Supporting the creative and cultural sector meant taking a different approach to the use of public funds for employment creation.
South Africa will mark National Reconciliation Day on 16 December 2023 to promote social cohesion, healing, unity and nation-building. This year’s focus is on the critical role played by South African citizens in advancing democracy and ensuring that their voices are heard and incorporated into daily decisions aimed at improving peoples’ lives.
The Government through the National Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in collaboration with the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government will host the 2023 BRICS Games from 18-21 October in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality as part of BRICS Chairship for 2023.
The Indigenous Games Festival (IGF) campaign aims to promote social cohesion and nation building and celebrate the country’s rich history, heritage and culture.
Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) hosts the Indigenous Games Festival event annually to showcases nine Indigenous Games commonly played in South Africa. The IGF allow us to celebrate South African’s unique diversity through sport.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Special Olympics South Africa, in a display of national unity and support, hosted an unforgettable send-off event for the 2023 National Team.
Taking place at the Deutsche Internationale Schule, this event demonstrated the collective pride and belief in our athletes, who will soon be vying for glory at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany. There they will be competing against 7000 athletes from across 180 countries.
The legendary Ladysmith Black Mambazo will kick off their SA Legacy Tour on the 24th of May at Joburg Theatre. The five time Grammy Award winning isicathamiya group,that has existed for six decades, will end their Johannesburg run on the 28th of May. Tickets are between R130.00 and R350.00 on Webtickets.
The Department of Sport, Arts & Culture in partnership with National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) are looking to recruit young people in the Creative & Cultural Industries to enter a one year National Youth Service Programme called The Young Creatives Programme, mobilising communities and engaging youth in arts and culture.
On Saturday, 18th March 2023, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture hosted an awards ceremony for the “The Social Cohesion project competition for High School Students”. “The Social Cohesion project competition for High School Students” was organized by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and the Turquoise Harmony Institute and, as part of efforts to promote social cohesion and combat discrimination and division in the country.
We as Social Cohesion Advocates are joining the global community to celebrate “International Women’s Day”. As they do so, they are still expressing that many women in Developing Countries have nothing to celebrate. Advocates are concerned that, women in Africa are still excluded from the socio-economic agenda hence poverty and many economic hardships. Poverty has a face of a woman in Africa. Women in Africa do not have a voice in social, economic, cultural and political platforms and they are poorly represented in decision-making streams.
