITUTIONS AND COMPANIES

9.3.1 The province will invest in, develop and sustain the world-class competitiveness of a range of cultural institutions and companies in the province in order to attract attention, but also to develop the brand of the Western Cape nationally and internationally. World-class arts and culture institutions also elevate the status and attractiveness of the province to international investors.

9.3.2 A conscious strategy needs to be developed to market our cultural

excellence abroad, to assist arts companies of excellence to travel abroad as ambassadors of the Western Cape to attract domestic and international visitors.

9.4 NON-GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY BASED ARTS, CULTURE AND

HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS AS WELL AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CULTURAL FORUMS.

9.4.1 That an audit of the existing non-government, community-based arts,

culture and heritage organisations be implemented, to determine number, scope of work, geographic location; and target audience served and reached.

9.4.2 That the Department pro-actively pursues the establishment of

geographic based and inter-disciplinary arts, culture and heritage forums which will serve to -


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9.4.2.1 organise the arts, culture and heritage sectors in geographic

spaces.

9.4.2.2 be nodes of representation, which will facilitate consultation, accountability and organisations or communities.

9.4.2.3 provide for focused dissemination of resources, which will

make sharing and effective use of resources possible. 9.4.2.4 be sites of technical training, where the provision of technical

equipment and instruments will be provided in a co-ordinate and controlled way to be used by community groups

9.4.2.5 Act as information centres that have marketing and

advertising potential. 9.4.2.6 Be cultural tourism hubs that could co-ordinate the economic

potential of the community, which it serves. 9.4.2.7 That each Cultural Forum has access to at least one arts,

culture, heritage center or library which has the resources and potential to become the nexus of arts, culture and heritage activity and excellence.

9.4.2.8 The same incentives created for arts, culture and heritage

organisations must be created for these cultural forums based in these community centers of excellence. This strategy will result in true grassroots development and produce a web of models of good practice throughout the Province.

9.4.2.9 These community centers of excellence will have the power

to be centers for the promotion of social cohesion, economic empowerment and also serve as nodes in the cultural tourism network of the Province. There will be no better strategy to address the fragility which presently exists in the social fabric of the Province and provide a point where communities could be brought together to share value and respect each other’s cultures – these will be the spaces to “Grow the Cape” and create a true “Home for all”.

9.4.2.10 That the public entities for arts, culture, heritage, museums,

language, libraries and archives devise a co-ordinated and effective strategy for representation of local forums to a District Forum structure. That due attention is also given to municipal and governmental structures and spaces where representation and consultation already takes place, for example Red Door facilities of the Department of Economic Affairs and Tourism and Municipal Ward Councils. These must provide valuable interfaces for Cultural Forums.

9.5 That the method used for providing financial support to Cultural Councils be

reviewed. That Cultural Councils be afforded the opportunity to apply for funding to the Western Cape Cultural Commission.


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9.6 That houses of traditional leaders and organizations or forums connected to them

be afforded the opportunity to apply for funding to the Western Cape Cultural Commission for cultural programmes or projects, which they initiate or plan.

9.7 Initiation Schools: That initiation schools be afforded the same status as any

other arts, culture, religious or heritage organisation in the Western Cape and submit to the same criteria for funding for its programmatic content as any other arts cultural, religious or heritage organisation. That the Western Cape Cultural Commission utilises the services of the Properties Unit to solicit the support of municipalities, who own the land upon which these rituals occur. That the Properties Unit mediate between Initiation Schools and local municipalities to determine the appropriate land allocation and that it be as close to the practicing community as possible. That the Properties Unit will also liaise with municipalities to ensure the maintenance and upkeep of the vacant land when it is not in use for initiation purposes.

10. CONSERVING, PROMOTING AND MANAGING THE HERITAGE RESOURCES AND

MUSEUMS OF THE WESTERN CAPE

Our heritage consists of those resources (objects, practices and sites as well as valued aspects of the built and natural environment that are recognised as worthy of passing on to future generations.

Before 1994 our formally protected heritage resources predominantly consisted

of cultural resources and collections that were old, conventional and mainly colonial. The intangible or living heritage (symbolism, languages, music, oral history, dance, narrative, etc) of indigenous people was sorely neglected. Since 1994 our heritage sector has become more representative of the nation, both in the definition of what our heritage is (which now includes the struggle against Apartheid and indigenous heritage forms) and who manages it (a more representative profile of museum and heritage professionals).

The heritage sector consists of:

collections of heritage objects and records that have been collected or donated

and are managed by institutions such as museums for the benefit of the public; and

formally recognised heritage resources defined in the National Heritage

Resources Act and by Western Cape Provincial Regulations that are managed by Heritage Western Cape as well as by communities and individual property owners.

10.1 HERITAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The following strategies and actions are recommended: 10.1.1 Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority, must

continue to focus on the management, planning and conservation of archaeological and palaeontological sites, places of heritage value, cultural landscapes and the built heritage, and in consultation with its national counterpart, the South African Heritage Resources Agency, make recommendations as to the weaknesses in legislation, gaps in provision and coordination of practical projects for heritage sites.


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10.1.2 Heritage Western Cape will take cognisance of

• the complex relationship between its area of responsibility and

broader development planning, and environmental management. Significant heritage resources are being lost on a daily basis as development and environmental planning proceeds with a plethora of projects (both institutional and developer driven);

• the complex relationship that exists between movable and

immovable heritage resources and the need to work closely with museums to ensure that archaeological and palaeontological materials recovered from sites destined for development are stored for perpetuity in provincial museums;

• and undertakes a review of all legislation related to Environmental

and Development Planning as it affects other departments within provincial and local government;

• the need to interrogate Spatial Development Frameworks as drafted

by local governments to understand the implications, both negative and positive, of their proposals for heritage resources management;

• and develops a policy framework which advocates how constructive

coordination of projects should be achieved when implemented by national, provincial and local governments, by development planners, environmental planners and nature conservation planners.;

10.2 THE MUSEUM SERVICE:

10.2.1 There is a dire need for legislative clarity on roles, responsibility, powers

and duties at museums currently managed by all three spheres of government.

10.2.2 Within the museum sector the following difficulties; constraints and

problems have to be overcome:

• Museums currently managed by local authorities are an unfunded mandate

• The informal and educational needs of communities are poorly

addressed and the museums are not sufficiently acknowledged as having the potential to become a crucial transformation agency, as institutions for life-long learning and where social, human and economic capital can grow.

• There is a lack of provision of new or upgraded museums or heritage

centres in poor communities.

• There are insufficient resources to pursue the collection, preservation and conservation of living heritage (oral histories and indigenous knowledge systems) in a sustainable manner although the Museum Service and their affiliated museums are critically placed to perform these tasks.


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• Museums are well placed to connect arts, culture organisations with

the methodology, tools and ideas to preserve and conserve their practices and rituals for future generations.

• Museums in rural areas are often the primary tourist destination but

the potential that these museums have to develop retail products and services for the tourism market, in co-operation with community artists and crafters, needs a co-ordinated strategy.

10.2.3 To this end it is recommended that:

• Current legislation governing the museum sector be reviewed and

changed to make research driven, consistent and comprehensive policy and practice possible.

• That a Provincial Museums Committee be established to advise on

the structure and management of museums in the Western Cape and on matters relating to the inclusion of living heritages in museums.

10.2.4 The Provincial Museums Committee should be tasked with the following:

• Implementation of a comprehensive audit of all museums, heritage

centers and heritage spaces where collections are shown and stored. These would include the provincial museums, the province-aided museums, local authority museums, private collections or those owned by civil society. This spread of museums and heritage centres will be assessed to determine where there are gaps, whether the diverse heritages of the Western Cape are being catered for, and whether the diverse histories, cultural traditions and values of all communities are equitably recognised, preserved, conserved and celebrated. The audit should also map the geographic proximity of communities to heritage centres or museums.

• Reconfigure provincial museums as civic spaces geared towards

maximizing heritage, research and tourism impact.

• Effect radical change in the governance and funding regime for museums

• Embrace new and emerging museums and heritage institutions and

facilitate alignment with provincial strategy

• Create clusters in priority areas and resource the sector according to these provincial priorities in synergy with the cultural industries, tourism and other provincial priorities.

• Special attention must be given to the identification of heritage resources in previously marginalized communities and especially rural communities.


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• A re-evaluation of the grading of museums (other than national museums) in the Province according to whether they are provincial, province-aided or local government entities.

• A review and evaluation of the present allocation of funding to

provincial, province-aided and local museums so that the Provincial Museums Committee can advise on funding to museums according to freshly determined criteria, which should include, inter alia:

A governing body that reflects the demographics of the province

Positive inclusion of civil society bodies

Effective organisational structures and management, including

collections care Ability to redress imbalances in past representations of history and to

contribute towards cultural diversity Ability to mediate the creation of new knowledge

Accessibility

Creativity in representation and public programmes

Authenticity

A review of the entrance fees of museums with a possible view to:

• Rendering a free service to school learners without threatening

the income streams generated through tourism • Reducing the entrance fee to proven citizens of South Africa and

Africa • Standardising concessions to community groups, especially the

elderly.

10.3 Existing museum workers need targeted retraining and new recruits need specialist training to develop a more representative leadership within the sector.

11. THE WESTERN CAPE GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES COMMITTEE

It is recommended that:

11.1 The Western Cape Geographical Names Committee continues to play an advisory role to the South African Geographical Names Committee in realsing its objects in respect of the Western Cape.

11.2 That the Western Cape Geographical Names Committee;

submits to the Provincial Geographical Names Councils recommendations which it receives.


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Identifies existing geographical names in need of revision, and co-ordinate requests for advice on geographical names and standardization in the Western Cape. Assists the Geographical Names Council in liaising with cultural, historic and linguistic organizations in the Western Cape on matters of geographic names Assists the Geographical Names Council in formulating policy, principles and procedures, taking cognizance of the United Nations resolutions and international practice with reference to the standardization of geographical names.

11.3 That the Geographical Names Co-ordinators supports the Western Cape

Geographical Names Committee in the execution of its functions. 12. THE PROMOTION, PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGES OF THE

WESTERN CAPE

The Western Cape Language Committee states as its vision, the empowerment of all the people of the Western Cape through language, the enhancement of human dignity through respect for one another’s languages, and the promotion of multilingualism.

It states as its mission that it would actively promote multilingualism in the

province monitor the use of the three official languages – English, Afrikaans and Xhosa – and that it would support the development of the previously marginalised languages of the Western Cape including Sign Language.

The following strategies and actions are recommended

12.1 That the Language Committee continues as the statutory body responsible for actively promoting multi-lingualism, monitoring the use of the three official languages, English, Afrikaans and Xhosa, supports the development of the previously marginalised languages of the Western Cape, including Sign Language and continues to act as the Provincial Language Committee of the Pan South African Language Board.

12.2. As is the case with existing public entities, the Western Cape Language

Committee must be secured autonomous status and be in a position to act independently of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport with its own accounting officer and have the necessary human and financial resources to implement its policies.

12.3 That the Language Unit services the Language Committee. 12.4 The Pan South African Language Board has appointed a provincial manager to

the Western Cape whose duties it will be among others, to perform administrative tasks and to improve liaison and communication with all Pan South African Language Board structures and language institutions. The Western Cape Language Committee will make contact with this representative to clarify roles and responsibilities, to develop a plan for co-operation and avoid duplication.

12.5 That the Language Committee remains fully sensitive to the migration of large

communities who speak languages other than English, Afrikaans and Xhosa and that it will be prepared when critical mass dictates to incorporate these changing dynamics into its policy directives.


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12.6 One of the functions of the Language Committee is to monitor the language

practices of provincial government departments. This should be done by adhering to the Western Cape Provincial Languages Act, 1998, and by implementing the Language Policy of the Western Cape.

13. THE DELIVERY OF AN EFFECTIVE AND FREE LIBRARY SERVICE TO THE

PEOPLE OF THE WESTERN CAPE

13.1 The mission of the Library Service is to provide an effective library service to all people of the Western Cape and thereby meeting their information, educational and recreational needs.

• There are at present 1,19 million registered members that borrow more

than 25,38 million items of library materials per annum.

• An established network of 307 library centres across the Western Cape is at present being supplied by the Provincial Library Service with all the library materials needed for local service delivery, as well as professional advice and training. In addition and where possible, municipalities also receive financial assistance with the building of new libraries.

• The Constitution of South Africa stipulates that all libraries excluding

national libraries are the exclusive legislative competence of the provinces. The Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, and the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act do not provide for public libraries and their financing by municipalities.

• At present the province provides for the supplying of library materials,

assistance to municipalities in the provisioning of suitable library facilities and professional guidance to library workers and municipal structures and the promotion of libraries. Municipalities on the other hand are responsible for the local administration and funding of the libraries that include staffing, providing physical facilities and the maintenance thereof.

13.2 The following critical challenges will have to be addressed immediately:

• Local administration of public libraries is an unfunded mandate.

• Municipalities expect specific service agreements with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport. The Department has no capacity to meet the need to fund municipalities.

13.3 The following actions are recommended:

13.3.1 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport approaches the National Treasury, the National Department of Arts and Culture to secure the funding required to implement an efficient and free library service to the citizens of the province, recognising that libraries provide a front-line service for empowering local citizens, provides educational materials, access to skills and knowledge and assists with economic empowerment especially to youth and children.


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13.3.2 That it be accepted that the assignment/delegation of only the administration of the library function to municipalities is the preferred option. That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport makes the securing of the funding of this municipal mandate their priority and that they seek a solution to funding from the Provincial and National Treasuries.

13.3.3 That in keeping with the principle of co-operative governance

constitutional mechanisms, including negotiations with local authorities should be imminently pursued and service level agreements and co-operative service arrangements be finalised. Successful negotiations with local governments is only possible once funding for the local public library service has been allocated to the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport via Provincial and National Treasuries. No final agreement in terms of the Constitution is possible without the necessary funding.

13.3.4 That an electronic database of library materials is maintained and

updated and the infrastructure are in line with technological developments.

13.3.5 That public entities called the Library Advisory Committee be

established to advise the Department on an effective and free library service. These committees to be fully representative of the province in sectorial, geographic and demographic terms.

13.3.6. That the Library Service of the Department of Cultural Affairs and

Sport be responsible for the planning, implementation, funding of and rendering of a free Library Service.

14. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE ARCHIVE SERVICE FOR THE WESTERN

CAPE.

14.1 The mission of the Archive Service is to deliver an effective archive service by preserving public and non-public records and making them accessible.

14.2 The Archive Service assists government departments with the rendering of

record management systems and conservation of the Western Cape’s archival heritage.

14.3 It is recommended:

• That a public entity called the Archive Advisory Committee be established to

advise the Department on the management and implementation of an effective and efficient Archive service.

• That the Archive Advisory Committee supports a programme for training of

staff of departments and government bodies responsible for maintaining records management systems.

15. FUNDING:

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15.1 The public entities will fund organisations and individuals in their respective disciplines guided by the funding policy as determined by the Department:

15.2 At the beginning of each financial cycle, public entities will determine the number

of grants awards to be made, and the amounts of money will be awarded. These funding awards will be advertised and made accessible to the full range of potential beneficiaries and stakeholders.

15.3 It is recommended that the following criteria be used to determine funding

allocations:

These will include amongst others: • Artistic merit • Track record/sustainability/longevity • Impact on the local industry/discipline or genre • Redressing the imbalances of the past • Progressive organisational structures and management • Repertoire and productivity • Remuneration and working conditions of artists, crafters and cultural

workers • Representivity that reflects the demographics of the country at

management level • Education and training • Youth empowerment.

15.4 Funding will be equitable, will seek to redress past inequities, support

transformation, capacity building, and social development and job creation.

15.5 Applicants must be informed of outcomes no later than three months after applications were lodged. Careful forward planning is imperative and no retrospective funding will be awarded. In order to abide by these principles public entities will ensure that payment is provided by agreed due dates in order for arts, culture and heritage organisations to pay for the activities before they occur.

15.6 Funding will only be awarded to constituted organisations based in the Province.

Public entities will commit to offering organisations the necessary assistance to develop constitutions, boards of trustees, aims and objectives. They will provide support to any organisation that finds it difficult to make a funding application. They will offer consistent and ongoing support to organisations that require it, especially after funding has been granted. In the case of short projects, clear aims and objectives and a representative group, which will support the project for its short duration and stand responsible for securing its financial and programmatic execution will also be acceptable.

15.7 Individual artists who want to apply should first discuss their intentions with

funding officers of the public entities. While community organisations have boards of trustees who ensure accountability and take responsibility for the spending of public funds, individual artists do not necessarily have this support system. The Province will consider applications from individual, emerging artists or groups that are not legally constituted. They would have to be “hosted” by a like-minded and consenting organisation that will stand administrative and financial surety and act as mentor.


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15.8 Applications made by educational institutions or religious institutions are encouraged to contact the relevant statutory body before submitting their applications. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the special nature of their cases before sending in their applications.

15.9 The Province will not be a sole funder of any project. Applications will only be

considered which have generated at least one other source of income or who have made a “sweat equity” contribution.

15.10 On completion of a project and no later than twelve weeks after an event,

organisations or artists have to submit a full self-evaluation and a peer report, including descriptive and quantitative information, a copy of audited accounts or final accounts. With smaller groups, a financial statement signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the organisations will be acceptable.

15.11 On completion of their projects, applicants will also have to complete a

questionnaire provided by the respective statutory body and which should generate outcomes based on the following issues: • Organisational development • Project assessment • Marketing, publicity and audience building • Provincial, economic benefits • Financial details.

15.12 Where applications have been turned down, the responsible statutory body will

uphold the letter and spirit of Section 33 of the Constitution by advising the applicants in writing of the reasons for its decision. Applicants could apply to attend bi-annual meetings to discuss the reasons why their applications were turned down.

15.13 In cases when applicants feel that they have complied with the set criteria but

were still not awarded a grant, there will be recourse to a Repeals Procedure. Each statutory body will develop an Appeals Procedure, which is fair and objective.

15.14 The Provincial Government will be acknowledged on all publicity material and

annual reports.

15.15 Provincial Government could never be expected to be the sole patron of arts and culture. However it is best placed to leverage funding.

16. TRAINING, EDUCATION, CAPACITY BUILDING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN

THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE SECTORS

• Achievement of this objective is the surest route to ensuring poverty alleviation, social and economic empowerment in the province, addressing the imbalances of the past and ensuring transformation. It forms the basis for developing human and social capital. It is the most important lever to assist in achieving all other objectives stated in this policy.



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16.1 That the following areas of skill be developed in developed in the arts, culture and heritage sectors:

• Artists and practitioners: to produce the best artists and cultural workers in

different disciplines and to provide ongoing training for them to hone and improve their skills so that they might produce excellent products.

• Educators; to train and teach others at all levels including children, youth and

adults, women and those with disabilities, in formal and informal contexts. • Managers/administrators; to co-ordinate, market and financially secure the

major events and infrastructure in the province. • Technicians; to undertake all the technical activities that such events and

infrastructure would require. • Audiences: to build audiences and new markets for arts, culture and

heritage. • Cultural and heritage tourism operators: specialists who concentrate on

creating, marketing and implementing arts, culture and heritage related packages and programmes to international and domestic travelers are required.

16.2 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport undertakes to develop a

comprehensive human resource strategy to be developed and implemented in association with the relevant education and training institutions, and other places where hands-on experience may be acquired.

16.3 That each of the statutory bodies consciously allocates a percentage of its

annual funding to facilitate training and skills development in the arts, culture and heritage sectors.

16.4 That the Department and the statutory bodies pursue an active policy and

programme for training and skills transfer and development of members of staff.

16.5 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and all related statutory bodies enter into regular liaison with the Western Cape Provincial and National Departments of Education to favorably influence policy and practice related to the development, the promotion, the appreciation and enjoyment of arts and culture at school level. That the department and the statutory bodies reflect how many meetings were attended in this regard in their annual report and that it be measured as a quantifiable outcome.

16.6 That the Department and its statutory bodies lobby the National Minister of

Education and the Provincial MEC to effect the following strategies:

• That the National Minister with immediate effect conducts a current audit of the effect of the perceptions of the learning area on the arts and culture and heritage

• That the Minister appoints a high profile committee to look at re-instating

specialist arts and music educators especially in the disadvantaged schools.


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• That the Education Department form a partnership with the NGO’s who are currently serving the schools with specialist arts, culture and heritage education.

• That the Province, as a matter of urgency, look at arts, culture and heritage

education with special emphasis in the rural schools. • A policy implementation document needs to be drawn up to guide the

management of arts, culture and heritage in schools by Senior Curriculum Planners in consultation with the Curriculum Advisors.

• On going, accredited in-service training in arts, culture and heritage needs to

be carefully planned in order to build effective teacher capacity in each of the art forms over time.

• Tertiary institutions should be encouraged to adjust their Pre-service

education training, by broadening their current discipline-specific arts training programmes to include unit standards and/or courses in a range of art forms and to incorporate cultural studies and integrated arts approaches. Courses in heritage studies, management and the training of curators and museum specialists must also be catered for.

• If the system is serious about growing the arts subjects in Further Education

Training, more specialist art educators need to be employed by more schools; at the moment with a few exceptions, only the privileged schools can offer arts in Further Education Training. This will have the ripple effect of improved Arts and Culture teaching and more graduates into the tertiary sector towards developing the arts industries and producing more and better arts educators.

• Discussion and consultation with stakeholders needs to be held to generate

an overall Western Cape Education Department policy on arts and culture and heritage that will include a vision and action plan for growing the Arts in Further Education Training in disadvantaged schools, for developing “Schools of Excellence” and to formulate a transformational role for the art, music and heritage centres.

16.7 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and related statutory bodies

enter into regular liaison with the Sectorial Education and Training Authorities responsible for their respective areas of work. That officials and statutory body representatives utilise their skills, status and knowledge to positively impact upon and shape the policies and programmatic direction of the Sectorial Education and Training Authorities and of influencing the positive development of the National Qualifications Framework.

16.8 That the Western Cape Cultural Commission gives consideration to the

provision and funding of youth companies, student companies and opportunities provided by art institutions for training placements and residency programmes for individuals in all areas of arts, culture and heritage provision.

16.9 That the Provincial Museums Committee gives due consideration as to training,

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16.10 That Heritage Western Cape gives due consideration to training heritage management and conservation professions.

16.11 That arts, culture and heritage organisations are encouraged to institute

mentorship programmes during which established and professional organisations assist fledgling organisations that are just starting out.

16.12 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport work in collaboration with the

Provincial Department of Education to plan as to how independent art schools may be sustained.

17. INFRASTRUCTURE, A PUBLIC ART AND HERITAGE PROGRAMME

The following strategies and actions are recommended: 17.1 To encourage cultural activities within communities, and to bring the arts to

where people live, infrastructure must be developed throughout the province. A circuit of multi-functional arts centres should be established to facilitate tours by dance, music, theatre companies, visual art exhibitions and artist-in-residency programmes. Cognisance should be taken of the fact that museums, sites of memory and libraries also provide opportunities for performance and cultural activity and should be included in the map of available resources. These will serve to develop new audiences and markets, provide work for artists and raise the quality of life of communities.

17.2 Provincial infrastructure touring circuits should link in with opportunities, which

cascade down from national level in order that companies and artists are able to tour provincially and nationally.

I7.3 Multi-functional arts centres should include a hall for performance and the

exhibition of movies, gallery space, rehearsal space, rooms for teaching classes, library/resource centre, studio space for artists and crafters and a retail space.

I7.4 Such centres would be developed within the greater metropolitan area and in as

many rural communities as possible through provincial/municipal partnering.

I7.5 There is an opportunity and potential to develop arts centers of great beauty, one that could be a source of aesthetic pride. The Properties unit will as far as possible seek to include artists in the design and construction of buildings which will result in an architectural presence, which bears the unique stamp of artists and craftspeople of the Western Cape.

I7.6 The Department will undertake to initiate policy and protocols in relation to the

development of Art in Public Places in the Western Cape and will negotiate appropriate partnerships with the Provincial Department of Public Works and the Department of Local Government and Housing. Arts, Culture and Heritage strategies, which are linked to the planning and development of the built environment, have the potential to truly develop sustainable human settlements.

17.7 The Properties unit should be resourced with the relevant expertise to mediate

between all Government Departments from all three spheres, to ensure that Integrated Development Frameworks are sensitive to the aesthetic, preservation and conservation needs of arts, culture and heritage.

17.8 We need to create a bridge between architecture, planning, heritage and arts and

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must be consolidated through a considered integration of the two. The creation of excellence and innovation in the built environment constitutes the creation of future heritage assets for the province.

17.9 We need to develop participation and the inclusion of communities in interpreting,

re-interpreting and transforming of our heritage for social cohesion, the building of our national identity and creating “a home for all”.

18. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE INDUSTRIES AND ARTS, CULTURE

AND HERITAGE TOURISM

• The arts, culture and heritage sectors have the potential to create work and wealth and new livelihoods, promotes job creation and to improve the quality of life and the economic standards of all people of the Western Cape.

The following strategies are recommended:

18.1 Investing in, developing and sustaining the world-class competitiveness of a range of cultural institutions and companies in the province in order to attract international attention, but also to develop the brand of the Western Cape nationally and internationally. The Western Cape needs to develop excellent institutions, companies, museums, cultural landscapes, sites of memory and memorialisation and organisations which people are attracted to because they have international reputations for excellence. When local companies travel abroad, they in turn build the brand of the Western Cape. A conscious strategy needs to be developed to market these abroad, to send them on international tours and to participate in international festivals and events.

18.2 To create a top-of-mind consciousness locally, nationally and internationally of

the Western Cape as the cultural jewel of South Africa. There is little point in having the most outstanding arts products, companies, heritage resources and events unless the local, national and international audiences and markets know of them. These have to be marketed as originating in the Western Cape and would be a crucial component of building the provincial brand in South Africa and abroad. A comprehensive marketing strategy needs to be developed in collaboration with Cape Routes Unlimited to sell the Western Cape as the cultural jewel of the country.

18.3 That in consultation with the Department of Economic Development and Tourism

an economic impact study is undertaken to quantify the value and contribution that arts, culture and heritage makes to the province. From this economic impact study strategic choices should be made to support and fund those arts and culture industries of significance to the Western Cape taking into account the history, peculiarities and strengths of these cultural industries.

18.4 The economic impact study should also assist the Department of Economic

Development and Tourism and the Department of Arts. Culture and Sport to prioritise those sectors within the Western Cape, which show development potential and which if nurtured, would contribute to strengthening the human, social and economic capital of the province. The Film Industry has demonstrated such potential as has the Craft and Heritage Tourism sectors.

18.5 That a cultural industries strategy for the province should advise on how

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18.6 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and its public entities utilise

their power and influence to lobby the National Department of Finance and the National Treasury to effect tax incentives and tax relief to companies or individuals, which sponsor the arts and heritage sectors.

18.7 That although the focus of this objective is economic, the Provincial Government

recognises that this in no way undermines its recognition of the value of the arts for its own sake, for creating communities with healthy souls and spirit and for the political, social and historic value of the arts.

18.8 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and its statutory bodies would

use its power, status and influence to assist in the development of protocols to ensure the rights of artists are respected and that the cultural identities and heritage of communities are protected from over-commercialisation and misrepresentation.

18.9 The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and its public entities need to advocate how heritage resources such as graveyards, burial sites and rock art sites on land in private ownership can be protected, accessed and appreciated by the rest of the community.

19. THE NEEDS OF MARGINALISED SECTORS OF SOCIETY

19.1 Special consideration must be given to children, youth, people with disabilities,

the blind and partially sighted, the deaf and those hard of hearing, women and the elderly and those who are affected by HIV and aids.

19.2 An inclusive arts and culture policy must ensure that the arts, culture and

heritage needs of all sectors of society are met and realised and that every effort is made to improve the quality of lives of all the people of the province. Special vigilance is required to ensure that they are given the fullest opportunity to realise their creative potential and encouraged to participate at all levels in the cultural and artistic life of the province.

19.3 The pursuit of arts, culture and heritage encourages a sense of achievement and

self-worth. All sectors of society must be afforded every opportunity to participate with dignity and pride in the life of the Province.

19.4 These sectors must be given access to:

• Facilities and amenities for arts, culture and heritage • Information and knowledge • Decision and policy-making platforms and opportunities • Training, education and skills development programmes

20. EVENTS AND FESTIVALS

An annual programme of events and festivals has the potential to:

• Showcase and celebrate the rich artistic, cultural and historic legacy of the Western Cape.


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• Harness the artistic and cultural potential and talent which is developed and supported throughout the year and provides a focal point for its demonstration.

• Allows for a coming together in the spirit of Ikapa Elihlumayo – to grow and share the

Cape, to share in our common heritage, celebrate the uniqueness of each community and reach a common understanding of our culture, artistic practice and historic legacies.

• Provides a unique opportunity for networking and sharing of skills, resources and

creative ideas. • Provides an opportunity to market the province and develop a unique brand and

identity for the Western Cape.

The following strategies and actions are recommended: 20.1 The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport develops an events and festivals

strategic framework. 20.2 The strategic framework will give direction as to the design of a programme of

outstanding arts, culture and heritage events, to encourage local cultural development, increased economic activity and international and domestic tourism.

20.3 Each event has the following elements:

• It must be a world-class event, capable of attracting international tourists.

• Showcase local and grassroots talent

• Provide annual opportunities to showcase the work of Cultural Forums

• It must serve as a stage to display and present the best that our province

has to offer in that field.

• It must have a development component, in which clear plans are made and resources are set aside to transfer skills, build capacity, develop infrastructure, and develop new audiences especially within historically disadvantaged communities.

• It should be held throughout the province and not be restricted only to

the metropolitan areas.

• It must contribute to black economic empowerment with capacity or joint ventures and companies where black people have a majority.

20.4 These events would be packaged and marketed locally and internationally, so

that those who attend them may also take advantage of other attractions offered by the province.

21. PARTNERSHIPS


21.1 The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport must develop effective partnerships

that ensure the financial, human and technical resources of the provincial


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government are utilised as leverage and maximised. The Department of Cultural Affairs and its public entities will forge partnerships with: • Departments within the Provincial Government of the Western Cape • Government departments at national, provincial and local levels • Parastals • Civil society organisations; NGO’s and CBO’s • The private Sector • The international community

21.2. That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport should work according to the principle of co-operative governance which ensures the independence and autonomy of each tier of government while insisting on mutual co-operation and consultation in implementing goals, policies and programmes common to all tiers.

21.3 The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport must work to ensure smooth and

harmonious relationships between itself and its public entities.

A compliant legal framework is necessary to facilitate the successful inter-relationship between these sectors at inter-governmental level and between government and its public entities. The Head of Department for Cultural Affairs will ensure that:

• Laws which are non-compliant with the constitution are reviewed • Laws which have been replaced by new legislation are repealed • Provincial laws, which may exist that are not compliant with or implemented

in the spirit and letter of the constitution are reviewed and redrafted.

21.4 The officials of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and officer-bearers of public entities must make a concerted effort to think outside of the rigid silos and compartments created by bureaucratic departmental structures. Let every effort be made to rely on creative relationships with colleagues from other departments, to harness joint effort and creativity to implement a practice which is innovative and fresh and which could create a province which is dynamic, which is a world leader and which is a trend setter, which inspires others to seek new methodologies of excellence.

21.5 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport must take cognisance of the

importance of local municipalities as the sphere of government that is responsible for the delivery of those services which directly affect the quality of life of people in the province. That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport will work in close collaboration with those local authority departments, which have related interests in the development of arts, culture and heritage. That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport will urgently bring resolution to the provincialisation of municipally rendered services and to find a financial solution to taking over the responsibilities currently rendered by municipalities such as libraries and museums. That the Department of Cultural Affairs and sport, in the spirit of co-operative governance encourage local authorities to find mechanisms to ensure that such arts, culture and heritage projects which are best served by them are supported and executed within the third tier.

21.6 The Department and its public entities must build mutually beneficial

relationships with the international community. To facilitate access to the best


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that the world has to offer, to enable artists to learn from and acquire international experience and to build the Western Cape brand abroad, and to offer the best of what we have to contribute to building the international community, we need to identify strategic international partners (countries, cities, provinces/states, agencies and institutions) with whom to develop relationships to enhance the above.

21.7 A comprehensive strategy needs to be developed and implemented and would

include:

• International residences for our artists and heritage workers and local residencies for international artists and heritage workers.

• National and international twinning in best practice events and projects in the

various sectors to provide mutual learning processes. • Local and international artists, companies and heritage specialists working

on joint projects which possible tour locally and internationally • An international component in each of our major events • International educators and trainers working within our education and

development programmes • Direct links between our world class companies, heritage sites and

institutions similar to ones abroad • International arts managers, administrators and heritage workers being

seconded to work with our developing infrastructure for initial periods. 22. THE RIGHTS AND STATUS OF THE ARTIST

Central to the achievement of these objectives, policy directives and implementation plans is the artist. The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport affirms the invaluable contribution, which artist make in developing wholesome and integrated communities and to support strategies, which seek to protect and promote the rights of artists.

The following strategies are recommended:

22.1 The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport actively supports initiatives, which seek to:

• Abolish unethical behaviour in the arts, craft, culture and heritage sectors • Eradicate exploitation of artists and cultural workers • Address issues of conditions of employment • Fight for the recognition of intellectual property rights and copy-right laws • Monitor and protect the constitutional and legal rights of artists, crafters and

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22.2 That the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport develop a programme to celebrate the legacy of artists as provincial treasures and plan awards where the contributions of artists and heritage workers of distinction are honoured and celebrated.

23. THE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY The following strategies and actions are recommended:

23.1 That a costing is made to determine the financial resources required to implement this policy and the funding secured to ensure its effective and successful implementation.

23.2 That an action plan is devised which details implementation and time frames and which uses 2010 as the target year for realising its objectives.

23.3 That the public is made aware of the production of annual reports, audited

financial statements, policy statements and implementation plans of the Department and its public entities. That the spirit of healthy consultation is continued to ensure the inclusion of all sectors of society and all disciplines of the arts in the work of the department and its public entities.

23.4 That it constitutes a Cultural Transformation Group consisting of civil society,

members of the department and representative of the public entities, whose mandate it will be to monitor and evaluate the implementation of this policy and furnish a report of its findings to the Head of the Department and the MEC for Cultural Affairs and Sport

23.5 That every two years the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport holds an

Indaba to present the two annual evaluation reports of the Cultural Transformation Reference Group and consult with the full constituency on their evaluation of the implementation of the policy and present these findings to the Head of Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport and the MEC for Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation.

Draft 20 23 November 2005

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