North West Provincial Legislature to hold feedback session on Sports, Arts and Culture Sectoral Parliaments
North West Provincial Legislature will hold a feedback session on Sports Sectoral Parliament; and Arts and Culture Sectoral Parliament in the Legislature Chamber at 10h00. The MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture Hon. Tebogo Modise will give a feedback on issues raised during both Sectoral Parliaments.
In a Sectoral Parliament held in August 2013, attendees raised amongst others, the following issues; the department was requested to create a database for all cultural groups and artists according to their skills in all the service points in the province; the department should invest more on arts and culture festivals including the National Arts Festival; the department should appoint coordinators at service points who will deal directly with issues of Arts and Culture; and that the department must arrange learnership programs specifically to promote Arts and Culture.
The event will be attended by members by Members of the Provincial Legislature, different sectors ranging from theatre and drama; craft; indigenous knowledge system; dance; literature; cultural villages and museums; visual arts and language; and heritage.
Enquiries:
Namhla Luhabe
Deputy Manager: Communications
Cell: 079 527 0628
Tel: 018 392 7000
Fax: 086 695 3784
E-mail: namhla@nwpl.org.za
