Appendix 6 - International Music Council

infrastructure accessible to all. This process of change will be complete by the
year 2000, and will be assisted by the resources of the NAC and Ministry.
22. Concurrent with budgetary rightsizing, and their gearing toward meeting the
imperatives of the RDP, the PACs will become playhouses. Their future
administration will be negotiated and discussed with the Provinces and NAC. The
involvement of the NAC in these negotiations will ensure that the insights of
practitioners are brought to bear on the matter.
23. This strategy involves an immediate cut of 22% in the 1996/97 subsidy to the
PACs. A proportion of funding freed from this streamlining process will be
channelled by the National Arts Council for distribution to a wider variety of
artists, cultural groups and art disciplines.
24. Eventually, as the PACs are right-sized and more funds are accessed from
Treasury through the ongoing efforts of the Ministry, the admittedly limited
public resources for the arts will be spread more widely. In this way, the existing
performing arts infrastructure is geared toward reconstruction and development,
and all forms of dance, music and theatre are recognised as legitimate components
of our cultural heritage.
61. It is impossible for government by itself to achieve the vision outlined in this
document. While government accepts that it has a major role to play, it needs to
form co-operative alliances with other partners, and facilitate their participation
with incentives where possible.
62. The Department will explore creative inter-departmental co-operation in seeking
to unlock potential public resources and expertise for the arts. For example, a
relationship with the Department of Trade and Industry may assist in the further
development of the cultural industries. Co-operation with the Department of
Environmental Affairs and Tourism, particularly in the light of Satour's
declaration of 1997 as the year of Culture and Tourism, will help to boost cultural
tourism. The advantages of co-operating with the Department of Education in
developing human resources and with the RDP in developing human resources
and infrastructure, have already been dealt with.
63. The Ministry will devise national funding policy in consultation with the relevant
provincial authorities in order to provide a provincially diverse, yet nationally
coherent arts policy. This process should resource infrastructure, projects and
practitioners. Provincial and local governments should provide funds on an
ongoing basis to ensure sustainability as well as, where possible, additional funds
for infrastructure.
64. It has been suggested that a percentage of funds raised through the proposed state
lottery be earmarked for the arts and culture. It is the Ministry's goal to access 5%
of the funds distributed through the lottery.
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