DEPARTMENT OF SPORT, ARTS AND CULTURE UPDATE ON THE 17 CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS TO DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SECTOR DEVELOPMENT The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) is introducing the 17 Cultural and Creative Industry Clusters — a national framework designed to formalise, strengthen, and grow South Africa’s creative economy. These clusters will serve as strategic platforms for coordination, professionalisation, and advocacy across diverse cultural and creative sectors, ensuring that artists, creators, and industry stakeholders have a unified voice and structured pathways for development, funding, and market access. The establishment of the clusters is part of DSAC’s broader mandate to: Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, speaking on the establishment of the 17 clusters said: “The creative economy…
