News and Speeches for Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Sport
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
Media Statement: Minister Marais shines the light on after school programmes
23 October 2020As the sun set yesterday, 22 October 2020, a small gathering joined together at the Lavender Hill Shared Sport Facility to celebrate the global “Lights on Afterschool” Campaign. Read More
Media Statement: Laingsburg receives over R700 000 in sport facility funding
20 October 2020Yesterday, 19 October 2020, Minister Anroux Marais presented R717 350.00 to the Laingsburg Municipality to improve the JJ Ellis Sports Ground, catering for the codes of Netball, Rugby, Cricket, Track and Field Marathons and Read More
Media Alert: Laingsburg to receive over R700 000 in sport facility funding
19 October 2020On Monday, 19 October 2020, Minister Anroux Marais will officially present R 717 350.00 to the Laingsburg Municipality to improve the JJ Ellis Sports Ground, catering for the codes of Netball, Rugby, Cricket, Track and Field Marathons and Soccer in... Read More
Media Statement: Rocklands Community Hall declared a national heritage site
14 October 2020Following Heritage Western Cape’s submission to the South African Heritage Resource Authority, Minister Anroux Marais is happy to announce the Rocklands Community Hall has been declared a National Heritage Site. Read More
Media Statement: Minister Marais visits recently reopened museums and libraries
13 October 2020As all museums across the province have now been reopened, Minister Anroux Marais, yesterday, visited the Shipwreck Museum and the public library in Bredasdorp, as well as the Caledon Museum and Public Library in the Overberg District Municipality... Read More
Minister Marais empowers Drakenstein municipality with four new libaries
6 October 2020As we safely move forward in the sector, together with the Executive Mayor of the Drakenstein Municipality: Mr. Conrad Poole, Executive Director of Community Services: Mr. Read More
Media alert: Minister Anroux Marais to open four new libraries in Drakensten
5 October 2020As we safely move forward in the sector, together with the Drakenstein Municipality, Minister Anroux Marais will open 4 libraries in the region on Monday, 5 October 2020. 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
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 Anroux Marais' West Coast sport federation cheque handover speech
15 September 2020WESTERN CAPE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPORT, ANROUX MARAIS WEST COAST CHEQUE HANDOVER: PIKETBERG 14 SEPTEMBER 2020 Good day, goeiemore, molweni nonke, Read More
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