Department Of Arts And Culture King Williams Town
Department Of Arts And Culture King Williams Town, King William’s Town is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River. The town is about 30 minutes’ motorway drive WNW of the Indian Ocean port of East London. The town is part of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape.
King, as the town is locally called, stands 389 m above the sea at the foot of the Amatola Mountains and in the midst of a densely populated agricultural district. King William’s Town is the second most populous city in the Buffalo City Municipality, with a population near 100,000 inhabitants.
Eastern Cape Department: Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
Contact Details
| Postal | Private Bag X0020, Bhisho, 5605 |
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| Physical | 5 Eales Street, King William’s Town, 5600 |
| Tel | 043 604 4101/4019 |
| Web | www.ecsrac.gov.za |
Overview
The mission of the Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture is to develop and promote sport, recreation, arts and culture for spiritual, intellectual, physical and material upliftment of the people of the Eastern Cape.
The Department’s strategic goals are: effective service delivery through leadership, good governance, accountability and efficient resource utilisation; development, promotion and transformation of arts, culture, museums, heritage, and language services in order to contribute to sustainable economic growth and opportunities, nation-building, good governance, and social and human capital development; provision of a free, equitable and accessible library and information service, and proper management and preservation of public and non-public records; and improvement of quality of life through sport and recreation.