Provide an enabling environment for the sport, arts, and culture sector by developing, transforming, preserving, protecting and promoting sport, arts and culture at all levels of participation to foster an active, winning, creative and socially cohesive nation.
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture is mandated to: provide leadership to the sport, arts and culture sectors to accelerate their transformation; oversee the development and management of sport, arts and culture in South Africa; legislate on sports participation, sports infrastructure and safety; improve South Africa’s international ranking in selected sports in partnership with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee; preserve, develop, protect and promote the cultural, heritage and linguistic diversity and legacy of South Africa; lead nation building and social cohesion through social transformation; enhance archives and records management structures and systems; and promote access to information. The department derives its mandate from the following legislation: • the Heraldry Act (1962) • the Culture Promotion Act (1983) • the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (1996) • the Legal Deposit Act (1997) • the National Film and Video Foundation Act (1997) • the National Sport and Recreation Act (1998) • the Cultural Institutions Act (1998) • the South African Geographical Names Council Act (1998) • the National Heritage Resources Act (1999) • the Cultural Laws Second Amendment Act (2001) • the National Council for Library and Information Services Act (2001) • the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (2010) • the Use of Official Languages Act (2012).
The Estimates of National Expenditure (ENE) is a book published along with the tabling of the budget for the new financial year.
A department's programmes are the activities that it spends money on during the financial year. Different programmes have different budgets, depending on their objectives and available budgets. More detail on the programmes is available in the department's Estimates of National Expenditure documents.
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In addition to exploring the department budget by programmes, the budget is classified according to Economic Classification.
The Economic Classification of a department's expenditure distinguishes between various categories of current expenditure and capital expenditure. The purpose of the economic classification is to categorise transactions according to type of object or input, such as compensation of employees or capital assets.
This visualisation highlights how many categories of expenditure there are for this department at Economic Classification level 4, and which ones are the biggest. year -- 2023-24
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The Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure (AENE) is a book published along with the tabling of the adjusted budget.
These charts show changes to the spending plans originally published in the Estimates of National Expenditure. Details of these changes are published in the Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure.
Special appropriations are not included in the Adjustments Appropriation. Special appropriations passed before the adjusted budget are included in the dataset.
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Budgeted and actual expenditure for a department can increase or decrease from year to year. Changes in expenditure can follow shifts in departmental activities, priorities, efficiencies, and the price of goods and services over time.
The chart shows the department's latest available historical expenditure for past years, and planned expenditure for the current year and medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) years.
The phase used for each year is shown below:
Compare the adjusted appropriation to the main appropriation to see whether changes were made in the adjustments budget to the appropriations set out in the budget. The audited outcome shows what was actually spent.
Note: Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund are excluded.
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