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GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF SPORT, ARTS, CULTUREAND RECREATION: VOTE 12

Creative Arts aims to identify creative and artistic talent, develop, support and promote the arts and preserve and protect heritage resources in the province by harnessing cultural activities in the province’s communities, provide employment and business opportunities. The programmes promote mass participation through integrated and sustainable implementation of DSACR programmes in schools by supporting the arts curriculum through arts education. Through training and development, arts and culture programmes were implemented to promote healthy lifestyles through music, dance and drama by developing talents. Create an enabling environment for growth in the Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture sector by showcasing artistic talent through the Ishashalazi Community Theatre Programmes, the Basetsana Women in Scripting Development initiatives and participation in the annual National Arts Festival. Support, facilitation and coordination of leveraging opportunities to attract major arts and culture events by staging the Gauteng Carnival, the largest cultural event in South Africa with over 200,000 participants in the 2015-2020 term. Noah’s breakthrough into the USA market as the host of the Daily Show and ¿ lling arenas and stadia. • Gauteng-based internationally acclaimed DJ and music producer Black Coffee’s residency in Ibiza, Spain and collaborations with stars including Alicia Keys, Kelly Rowland, Usher and Swiss Beatz. • National theatres based in Gauteng (the Market Theatre, South African State Theatre, Soweto Theatre) continue to produce exciting local content catching the attention of the world, such as Sophiatown the Musical and Freedom. • The booming television and ¿ lm industry with the expansion of DSTV’s local content development strategy, the entry of Net À ix and the government ¿ lm incentive that has led to the transformation of the Randburg/Auckland Park as a ¿ lm and television hub creating a huge demand of artists, performers and technical services. Key milestones in the sector • Soweto-born comedian Trevor

During the year under review, the department implemented the following programmes in relation to the CIDF: Craft, visual arts and design product development programmes to perfect the skills of crafters to produce market-ready products, Market access initiatives for crafters, visual artists and fashion designers, visual arts in public spaces and implementation of decorative mosaic art projects in community libraries, mentorship programmes for emerging visual artists and fashion designers, Enterprise development training for creative industry entrepreneurs and roll-out of the EPWP Craft Programme. Performing arts andmusic included: Puisano Live Music Programmes, Performing arts programmes (poetry and comedy) across the province and support to live music events (Signature, Local and Community events). On 23 and 24 April 2019, the Gauteng Creative Industries Indaba was held as a platform to facilitate dialogue between the GPG and creative industry practitioners in the province. The aim of the Indaba was to culminate in the development of a “blueprint document” for the creative industries that will guide private, public and creative industries sectors in creating initiatives and programmes to support businesses and workers within the creative sector in Gauteng. Heritage Although progress has been made towards funding museums and heritage services in the province by various municipalities since 1994, there has been a decline in maintaining museums by municipalities due to prioritisation of other services. The province currently funds and supports the management of three museums or monuments: the Women’s Living Heritage Monument, the Boipatong Memorial and Youth Centre and the Kagiso Memorial and Recreation Centre. Gauteng has not been in a position to absorb the full constitutional responsibility to fund the museum function completely due the economic downturn which has put severe pressure

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