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Message of support at the launch of SEDFA Creative Sector Fund delivered by MEC lebogang Maile

Gauteng - Education

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Source domain: gauteng.gov.za

Collected on 1 October 2026

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What this means

This is a speech by Gauteng MEC Lebogang Maile supporting the launch of the SEDFA Creative Sector Fund on 26 September 2026 in Soweto. It explains the cultural and economic importance of South Africa’s creative industries, including their contribution to GDP and employment, but does not set out how to apply for the fund.

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SEDFA Creative Sector Fund

The speech announces the launch of the SEDFA Creative Sector Fund and presents it as an intervention supporting investment in the creative sector, but it does not provide application instructions, eligibility rules or a deadline.

Who it is for
Creative-sector participants and projects
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This launch takes place during Heritage Month - a period dedicated to recognising, celebrating, and reflecting on the country's diverse cultural inheritance, traditions, languages, and shared history.

Facts

Places

Gauteng

Amounts

R 271 000 000 000

Key Takeaways

  • SEDFA Creative Sector Fund launched
  • Speech delivered by MEC LEBOGANG MAILE
  • 26 September 2026
  • Elka Stadium, Rockville, Soweto
  • Creative industries contribute an estimated R271 billion and roughly 4 percent of GDP
  • No application deadline or access instructions stated
  • SEDFA
  • Gauteng Provincial Government
  • Stella Ndabeni
  • LEBOGANG MAILE
  • Soweto Gospel Choir
  • Asylum Tribe
  • ProKid
  • EXIT
  • Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse
  • Mandoza
  • Zola
  • Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde
  • MaWillies
  • Samthing Soweto

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