Category Archives: Media Releases

MEDIA ADVISORY ATTENTION: ALL JOURNALISTS AND NEWS EDITORS MINISTER MTHETHWA AND DEPUTY MINISTER MAFU BRIEF THE MEDIA ON THE PRESIDENTIAL EMPLOYMENT STIMULUS PROGRAMME (PESP) FORENSIC INVESTIGATION REPORT The Minister and Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa and Nocawe Mafu, invite the media to a briefing where the National Arts Council of South […]

MEDIA STATEMENT ATTENTION: ALL JOURNALISTS AND NEWS EDITORS NAC presents Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme Forensic Investigation to Sport, Arts and Culture Minister and Deputy Minister Today, the National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) presented its independent Forensic Report on the Presidential Employment Stimulus Package (PESP) to the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Minister […]

MEDIA ADVISORY 05 APRIL 2021 THE AFRICAN EXPERTS’ VIRTUAL MEETING ON SITES OF MEMORY AND WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION IN AFRICA AND INTER-MINISTERIAL MEETING In line with the declaration of the year, 2021 as the year for Arts, Culture, and Heritage at the 33rd African Union Summit of Heads of States and Governments, the Government of […]

 Today the National Arts Council held its first industry briefing since its appointment to Council on 1 January 2021. The purpose of the briefing was to appraise the arts, culture and heritage sector, particularly the leaders of various industry organisations and industry arts practitioners, on the progress Council has made in resolving and expediting the […]

Today, the Council of the National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) has given management the go ahead to proceed with the disbursement of the PESP grants to successful and published beneficiaries who had signed their contracts and are fully compliant with all the legislative requirement and National Treasury regulations. Since assuming its tenure, which […]

The new 18 member Council took tenure at the beginning of January 2021. The Council takes over from the previous Council as the NAC is busy completing the Presidential Employment Stimulus Package (PESP) of R300 million, which commenced in October 2020 as a response to the Covid 19 pandemic. The Council is cognisant of the […]

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, together with the Provincial Government of Gauteng, represented by the office of the Premier and the Provincial Department of Arts, Culture and Recreation, on 18 December, met with the appointed liquidators, Tugendhaft Wapnick Banchetti & Partners. The meeting was to find an amicable solution to the management of […]

Each year, in December, South Africa marks Reconciliation Month Commemoration to advance amongst many reason the promotion of Nation Building and Social Cohesion. Government through the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) and Presidency will commemorate virtually the National Reconciliation day on, Wednesday 16 December 2020. The 2020 virtual Reconciliation day will be commemorated […]

The Presidency has made a special employment stimulus programme available to the sector to disburse via the National Arts Council and the National Film and Video Foundation. The Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) is geared towards employment creation and retention initiatives for artists, creatives, heritage sector workers and cultural workers. This includes (but is not […]