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Department: Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture%uf0b7 Social cohesion, moral regeneration, Community Safety and GBVF %uf0b7 Infrastructure, Human settlements, and broadband %uf0b7 Inclusive Economic Growth %uf0b7 Non-Communicable Diseases, mental health, and social determinants of health %uf0b7 Youth development, skills development, and training. The department will continue to fund projects with a view to contribute towards the attainment of Social Cohesion and safe communities. Recreation and Arts & Culture programmes will be utilised to make a positive impact on the escalating abuse of substances like drugs and alcohol especially by the youth. The department will reprioritise spending that stimulates economic growth and the achievement of greater value for money in realising service delivery priorities. Implementation of a civics education programme (building patriotism, responsible citizenship, respect for the rule of law and virtue) will be prioritised. The department will expand creative industry support through digital platforms, accelerate implementation of geographic name changes (in line with the Home of Legends campaign), deliver centenary programmes and celebration of national and provincial days. Furthermore, the department will look at the renovation of arts centres and museums so to enhance them as centres of activity in community engagements. Another area of focus will be the upgrading of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems to always guarantee an uncompromised business continuity. Aligning departmental budgets to achieve government%u2019s prescribed outcomes The delivery of sport, recreation, arts, culture, and heritage services can be linked to Focus Area %u201cSocial Cohesion and safer communities%u201d with its related five outcomes which are the following: fostering Constitutional values; Equal opportunities, inclusion and redress; promoting social cohesion through increased interaction across space and class; Promoting active citizenry and leadership; fostering social compacts. 2 REVIEW OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR (2024/25) Key achievements To enhance operation in arts centres, the maintenance works in Thombo and Emaxesibeni Arts Centres have been completed, and the Culturama Campsite renovations was completed in July 2024. Refurbishment & Renovations to the Uitenhage (Railway station) museum in still in progress and the renovations and alteration at Fort Beaufort Museum have been completed in October 2024. The Departmental ICT unit has continued to build a strong foundation for its services by successfully addressing a significant number of requests, by resolving 2 475 out of 2 532 requests (97.1%) for support related to the 8 x Local Area Networks sites, service desk request, and system functions related services. In support to municipalities, additional funding, in 2024/25 and over the 2024 MTEF was allocated mainly for the library function in municipalities. The department has managed to transfer funds to 16 local municipalities and the South African Library for the Blind (SALB). In providing funding to cultural and heritage organizations, the department supported 20 provinceaided museums with their annual subsidies, and this has enabled them to operational efficiency. Museums were able to improve their services to meet the demand of their clients particularly learners who wrote their examinations. The department supported cultural institutions with modern state of the art equipment as museums continue to provide online access through virtual tours of their facilities offered through the Internet via their Facebook accounts and on YouTube. 814