News and Speeches for Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Sport
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
Minister Marais mourns the loss of humanitarian and activist Dr Anwah Nagia
29 September 2020The Western Cape has lost another great voice with the passing of Dr Anwah Nagia. Dr Nagia committed his life to the telling and preserving of the stories of those people who suffered under the oppression of the apartheid system. Read More
Heritage Western Cape declares five new Provincial Heritage sites
29 September 2020As we reach the end of Heritage Month in South Africa, the Heritage Western Cape Council has approved the classification of five sites in the province as Provincial Heritage Sites (PHS). 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
DCAS supports District Six museum with over R330 000 relief funding
23 September 2020The unprecedented actions taken to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the complete lockdown of museums across the country since 23 March 2020 until 6 July 2020, after which they could apply to the national Minister of Sports,... Read More
Minister Marais launches volume two of After School Treasure Box
22 September 2020On Monday, 21st September 2020, Minister Anroux Marais was warmly welcomed to Thembani Primary School in Langa for the launch of the second volume of the Read More
Minister Marais mourns the loss of champion for language and human rights
21 September 2020The passing of Danny Titus, former CEO of the ATKV and part-time commissioner of the SA Human Rights Commission, has left our country poorer in many aspects, as he was a true champion in promoting language, as well as his important work as part of... Read More
DCAS relief funding enables museums to safely move forward
17 September 2020The unprecedented actions taken to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the complete lockdown of museums across the country since 23 March 2020 until 6 July 2020, after which they could apply to the national Minister of Sports,... 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
Minister Marais mourns the loss of Gawie Fagan
15 September 2020The Western Cape architectural and heritage landscape has lost a great voice with the passing of Gawie Fagan. 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
Minister Marais mourns with Bonteheuwel over the loss of beloved Flori Skrikker
14 September 2020It is with great sadness that Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Sport heard of the passing of the legendary “Auntie Flori” Skrikker from Bonteheuwel over the weekend. Read More
Minister Marais visits reopened libraries during National Book Week
9 September 2020As we celebrate National Book Week, Minister Anroux Marais, together with City of Cape Town’s Mayco Member for Community Services and Health, Dr. Zahid Badroodien, visited Brackenfell and Belville libraries on Monday, both open to the public on a... Read More
First of its kind online National Book Week to be launched on Monday
4 September 2020National Book Week, the Western Cape Library Service's second longest running reading awareness week, is heading online this year. Read More
Minister Marais welcomes the re-opening of Archives and Record Service
31 August 2020Following the President’s address and the Alert Level 2 Regulations gazetted by the Department of Co-operative Governance, provided that all mandatory health protocols are in place, the National Department has now granted permission for the Western... Read More
As sector reopens, Minister Marais visited Togryers museum to engage on readines
27 August 2020Yesterday, Minister Anroux Marais visited the Togryers Museum in Ceres, one of the many museums reopened across the province following national government’s approval of their compliance to the mandatory health protocols now to be instituted. Read More
Minister Marais donates 1700 facemasks to the Greater Tygerberg Partnership
21 August 2020Yesterday, Minister Anroux Marais handed over 1700 face masks to The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) who have been proactively assisting the Bellville community during the Covid-19 lockdown period. Read More
Minister Marais welcomes re-opening of cultural affairs and sports sector
20 August 2020Following the President’s address and the Alert Level 2 Regulations gazetted by the Department of Co-operative Governance, provided that all mandatory health protocols are in place, the following restrictions have now been lifted in the cultural... Read More
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