The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Gayton McKenzie, is set to host a handover ceremony to repatriate the last Zimbabwe Soapstone Bird – Chapungu – an artefact of national significance, along with ancestral remains, to the people of Zimbabwe before Zimbabwe’s Independence Day celebrations.

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), in partnership with its entity, Business and Arts South Africa (BASA), is hosting the Debut Fund Programme Catalyst Bootcamp from 9 to 11 April 2026 at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Boksburg.

The three-day bootcamp brings together emerging creatives from across South Africa and is aimed at strengthening sustainable creative enterprises through structured training and mentorship.

Government, through the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the Mpumalanga Provincial Government will host the 33rd commemoration of the late liberation struggle icon and freedom fighter, Chris Hani, on 10 April 2026 in Mpumalanga.

The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Gayton McKenzie, invites members of the media to attend the official launch of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) Clusters. The event will take place at Nirox Sculpture Park in Krugersdorp on Monday, 30 March 2026 at 11h00.

The Sport, Arts and Culture, Minister Gayton McKenzie will on Saturday, 21 March officially hand over a state-of-the-art multi-purpose sport facility and attire at Roodepan high school as part of Human Rights Day activities. 

The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) will on Monday, 16 March 2026, host the National Language Summit at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in the Western Cape.

Department of Sport, Arts and Culture invites members of the media to apply for accreditation for LIV Golf South Africa. Registration is now open for the inaugural tournament, scheduled to take place from 19 to 22 March 2026 at The Club at Steyn City in Midrand.

The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Gayton McKenzie, together with the Deputy Minister, Ms Peace Mabe, will host a media briefing on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, at Freedom Park in Pretoria.

The Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Ms Peace Mabe, will officiate the sod-turning ceremony marking the commencement of the construction of a Multipurpose Sport Facility at Straus Secondary School, 1106 Section F Ekangala, Bronkhorstspruit Gauteng, on 02 March 2026.

After considering all the sector's concerns, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has decided to extend the deadline for the 2026/27 MGE open call.