Themba WakasheDirector - General

Department of Arts and Culture

2009 / 10 DIVISION OF

REVENUE BILL

PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

NCOP

3 MARCH 2009

Overview of 2009 MTEF allocations

ProvincesEastern Cape

Free State

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

Northern Cape

North West

Western Cape

2009/1055,515

40,315

46,043

34,147

55,956

55,956

58, 820

52,872

40,976

2010/1162,240

45,197

51,619

38,280

62,733

62,733

65,943

59,275

45,938

2011/1265,974

47,909

54,716

40,579

66,497

66,497

69,900

62,832

48,694

Total 440, 600 493,960 523,598

Key Outcomes for the 2009 MTEF

• Promoting a Culture of Reading• Libraries and social cohesion – shared family

activities • Address severe disparities between poor rural and

urban communities • Libraries and IT – connectivity in rural areas can

bridge digital divide - Dinaledi schools Project• Publishing in Indigenous languages – launch of

the African literature catalogue

LIBRARY TRANSFORMATION CHARTER

• All inclusive consultative forums held in each of the nine provinces

• Fourth Draft Charter to be presented to Arts & Culture MINMEC

• Charter presented to Minister of Education on 16 Feb 2009

• Further consultations with portfolio committees, SALGA, and DPLG to be arranged.

INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES

• Need for supply of literature in all official languages, especially for young readers

• NLSA driving process to identify indigenous language publications and to reprint African language classics

• Minister launched 27 titles of reprinted African Literary Classics on 17 February 2009.

PRIORITIES FOR 2009 -2010: PROVINCIAL

• Increased books and reading material (esp. for younger readers)

• Upgrading & construction of library buildings• Appointment of more staff; extensions of

contracts• ICT – New integrated library management system;

PRIORITIES FOR DAC

• Construction of a model library in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape

• Facilitate the planning and building of two libraries in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

• Cooperation with correctional services regarding youth at risk

• Publishing in indigenous languages• Cooperation with Arts, Social Development

regarding the production of tactile books.

PREPARATIONS AND PLANNING FOR 2009 - 2010

• DAC coordinated the development of business plans for 2009/10

• Draft business plans submitted to DAC and to National Treasury

• Final business plans to be submitted to Treasury by 27 March 2009

• Technical Assistance Unit and Project Team provides ongoing support to provinces

Conditional Grants: 2008/2009                

 

E C F S Gt KZN L MP N C N W WC Total

R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000

April '08 9,252 5,322 0 3,171 9,573 3,600 13,625 8,112 388 53,043

July '08 11,024 11,328 21,034 13,67713,28

5 14,575 16,387 16,706 8,821 126,837

October '08 13,637 7,621 7,385 6,623

12,835 17,004 9,911 9,823 7,954 92,793

January '09 8,675 6,656 6,902 2,724 7,233 7,747 5,200 5,919 14,271 65,327

Roll-Overs (07/08) 199 5,478 286 683 6,646

Total 42,588 31,126 35,321 26,19548,40

4 43,212 45,806 40,560 31,434 344,646

EXPENDITURE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 2008 FOR THE 2008/09 FINANCIAL YEAR

ProvincesTransfer: National

Office Receipt of Transfer by ProvinceSpent by

Province % Spent up to Dec. 2008

  R'000 R'000 R'000 %

Eastern Cape 33, 963 33, 963 20, 617 60. 7%

Free State 24, 271 24, 271 12, 076 49.7%

Gauteng 28, 419 28, 419 31, 673 111.4%

KwaZulu-Natal 23, 471 23, 471 16, 160 68.8%

Limpopo 38, 432 38, 432 32, 307 84.0%

Mpumalanga 35, 179 35, 179 14, 716 41.8%

Northern Cape 39, 923 39, 923 22, 317 55.9%

North West 34, 641 34, 641 22, 482 64.9%

Western Cape 17, 163 17, 163 15, 410 89.7%

         

TOTAL 275, 462 275, 462 187, 758 68.1%

Incorrect Format: Eastern Cape

Achievements to date: Provinces

• Improved coordination / relations between provinces and municipalities

• 360 professional and support staff appointed• One integrated library management system to be rolled-out

to six provinces• Infrastructure upgradings (60 libraries upgraded) • New facilities are being planned• Quality of reading materials improving (esp. reference

materials and indigenous languages)• Creative outreach programmes implemented, e.g. NW &

NC (container libraries and mobile libraries)

Achievements to date: National• Focused attention on visually impaired – DAISY

project (3 provinces working with SA Library for the Blind)

• Republication of African Literature Classics• National architectural student competition to

design a model library completed• Library Transformation Charter – consultations

completed• Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity increased

(new directorate established)

MAJOR CHALLENGES

• Staff turn-over v/s skills shortages

• Delays in concluding SLAs with municipalities – still Schedule 5 problems

• Supply Chain Management issues – esp. in relation to procurement of books and reading material

• Infrastructure-related problems – tenders; Public Works and maintenance

WAY FORWARD

• National Tender for database of service providers for books and reading material

• Infrastructure Project Management Support (National Treasury TAU)

• 3 M&E specialists appointed by DAC• New “South African Public and Community Libraries Bill

(Norms and standards)” – to be passed & implemented before conditional grant can be folded into the equitable share

• Investigation into training at a national level underway

ThankThankYouYou