“It’s a ‘New Dawn’ for the National Arts Council. The new strategic realignment is guided by new goals aimed at addressing the funding needs of the arts sector and the country’s imperatives, namely creating a sustainable future for all South Africans.

The National Arts Council’s new approach is underpinned by a renewed engagement with stakeholders and rediscovering the true meaning of the agency’s legislative mandate, and guiding policies and principles.

The new strategic realignment speaks to the national government’s broader country imperatives, as set out in the National Development Plan’s vision 2030, of creating a sustainable future for all South Africans.

Improved programmatic focus aimed at ‘funding for impact’.   

Thus, Individual artists and organisations active in the disciplines of theatre, dance music, visual arts, craft and literature are to invited submit their applications for project funding."

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