{
  "id": 9769980,
  "title": "Here’s how much the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture spent on creating 24 000 jobs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/heres-how-much-the-department-of-sport-arts-and-culture-spent-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T12:28:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/heres-how-much-the-department-of-sport-arts-and-culture-spent-on-creating-24-000-jobs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture received R347 million for the 2025-26 financial year, with a goal of creating 31,000 jobs. This funding is distributed between the National Arts Council (NAC) and National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF). The NFVF allocated R230 million, approving 267 projects, but only created 12,265 jobs, falling short of its 15,640-job target. The NAC received R117 million, approved 435 projects, and generated 11,704 jobs across various sectors including dance, craft, literature, music, and theatre. These projects are set to begin in September, with eleven months spent on adjudication, consultation, and training meetings. The seventh phase of the Programme, PESP7, has been given R400 million, with adjudication concluding in August. The Department emphasizes that the PESP intervention aims to support employment and ensure that funding translates into measurable employment opportunities, sector outputs, and sustainable benefits for creative practitioners and organizations.",
  "summary": "The department is promoting job creation through the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}