Department Of Arts And Culture South Africa

Department Of Arts And Culture South Africa

The Department of Arts and Culture is one of the departments of the South African government. It promotes, supports, develops and protects the arts, culture and heritage of South Africa.

The heritage sites, museums and monuments of the country also reside under this ministry. The political head of the department is the Minister of Arts and Culture; as of 2014 this is Nathi Mthethwa.

In the 2010 national budget, the department received an appropriation of 2,406.7 million rand, and had 461 employees.

The vision of the Department of Arts and Culture is to be a thriving arts, culture and heritage sector contributing to sustainable economic development, leveraging on partnerships for a socially cohesive nation.

The Department’s strategic outcome-orientated goals are to: create 150 000 decent jobs in arts, culture and heritage; implement targeted programmes that are geared towards human capital development in the arts, culture and heritage sector; enhance access by citizens and public institutions to accurate, reliable and timely information in their language of choice through the provision of archives, libraries and language services; entrench linguistic diversity in a manner that facilitates equitable cultural expression by citizens and communities; enhance the capacity of the sector through equitable and sustainable development, and the protection and preservation of arts, culture and heritage through policy development, legislative promulgation and implementation; and align public sector art, culture and heritage institutions around a shared vision, a common mandate, and strong governance and accountability.