Free State Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation
Department · Free State
Free State Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation is a department in Free State, part of South Africa's provincial government. This record lists 24 office bearers and 5 years of audited outcomes.
Audit record, 5 years
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Financial highlights, 2024/25
- Final Appropriation
- R645m
- Actual Expenditure
- −R646m
- Under / Overspend
- −R778k
Values in rand. Sparklines run oldest to newest and are scaled to each series, not to zero.
Leadership, 24 listed
- MEC
- Ms Ntombizanele Beauty Sifuba (ANC)
- Head of Department
- Dr Masego Tshabalala
- Chief of Staff
- Ms Lumka Siyoko (Office Manager)
- CFO
- Mr Pule Khiba
- Chief Directors
- Mr Vincent Khetha (Cultural Affairs) Ms Kgomotso Kutlwano Tlhakudi (Sport and Recreation)
- Directors
- Mr Lerato Lengau (Security Management) Ms Nthabiseng Makopo (Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation) Mr Struben Mathumbu (School Sport) Ms Thato Ngwenya (Human Resource Management) Ms Nelisiwe Nodada (Library and Archive Services) Ms Mahlape Ntipe (Finance) Mr Takalani Ramabulana (Supply Chain Management) Ms NMR Ried (Internal Audit) Mr Mario Sefo (Office of the HOD) Mr Barry Swanepoel (Arts and Culture Services) Ms Zola Thamae (Community Sport) Mr Kgotso Tlhapi (Acting: Museum and Heritage Services) Mr Evert Venter (Free State Sport Science Institution) Mr Tankiso Zola (Departmental Spokesperson and Director: Communication and IT)
- Senior Management
- Mr Petrus Ntshwedi Maloka (Head: MEC's Office)
- Communications Officers
- Ms Moipone Bolofo (Media Liaison Officer) Mr Fezile Sonkwane (Assistant Director: Internal Communication and Speech Writing)
- Secretary
- Ms Zipho Dzena (Personal Assistant: MEC)