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Roadmap to 2030. In the year under review, the department expanded access to sport and recreation programmes; continued to provide library services in partnership with local government; created opportunities for artists and creative practitioners to practice their art forms and market their products. The Corridor Service Delivery Model continued to play an integral role in guiding the institutionalisation of programme implementation. 4.1 Overview of the department’s operations In line with the priorities of the 6th administration, the department undertook to align with the vision of the administration by focusing on the following strategic interventions: • Develop liberation struggle heritage sites and routes with a focus on ensuring that they provide sustainable economic opportunities to local communities. • Reposition National Commemorative Days as pilgrimages and link them to mass participation events and tourism opportunities. • Promote competitive sports, creative industries and high-impact events to drive inclusive growth and tourism. • Expand community-based sport, arts and culture amenities . • Promote social cohesion by fostering and highlighting constitutional values, the Bill of Responsibilities, National Symbols, non- racialism, anti-xenophobia, moral regeneration, civic education and active citizenship. • Promote healthy lifestyles through sport, arts, culture, recreation and library services. • Strengthen collaboration between local and provincial government to enhance integrated planning and service delivery. 4.2 Key Achievements The department set itself 105 targets for the year under review and achieved 71 (68%) of them, using R877 718 million (90.6%) of its budget. In pursuit of nation building and the promotion of social cohesion, the department hosted and implemented 389 activities (337 events and 52 tournaments/

ACCOUNTING OFFICER

Mr. Vuyani Mpofu Acting Head of Department

In pursuit of our mandate, we are strongly aware that sport and recreation, the creative industries, library and archival services are potential drivers for economic growth. The mandate of the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation is drawn from Schedule 4: functional areas of concurrent national and provincial legislative competence and Schedule 5: functional areas of exclusive provincial legislative competence of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. The department also derives its mandate from the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 and Priority 6 of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) 2019-2024. These policies require the department to implement programmes that promote social cohesion and nation building while contributing to a sustainable and growing economy. In response to its mandate, the department’s programme of action is underpinned by the provincial priorities of Growing Gauteng Together:

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