Mpumalanga Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation

To develop and promote living culture, cultural villages, indigenous technologies, film and video industry, arts industry, marginalized languages, literature and religious programmes
To co-ordinate, monitor, support and/or fund programmes by Provincial Geographic Names Committee (PGNC), Mpumalanga Arts and Culture Council (MACC), Pan South African Language Board (PanSAlb), Moral Regeneration Movement, CRAM and other relevant stakeholders.

Facilitation and coordination of Mpumalanga Arts and Culture Programmes
Letsa Letsemba mobile craft project enhance the skills in crafters and artists
Establishment of arts and culture forums in regions.
Provincial Geographical Names Committee (PGNC) programmes and the Mpumalanga Arts and Culture Council funding programmes
Offer and/or coordinate workshops on film and video, drama, stage management, indigenous music, poverty alleviation projects
Encourage communities to visit cultural villages and to use those facalities for community events
Co-ordinate moral regeneration and Nepad chapter affairs
Facilitation of unity and tolerance programmes within different religions
Promote provincially marginalised languages namely isiNdebele and isiSati and establishment of their Terminology in different field of education through the Provincial Language Committee

To advance sport and recreation for the benefit of communities
To provide sport and recreation facilities, promote indigenous games, streamline and responsibilities for all stakeholders as well facilitation of transformation and development programmes in sport & recreation

Upgrading and renovating sports and recreation facilities
Promotion of Sports Letsema, the spirit of volunteerism
Facilitation of capacity building programmes
Promotion of indigenous games in communities
Co-ordination of South Africa Games programmes
Facilitation of Farm and Rural recreation programmes
Together with municipalities facilitate the democratic formation of sport councils/bodies
Provide funding for federations and other sporting institutions.
Promotion of mass participation programmes
Promotion, regulation and monitoring of transformation sport
Promotion of Maputo-Mpumalanga MOU through youth games and civil servant sport.
Facilitation of the Siyadlala Programme in identified communities
Heritage & Library Information Services

Establish and improve library infrastructure
Electronic linking of public libraries to provide electronic access to information
Marketing and promoting of Library & Information Services
Provision of Regional Library Services to public libraries through regional libraries
Facilitation and Establishment of Cenotaph projects
Promotion, transforming and restoration of Museums and heritage sites
Establishment of Archive Centre for preservation of archive material
Collaboration with other Heritage statutory bodies and NGOs
Manage grants to Heritage Institutions, e.g. SAHRA
Establishment of Cultural Museums
Facilitate the Provisions of Provincial Archival Infrastructure
Provision of record management and Archival Services

Purchasing, marketing, promotion, processing and provisioning of library material to more than 139 public libraries and 1 Central Reference Library
Effective use of electronic information networks
Establishment of regional cenoptaphs
Provision of efficient museum services
Restoration & Revamping of Heritage sites
Management of administration of 6 Regional libraries
Provide Central Reference Library Services
Rendering professional support in library and information management activities and programmes
Campaign programmes that create awareness on national symbols, importance of archives and archival material, museums and heritage preservation.