News and Speeches for Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport
Minister Meyer to Visit National Neighbourhood Street Soccer Programme
11 May 2011On Thursday, 12 May 2011, Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, will be visiting the National Neighbourhood Street Soccer Programme in Grassy Park. Read More
Bicentennial of the Establishment of the Town of George
10 May 2011Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight and for giving me the opportunity to speak to you as we celebrate a truly momentous occasion, one that obviously only comes along once every 200 years. Read More
Minister Meyer at the Launch of National Archives Week
8 May 2011Good morning, and welcome to the Provincial Archives. During my first few weeks as Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape, I made a point of visiting the Archives, as without them our history would be forgotten. Read More
Media Alert: Minister Meyer to Launch National Archives Week
8 May 2011On Monday, 9 May 2011, Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape, will be launching National Archives Week at the Western Cape Provincial Archives on Roeland Street. Read More
Safe Cycling Breakfast Speech
22 April 2011Sport is as synonymous with South Africa as is the acceptance that we are a major international tourism destination. When people see Table Mountain, they remember the Springboks, Bafana Bafana and the Proteas. Read More
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport Expresses Condolences on the Passing of Duke Ngcukana
19 April 2011A son to the grandfather of jazz in Cape Town, Christopher "Columbus" Ngcukana and the eldest to the Ngcukana brothers including the late Ezra Ngcukana, a trumpeter and a mathematician, Duke Ngcukana was born in Langa township in 1947. Read More
Media Alert: Upper-Austrian Brass Band to Play in Western Cape
14 April 2011The Upper-Austrian Band will be visiting the Western Cape from 16 to 20 April 2011 as part of the formal cultural exchange between the provinces of the Western Cape and Upper-Austria. Read More
Opening of the 2011 International Ice Hockey Championships
10 April 2011Without sport, an education is incomplete, a life is unbalanced and a body is not challenged. Read More
Dr Ivan Meyer Delivers Speech at District Six Museum
5 April 2011The Important Role of Museums in Our Communities Read More
Khayelitsha Mountain Climbers Conquer Kilimanjaro
5 April 2011The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) has welcomed Loyiso Koyana and Luwanda Mxosana, two mountain climbers from Khayelitsha, back to Cape Town at the Cape Town International Airport. Read More
Dr Ivan Meyer Visits the District Six Museum
4 April 2011Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, delivering speech at the District Six Museum Read More
Media Alert: Minister Meyer to Visit District Six Museum
4 April 2011On Wednesday, 6 April 2011, Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape, will be visiting the District Six Museum where he will also discuss the importance of the role of museums in communities. Read More
Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport: Budget Speech 2011/2012 (Vote 13)
22 March 2011Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport: Budget Speech 2011/2012 (Vote 13) Read More
Launch of National Library Week
13 March 2011"In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you." This was written by Mortimer Jerome Adler born in 1902, an American author and philosopher. Read More
Condolences on the Death of Vernie Petersen, DG of Sport and Recreation South Africa
26 February 2011It is with a great sense of sadness that the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS), senior management and staff note the sad passing of Vernie Petersen, Director General of the National Department of Sport and Recreation. Read More
International Mother Language Day
22 February 2011From the very first to the last moments of our lifespan, through generations and on all continents, language forms part of our daily existence and that is but only one of the reasons why we are inviting you to celebrate International Mother Language... Read More
Annual Cultural Awards
17 February 2011Arts, Culture, Heritage, Language, Libraries, Museums and Archives - these are the fibres of the fabric that define our identity, the practices that create images from words, and the services, which preserve the history of our origins, development... Read More
Western Cape Cultural Awards 2011 Speech
10 February 2011Good evening, and welcome to the 2011 Western Cape Cultural Awards. Read More
Music Development, Promotion and Preservation
3 January 2011"The fact that music can express the invisible; the ineffable makes it a particularly rich form of creativity - this mysterious and unique capacity to express. What other art forms cannot do gives it both endless potential and an intense sensitivity. Read More
Database for the Deaf Community
16 December 2010In an attempt to implement the Western Cape Language Policy and with specific reference to the promotion of South African Sign Language, the Department of Cultural Affairs has to liaise with several organisations, schools, societies and associations... Read More
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