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Department: Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture

9.3 Training

Table 26: Information on training

Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change
appropriation appropriation
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 from 2022/23

Number of staff 1 029 1 044 1 112 999 999 999 1 449 1 449 1 449 45.0

Number of personnel trained 318 310 311 280 280 280 290 303 303 3.6
of which

Male 157 150 150 130 130 130 140 146 146 7.7

Female 161 160 161 150 150 150 150 157 157 0.0

Number of training opportunities 97 40 100 107 107 107 97 101 101 (9.3)
of which
Tertiary 17 17 18 25 25 25 25 26 26 0.0
Workshops 68 22 70 70 70 70 70 73 73 0.0
Seminars 12 1 12 12 12 12 2 2 2 (83.3)
Other – – – – – – – – –
Number of bursaries offered 108 78 120 80 80 80 80 84 84 0.0
Number of interns appointed 58 64 70 70 70 70 70 73 73 0.0
Number of learnerships appointed 20 – – – – – – – –
Number of days spent on training 360 120 400 120 120 120 130 136 136 8.3
Payments on training by programme

1. Administration 1 768 2 697 2 200 2 400 2 400 2 385 2 500 2 612 2 729 4.8

2. Cultural Affairs 102 – 150 50 50 50 100 104 109 100.0
3. Library And Archives Services 507 – 250 300 300 300 400 418 437 33.3

4. Sport And Recreation 537 382 350 800 800 796 820 857 895 3.0

Total payments on training 2 914 3 079 2 950 3 550 3 550 3 531 3 820 3 991 4 170 8.2
Table 26 above shows the department’s expenditure on training. Expenditure increases from
R2.914 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of R3.531 million in 2022/23 financial year. The increase
was due to the training of new employees in programmes that include induction in the public service.
Expenditure on training will increase by 8.2 per cent in 2023/24 to R3.820 million because of the need to
accommodate training of new library personnel who will be hired to operationalise the new libraries. These
include induction and other forms of training. Other training interventions of the department are done and
paid for by the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority
(CATHSSETA) and Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (PALAMA). These are

institutions which specialise on training for the public service.

Programme 1: Administration

The Department strives to create an environment of diversity in the workplace and take ownership of the

obligations of the Employment Equity Act, 55 of 1998. The goal is to achieve an integrated diverse
workforce where gender and disability equity are placed at the paramount of the transformation process.

Job access programme for the recruitment, employment, and retention of people with disabilities within
the Department. Continue with the gender equality and Women Empowerment programme and
additionally to it, is the youth in general. General assistants that have been identified and put through a

learnership programme have yielded good results, where 2 per cent of them have been appointed to better
level of occupation.

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