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Table 37: Provincial Arts in School Festival Winners, 2019/20

Name of school

Corridor THEATRE

Classi ¿ cation of Winners

North Corridor East Corridor West Corridor East Corridor North Corridor North Corridor West Corridor East corridor West Corridor

Echibini Secondary School Ikusasa Secondary School Badirile Secondary School Lesiba Secondary School Gatang Secondary School Flavious Secondary School Tswasong Secondary School Phulong Secondary School Lukhanyo Secondary School

Best AIS in theater (Trophy) 2nd Best AIS in theater (Trophy) 3rd Best AIS in theatre (Trophy) Best AIS in dance (Trophy) 2nd Best AIS in dance (Trophy) 3rd Best AIS in dance (Trophy) Best AIS in music (Trophy) 2nd Best AIS in music (Trophy) 3rd Best AIS in music (Trophy)

DANCE

MUSIC

bene ¿ tting 54 542 participants (29 058 male and 25 484 female. Activities include drama training, workshops, dance showcase, community excursion tours, music, career and motivational talks, poetry, dance, Born to Read and face painting. These programmes are aimed at keeping youth away from the streets, promoting healthy lifestyles and contributing to nation building and social cohesion speci ¿ cally in previously disadvantaged communities. The programmes were implemented in partnership with local arts and culture structures, municipalities and private stakeholders. The Gauteng Heritage Carnival was hosted on 24 September 2019, with approximately 40 000 people at the Union Building, Tshwane. Gauteng Premier David Makhura of ¿ cially opened events of the day. In partnership with GDE, the MEC of Education Mr. Panyaza Lesu ¿ and MEC of SACRMs Mbali Hlophe started the morning at the Burgher’s Park with learners leading a colourful parade. The highlight of the carnival was a star-studded line- up of entertainment by local traditional groups, traditional groups from Congo, Zimbabwe, China, Peru, and Argentina showcasing and demonstrating their costumes, À oat design and having fun with all cultures of South Africa as one nation. A total of 21 000 participants consisting of 120 GDE school learners, community groups, drummajorettes, brass

Three departmental corridors (North, East and Central) identi ¿ ed street buskers in their respective areas. North (Tshwane): 15 groups; East (Ekurhuleni): 2 groups; and Central (Johannesburg): 21 groups. The department provided training to 10 street buskers (9 male and 1 female) on personal ¿ nance and assistance with opening bank accounts. Two street buskers could not be assisted as they did not have identity books. The identi ¿ ed street buskers conducted 38 group performances in each area per Corridor. Arts and Culture Programmes were implemented in 38 schools by all ¿ ve Corridors bene ¿ tting a total of 4 022 participants (1 674 male and 2 348 female). The programme started on 3 September and continued until the end of October 2019 three times a week. It was implemented with a total of 275 participants (131 male and 144 female) and one PWD. West Corridor implemented the programme from 15 January 2020 to 25 February 2020 (the programme continued after the Corridor and Provincial Festival) with a total of 139 participants (68 male and 71 female). The Provincial Arts in School Festival was held at the IEC Hall, Randfontein from 15–16 February 2020. The department implemented a total of 4 Arts and Culture Holiday Programmes in all 5 Corridors quarterly during the 2019/20 ¿ nancial year

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