Sports, Arts & Culture - A nation at play

Sport and recreation provide employment for some 34 325 fulltime and 6 140 part-time workers, as well as about 8 000 volunteers.

The department of Sport and Recreation has set itself the following objectives:

  • Increasing levels of participation in sport and recreation activities;
  • Raising sport's profile in the face of conflicting priorities;
  • Maximising the probability of success in major events; and
  • Placing sport and recreation in the forefront of efforts to reduce levels of crime.


A UCDP-led government will:

  • Ensure the construction of new sport and recreational facilities (similar to the existing Mmabana centres), as well as the upgrading and maintenance of the existing facilities.
  • Ensure that Section 185 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is implemented so that all communities may feel free and protected to practice their religious, linguistic; and cultural affairs;
  • Ensure that sports fields are accessible to all. The broad community will be targeted without any differentiation in age or status, and physical activity among senior citizens will be encouraged;
  • Ensure that English will not remain the lingua franca at official gatherings; and
  • Ensure choral, gospel, classical and religious music are given a prime place in all activities.