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Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport - Public Information: I

General information publications, listed alphabetically. These documents are also placed under the relevant life events and categories in Your Life and Topics.
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Impact Assessment Committee: IACOM

Initiation

The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) promotes safe and healthy initiation through its initiation guidelines, the development of appropriate infrastructure at initiation sites and by involving custodians throughout the province. It also draws on the intellectual capacity of cultural and medical practitioners. 

Initiation Protocol and Guidelines

Initiation Radio Advertisement

Initiation Rites in Perspective

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Insider's View

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The Insider's View is a publication that sketches out functions performed behind the scenes at the Provincial Library Service of the Western Cape. This publication seeks to deliver a better understanding of the functions and responsibilities of the different units within the directorate. This will create a clear understanding and appreciation of the work performed by this directorate.

Inventories, Grading and Interpretation Committee (IGIC) (HWC)

Invited athletes for Notable Achievers function

Isishweshwe Background

Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport will be launching the isiShweshwe travelling exhibition on Thursday, 25 September 2014 at the Lwandle Museum in the Western Cape as part of the 2014 Heritage Month celebrations.

The exhibition consists of 10 panels and 12 dolls dressed in isiShweshwe fabric 9Various designs).  It traces the history of isiShweshwe, and its indigo print cloth predecessors, and celebrates the richness of the ways that it is used in contemporary dress in South Africa. 

isiXhosa Terminology Booklet

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isiXhosa Terminology Development