The Northern Cape Department of Sport, Arts and Culture together with its National counterpart will be conducting a consultative workshop on a draft Policy on Women in Sport. The consultative work will be conducted Wednesday, 11 October 2023 at McGregor Museum in Kimberley in the Frances Baard District. Its intended to solicit inputs from various
The Khoisan communities, !Xun and Khwe living at Platfontein outside Kimberley in the Northern Cape will be granted opportunity to showcase their rich cultural heritage during 2023 Northern Cape Provincial Heritage Day celebrations. The celebrations will be held at Platfontein Sports Ground on Monday 25 September 2023. The day will be celebrated under the theme
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and the South African Geographical Names Council assures that all South Africans have the right to play their part in ensuring that the names of places they live in reflect the languages, natural and cultural heritage of the people of South Africa. The SAGNC continues to encourage all
Northern Cape Provincial Government will commemorate the 2023 Provincial Women’s Day at Port Nolloth Sport Stadium in the Richtersveld Local Municipality in Namakwa District. As part of redressing socio-economic empowerment of women, the Provincial Government will hand out business startup packages to two hundred women owned enterprises from across Namakwa District. The commemoration will be
The National Archives and Records Services of South Africa together with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture will be hosting National Archives Awareness Week from Monday, 05 until Friday, 09 June 2023. The awareness week will be celebrated at various venues in Kimberley and its surroundings within the Frances Baard District. The event
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture is excited by honour of the Order of Mendi Award in Silver Posthumously bestowed to its late official Mr. Kgomotso Thomas for Bravery. His Excellency Honourable President Cyril Ramaphosa decided to honour the late Thomas (ph) with the Order of Mendi for Bravery in Silver for his
The MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture Ms. Desery Fienies will unveil the Olihile Whynie Manong Sport Exhibition at the Duggan-Cronin Gallery on Wednesday 05 October 2022 at 18h00. The exhibition themed "Honouring the forgotten Sporting Heroes" details of how the majority of black sportsmen and women were denied access to sporting
Northern Cape Department of Sport, Arts and Culture together with the Credo Mutwa Foundation will be unveiling a memorial in honour of the legendary Sanusi Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa at Magojaneng Cemetery on Saturday, 23 July 2022. The ceremony will be followed by a commemoration of Credo Mutwa's life at his Homestead at Magojaneng Village, Kuruman
The year 2022 marks 46th Anniversary of the 1976 Student uprising which is commemorated annually as Youth Day in South Africa. On this day ,students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. They
The Northern Cape Provincial Government will commemorate 2022 Human Rights Day by honouring members of the Khoe community who were killed by the Boers during 1902 Leliefontein Massacre. The massacre occurred on 31 January at the Leliefontein Methodist mission station in Kamiesberg Municipality in Namakwa District. According to research Boer leader Manie Maritz killed over 35 members of the Khoe community