North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation

  CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR NORTH WEST SPORTS AWARDS The North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation (Acsr) has made a call for nominations for the North West Sports Awards. The nominations close on February 13 (18:00). The annual North West Sports Awards have been created to recognise and honour individuals and teams who have excelled both on and off the field. The period covered for the current nominations is from April 1 to December 31, 2022. The awards are organised by the Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation and the North West Sports Confederation. “The Provincial Sports Awards are a national mandate and we are recognising sports men and women for their efforts in keeping the passion   for sport alive in the hearts of the millions in the province,” said Acsr spokesperson, Shuping Sebolecwe. The 16 categories cut across the sports and recreation codes from all the districts of the province, namely Bojanala, Ngaka Modiri Molema, Dr Ken...

COMBATING SOCIAL ILLS THROUGH ARTS By Kabelo Selebogo Some of the murals on the wall at Kanana Community Arts & Heritage Centre done by local visual artists . Photo by : Kabelo Selebogo The city of Matlosana - which is bordered by the townships of Jouberton, Khuma, Kanana, Tigane and Alabama - is blessed with artistic talent. This is despite the fact the city is dogged by such social ills as drug abuse and gang violence, which tend to obscure the incredible talent. With Dr Kenneth Kaunda District being the only district in the province without a Mmabana center, the Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation (Acsr) has   launched the Kanana Community Arts and Heritage Center in Orkney. The initiative is a partnership with Mmabana and the North West Federation of Community Arts Centres (NWFCAC). The mission of Community Arts Centers (CAC) is to make performing arts, crafting, and cultural activities accessible to communities. Additionally, CAC’s aim to foster s...

FillUpMmabathoStadium was a game changer By Shuping Sebolecwe The Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation (Acsr) would like to express its deepest gratitude and appreciation to the thousands of revellers who descended on our province, our city, to fill up Mmabatho Stadium. We further like to send our profound words of thankfulness to our important partners and stakeholders with whom we held hands together to make it possible for the event to happen. A special reception was given to our neighbours from Botswana with their own parking and ticketing area. As Cassper Nyovest himself describes the event, it was a home coming for him after criss-crossing other provinces since 2015. On its sixth year he decided to bring the project to his hometown for the first time. This was a spectacular event despite the challenges encountered. Undoubtedly, the event is indicative of the importance of arts and culture particularly after the two-year depressing period of Covid -19. Fill...

  TEAM NORTH WEST DOES IT AGAIN AT NATIONAL INDIGENOUS GAMES By Thato Motau and Edith Mogapi Team North West at the 2022 National Indigenous Games. Pic : Thato Motau Team North West bagged five medals at the 16 th National Indigenous games festival held in Margate, Kwazulu Natal, from September 24-28. The games brought together all nine provinces for a week of sports and celebration of South Africa’s National Heritage. An additional feather in the cap for the North West is that four players from the province’s Team Khokho have been selected to represent South Africa at the Kho-kho World Championships to be held this month in India. They are Linda Masina, Tebogo Mocumi, Galaletsang Tabaekae and Boitshoko Matebele from Dr Kenneth Kaunda district. They were all part of the conquering male and female teams at the Games. Young and old indigenous games fanatics got the opportunity to learn and play historical games during the annual festival, which promotes social cohesion and preserve...

  NORTH WEST HOME WITH THREE SATMAS By Vusi Kama The North West romped home with three victories at the South African Traditional Music Achievement (Satma) awards held in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, last weekend. The awards pit the finest in the South African traditional music scene against each other, with the most popular by sms votes winning the coveted awards. The North West winners were the Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (Acsr) for Best Arts and Culture department, Motsweding FM’s Tom Perez for Best Traditional Music SABC radio presenter and Dikwena tsa Matlosana for Best Setswana Artist/Group.  Dikwena Tsa Matlosana - Best Setswana Artist/Group. Pic: Thobani Khanyile  MOMENT OF VICTORY;  Motsweding's Tom Perez celebrating his award on stage. Pic: Thobani Khanyile Best Department Arts & Culture - North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation. Pic Thobani Khanyile  In the glitz and glamour of the awards evening, the North ...

VOTE FOR NORTH WEST ARTISTS IN SATMA 2022 – ACSR By Vusi Kama The North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (Acsr) has made a clarion call to citizens of the province and beyond to vote for the South African Traditional Music Achievement (Satma) Awards nominees who hail from the province. The awards ceremony will be held in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, on October 1. Ten nominees from the North West made the cut when the announcement was made in Witbank earlier. They include Acsr, which has been nominated in the ‘’Best Department of Arts and Culture’’ category and a departmental intern, Thapelino Medupe (see side bar). In previous editions of the awards, the department walked home with the “Best Department of Arts and Culture” in East London (2013), and “Best Arts and Culture Directorate” in Mbombela last year. Artists from the Province have traditionally done well at the Awards, bagging numerous trophies. “We urge the community of the North West to continue to support our a...

                CREDO’S LEGACY LIVES ON By Kabelo Selebogo Credo Mutwa's tombstone front view . Photo : Kabelo Selebogo Scores of traditional healers, indigenous knowledge systems practitioners and cultural activists from different parts of the country on Saturday. July 23 gathered in Kuruman, Magojaneng Village, for the unveiling of the tombstone of a sanusi, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa. The renowned traditional healer was born on July 21, 1921 and died on March 25, 2020 at the age of 98. Before he departed, Mutwa performed a traditional cleansing ceremony in 2018 at Lotlamoreng Dam Cultural Village in Mahikeng where he stayed. In the same year, the historian, prophet, cultural and heritage activist, was presented with Usiba Award by the national Department of Arts and Culture for his contribution to indigenous knowledge and preservation of heritage. Virginia Mutwa, Credo Mutwa's wife standing on Credo's tombstone after unveiling of Credo Mutwa...