department, arts, culture, south, africa, department, arts, culture, until, 2019, department, south, african, government, responsible, promoting, supporting, developing, protecting, arts, culture, heritage, south, africa, heritage, sites, museums, monuments, c. The Department of Arts and Culture was until 2019 a department of the South African government It was responsible for promoting supporting developing and protecting the arts culture and heritage of South Africa The heritage sites museums and monuments of the country also resided under this ministry The political head of the department was the Minister of Arts and Culture In June 2019 the department was merged with Sport and Recreation South Africa to form a new Department of Sports Arts and Culture 1 Department of Arts and CultureList 10 other official names Departement van Kuns en Kultuur Afrikaans UmNyango wezoBukghwari namaSiko Southern Ndebele Isebe lezoBuchule kunyeNkcubeko Xhosa umnyango wezobuCiko namaSiko Zulu Litiko leteBuciko neMasiko Swazi Kgoro ya Botaki le Khaltsharai Northern Sotho Lefapha la Bonono le Setso Sotho Kgoro e e mabapi le Botaki le Setso Tswana Ndzawulo ya swa Vuxongi na Mindhavuko Tsonga Muhasho wa zwa Vhutsila na Mvelele Venda Logo of the departmentDepartment overviewJurisdictionGovernment of South AfricaHeadquarters202 Madiba Street Pretoria Central Pretoria Gauteng25 44 46 S 28 12 12 E 25 74611 S 28 20333 E 25 74611 28 20333Employees385 2018 Ministers responsibleNathi Mthethwa Minister of Arts and CultureMaggie Sotyu Deputy Minister of Arts and CultureDepartment executiveVusumuzi Mkhize Director GeneralChild DepartmentNational Archives of South AfricaWebsitewww dac gov zaSee also editCulture ministerReferences edit President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments Press release The Presidency 14 June 2019 Retrieved 7 August 2020 External links editDepartment of Arts and Culture nbsp This article about South African government is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Department of Arts and Culture South Africa amp oldid 1215367202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,