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10 April 2006

Dr Z Pallo Jordan, the Minister of Arts and Culture, is embarking on Izimbizo during the period 6 – 13 April. In this round of Izimbizo the Minister is engaging with the visual arts sector; and he will be hosting an Imbizo in the city of Durban for the first time. The Ministry is collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders to make this Imbizo a reality. Among them are Visual Arts South Africa (VANSA); The Playhouse in KwaZulu-Natal and the Afrika Arts Centre in Kwa-Mashu.

The programme follows:
10/04: 15:00-17:00: Good-hope Gallery, The Castle, Cape Town, Western Cape: Visual Artists
12/04: 11: 00-13:30: Ekhaya Multi-Arts Centre, Kwa-Mashu, KwaZulu-Natal: Arts practitioners including community members
13/04: 10:30 – 13:00: Drama Theatre, Playhouse, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: Arts practitioners

The media as well as arts and culture practitioners are invited to attend.

Background

The period 6 – 13 April is National Imbizo Focus Week. This means that all Government Ministers at national and provincial level are involved in intensified public interactions across the country. The theme is “Age of Hope: A national effort for faster and shared growth.” Thus the Imbizo is also a call to the arts community to participate in a partnership to implement the government’s Programme of Action, by bringing national, provincial and local government together in interaction with communities. This is part of government efforts to enhance community participation and also to make government more responsive to development needs. Imbizo are an opportunity to:

* Make government services more accessible to those who have to benefit from them;
* Consolidate existing stakeholder partnerships for accelerated and faster delivery to the benefit of communities, and ensures that government
* Keeps in touch with communities to monitor effective and faster development.

Enquiries:
Sandile Memela
Cell: 082 800 3750

Issued by: Department of Arts and Culture
10 April 2006