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Date
: 04/05/2005
Source: Western Cape Provincial Government
Title: Stali: Western Cape Dept of Cultural Affairs, Sport Prov
Budget Vote 2005/2006
Budget Speech by Western Cape MEC for Cultural Affairs, Sport and
Recreation, Chris Stali: Vote 13
The budget speech I am tabling here this afternoon is what the
Department thinks should be done to achieve the needs and demands
of the people of the Western Cape. Having travelled the length and
breadth of this province late last year in an attempt to get a
sense of what priority areas should be, we discovered the stark
reality of our divided past.
In the arts, culture and sporting arena, schools and suburban areas
in some parts have athletics tracks, hockey fields, rugby fields
with complete seating, some even stadiums, community halls, cricket
fields with turfs and nets as well as swimming pools. On the other
side of the same town, you have schools with absolutely nothing,
just open piece of land, sand and gravel. The challenge therefore
is how do we level the playing fields with limited resources to
ensure that all artistic and sporting talents are developed
equitably.
A new approach to sport development and a complete overhaul of
cultural policies we believe is the answer to the challenges of
service delivery we are facing as a department. Department's share
of the total provincial budget is R167m, a meagre 0,8% and
therefore it leaves little room to manoeuvre. As a consequence the
department had to go through a vigorous re-alignment of its base
line allocations amongst various components of the department.
Given these financial resources at our disposal, we thought that we
require an approach that will give effect to the growth and
development strategy of our Province".
Sport and Recreation
Based on the fact that quotas will not resolve the problem of
transformation and representivity in the long run. To this effect
our primary focus in this financial year and beyond will be School
Sport as it is a foundation and first building blocks for skills
development and talent identification.
To that extent, the department will allocate most of its resources
on developing a school sport system that will bring about equal
opportunities for talent identification and development.
To ensure equal access to facilities and resources, the department
will launch a new school sport cluster system throughout the
Province. At least five sport codes will be promoted in each
cluster. The development initiative in the cluster will centre on
educator and volunteer training, intra-school sport activities and
inter-school sport competition between neighbouring schools.
Cluster teams will then be selected for inter-cluster competition
as well as for linkage of selected cluster with Model C- schools
and federation activities. Funding allocations for the grassroots
approach include the following:
* Upgrading and/or construction of sport facilities for 7 EMDC
schools at a cost of R1,5m
* Provision of funding for training and capacity building for
teachers and volunteers
* Development of a skilled pool of school sport administrators,
athletes, coaches and technical officials
* Promote school sport events, competitions, services with regard
to Elite Sports and sports for "learners with special needs" LSEN),
farm schools and rural schools as well as awareness programmes in
respect of education, training and coaching
* Prioritise specific school sport codes for increased talent
identification
* R500 000 has also been set aside for the establishment of a Sport
School
* Introduce additional Hub- areas for the roll out of Siyadlala
Mass participation programme in rural, urban and informal
settlement areas.
We will increase the provision of accessible sport and recreation
facilities in communities to realise our objective of creating a
culture of structured mass participation in sport and recreational
activities in the Western Cape. We will develop and roll out
special programmes aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles for the
elderly people of the province. Other deliverables during this
current financial year include:
* Upgrading and/or building of eight sport facilities in eight
municipal districts at a cost of R3.5m
* Integrate disability sport into the mainstream sport sector
including the establishment of a Disability Sport academy with
international partners to serve the disability sport needs of the
entire Southern Africa Region as a specific sport contribution to
the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) ideal
* Through special training programmes enhance the participation of
women and girls as administrators, athletes, coaches and technical
officials into mainstream of the province's sport and recreation
sector.
With regards to 2010 I am happy to announce that we are busy
establishing Technical Task teams to finalise the provisioning of
our technical requirements as a preparatory step for the world's
greatest showpiece. In partnership with City of Cape Town through
our allocation of Building for Sport and Recreation (BSRP) we have
last week awarded a tender for the construction of an Indoor Sport
Complex to the tune of R21m at Swartklip between Khayelitsha and
Mitchell's Plain. This facility will be used as a practice venue
during the World Cup tournament. It is hoped that construction will
commence towards the end of this month.
Arts and Culture
Transformation in the Arts and Culture field was lagging in this
Province and it may have seemed an insurmountable task within this
Department.
To address this challenge, our Department hosted a Cultural
Transformation Indaba with key arts, culture and heritage
stakeholders in the Western Cape during August 2004. The purpose of
hosting the indaba was to develop a transformed policy framework
that would aid efficient, effective service delivery in the arts,
culture and heritage field. As an outflow of that process, the
department together with all relevant stakeholders is now in the
final stages of the Cultural policy review process.
The policy is aimed at:
* The review of our funding policy
* The review of the roles and responsibilities of our public
entities such as the Cultural Commission, Heritage Western Cape and
Language committee
* Ensuring that our policy is in line with the new imperatives of
government as well as improving service delivery. In this regard
the policy must be bias towards the previously disadvantaged and
promote equity.
We also intend finalising the Nobel Peace Laureate project at the
V&A Waterfront and R2 million has been set aside for this
project.
Heritage
Our department will continue to work towards the equal development
of and work closely with local authorities and local communities
and volunteers to identify those heritage resources in the Western
Cape that have, as yet, not received recognition.
Heritage Western Cape will also be requiring that the organisations
that are established to ensure the conservation of the heritage
resources in the Western Cape are registered.
The aim is to ensure that the heritage resources of the Province
are interpreted in such a manner that it will allow communities to
treasure and conserve the heritage resources of the Western Cape
for future generations.
Language
The Department's responsibility is to ensure that we promote the
three official languages of the Western Cape as they reflect our
cultural history. We are also proud to have become the first
province to launch a Provincial Language Policy in February this
year, giving equal status and recognition to all three languages of
the Western Cape.
To give effect to this we will be developing the status of IsiXhosa
by hosting isiXhosa Awareness Week from 16 to 23 June and isiXhosa
festival from 26 to 30 September 2005.
"A Literature Exhibition will also be launched to celebrate the
works of Western Cape authors who have contributed to the
development and promotion of Xhosa, Afrikaans and English
literature. This exhibition I believe will elevate the status of
the languages, especially Xhosa and promote multilingualism among
the inhabitants of the Western Cape.
Other workshops and activities aimed at promoting multi-lingualism
and other marginalised indigenous languages of the province will
also be conducted".
Enquiries: Mandla Yeki
Media Liaison Officer for MEC of Cultural Affairs, Sport and
Recreation
Tel: (021) 483 9804
Cell: 082 5533477
E-mail: myeki@pgwc.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation,
Western Cape Provincial Government
4 May 2005
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