Hon. Speaker, Madam Premier, Hon. Members of the House, and Guests of the House… The report tabled by the Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture Portfolio Committee today shows nothing more than the blatant disregard that the department has for this House of Parliament, each one of the members sitting here, the ruling party of this [...]

Cupido said it was “a sad state of affairs when the department can’t help an iconic facility such as Bayworld but sees fit to spend millions on cooldrinks or bottled water at up to four times their cost without blinking”. THE Eastern Cape Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Department has spent nearly R10-million on workshops [...]

When sitting down to write my speech for today’s debate, I found myself in a bit of a quagmire. Do I talk about the facts and the figures, like that fact that the Democratic Alliance welcomes the 8.64% increase in Cultural Affairs and the 44.67% increase in Library and Information Services.

 Three months ago I started my speech in this house with the fact that there was 279 days left until the beginning of the Soccer World Cup. As we stand here today there are just over 180 days left. Yet it seems as though not much has happened as far as the lobbying for the [...]