Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology

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Founding

The Department and ministry was created under Nelson Mandela as part of the new ANC led government in 1994. The ministers were Ben Ngubane (1994-1997) and Oswald Mtshali (1998-1999)

It is this department that commissioned the White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage in 1996 which led to the founding of the National Arts Council of South Africa

Aims and goals

Splitting of the Department

On 1 August 2002 the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST) was divided into separate Departments:

The Department of Arts and Culture (www.dac.gov.za)

The Department of Science and Technology (www.dst.gov.za)

For more information

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Arts_and_Culture



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