News and Speeches for Sport and Recreation
Cape Winelands sport federations boosted by funding handover
13 April 2021On Monday, 12 April 2021, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport embarked on the first of six ceremonial cheque handovers, where funding is handed over to sporting federations across the province. Read More
Provincial Sporting Achievers Honoured at Sport Awards
24 March 2021On Tuesday, 23 March the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) hosted a smaller version of its Annual Sport Awards. Read More
DCAS encourages support for women in sport
9 March 2021The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport invited women to participate in a hybrid event, in which various topics facing women in the sporting industry were discussed. Read More
Minister Marais to present netball facility funding to municipalities
4 March 2021As we gear up to host the 2023 Netball World Cup in the Western Cape, Minister Anroux Marais will officially present ceremonial cheques to municipalities to upgrade netball facilities in their respective regions. Read More
DCAS-supported sport climbing event sees two qualify for Tokyo Olympics
21 December 2020South Africa’s best male and female climber are headed to Tokyo in 2021 after qualifying for Olympic Games at a Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport-supported event in Cape Town over the weekend. Read More
DCAS-supported Dressage Championships hosted in Stellenbosch
14 December 2020The Western Cape Dressage Championships took place at the Stellenbosch Riding Club from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 December 2020. Read More
DCAS supported Black Powder Championships hits the bullseye
16 November 2020The resumption of sport in the Western Cape continued successfully this weekend as the annual Black Powder Shooting South African National Championships was hosted at the Atlantis Military Shooting range. Read More
Cape’s best junior sprint paddlers compete at DCAS-supported event
16 November 2020Some of the Western Cape’s best junior sprint paddlers received an experience boost over the weekend when they competed in the in the Kayak Sprint competition at the Paarl Canoe Club on Saturday, 14 November 2020. Read More
DCAS supported Freedom Paddle takes place safely
26 October 2020The third annual Freedom Paddle took place in Table Bay on Saturday 24 October 2020, with 250 paddlers from around the Western Cape taking part. The surski race usually takes place on Freedom Day, 27 April, but was postponed this year due to the... Read More
Overberg sports clubs encouraged to resume service to their communities
1 October 2020The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) completed its annual sport funding cycle on Wednesday, when the last of six cheque handover ceremonies took place in the Overberg town of Swellendam. Read More
Minister Marais financially supports WC sport federations with over R6.3m
1 October 2020Sports clubs and federations in the Western Cape will be able to safely resume their activities following an investment of R6 356 450 by the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS). Read More
Cape Town sport to resume safely following DCAS funding allocations
30 September 2020Sports clubs and federations in Cape Town will be able to safely resume their activities following an investment of just over R2.3 million rand by the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS). Read More
Importance of sport and recreation highlighted as DCAS invests in Cape Winelands
29 September 2020The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) invested just over R1 000 000 into the promotion and development of sport in the Cape Winelands on Monday, 28 September 2020, marked by a cheque handover ceremony held in Fran Read More
First of six cheque handovers boosts West Coast sport federations
15 September 2020The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, through its Sport Promotion Directorate, has embarked on cheque handovers across the various districts in order to support sporting federations in their re-opening of the sector. Read More
Over R600 000 presented to West Coast sport federations as sector reopens
15 September 2020Alert Level 2 Regulations now allow for the resumption of sporting activities, including professional and non-professional matches, authorised by recognised sporting bodies, subject to the following: Read More
Capitec donates food parcels to MOD coaches and learners across the province
7 July 2020Yesterday, 6 July 2020, Minister Anroux Marais accepted Capitec's generous donation of food parcels to our MOD and Neighbouring Schools Programme coaches a Read More
Media alert: Minister Marais to open new multipurpose fields in Khayelitsha
27 February 2020Tomorrow, Friday 28 February 2020, Minister Anroux Marais will officially open the new multipurpose fields, funded by the Gary Kirsten Foundation and Multichoice, at Chris Hani Arts and Culture High School in Khayelitsha. Read More
Minister Marais encourages young riders to participate in Cape Roleur Prologue
10 February 2020HotChillee is once again inviting young riders from across the Western Cape to compete at the Cape Rouleur Young Rider Prologue, which takes place in Franschhoek on 1 March 2020. Read More
Minister Marais to engage on Eden’s 2019/20 sporting spend
21 January 2020Tomorrow, 22 January 2020, Minister Anroux Marais will attend the Eden Trilateral Agreement Feedback engagements in George. Read More
DCAS Neighbourhood Development Programme wins big at Service Excellence Awards
5 December 2019The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) was recognised at the annual Western Cape Premier’s Service Excellence Awards once again on Wednesday 4 December 2019, as a programme run out of the Read More
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