MZANZI - Overview
Government commitment envisages the
creation of 5 million jobs over the next 10
years by:
• Identifying areas where employment
creation is possible on a large scale,
as a result of substantial changes in
conditions in South Africa and globally.
• Developing a policy package to
facilitate employment creation in these
areas, above all through:
• A
comprehensive
drive
to
enhance both social equity and
competitiveness;
• Systemic changes to mobilise
domestic
investment
around
activities
that
could
create
sustainable employment;
• Strong social dialogue to focus all
stakeholders on encouraging growth
in employment-creating activities.
• The 2011 National Consultative
Summit provided a revised strategy
and plan, including new large-scale
interventions to:
• reinforce the Arts, Culture and Heritage
(ACH) Sector as an economic growth
sector, and
• introduce programmes that contribute
to large-scale employment.
The approach is:
• General continuity and the introduction
of new initiatives that, build on and
expand existing initiatives as far as
possible;
• Skills development for excellence and
high performance in the ACH Sector;
• Large-scale interventions aimed at
optimising growth and the employment
potential of the Sector;
• Expansion and coordination of supply
and demand in the Sector;
• Monitoring and evaluation to guide
investment and coordination of current
and future resources for the sector.
• The following is a list of the largescale projects/work streams of Mzansi
Golden Economy (MGE), as a strategic
response:
• Cultural events,
• Touring Ventures,
• Legacy projects,
• Cultural precincts,
• Public Art,
• Art Bank,
• Sourcing enterprise/information
centres,
• National Academy for Cultural &
Creative Industries of SA (NaCISA),
• Artists in Schools,
• Cultural Observatory.
• Enhancement of existing production
and creation of new business
opportunities to match demand;
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