Background information about PANSA
Where does PANSA operate?
PANSA has formally constituted branches in the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo, North West and Western Cape, and interim representation in Mpumalanga and Northern Cape. The national office is located in Johannesburg.
How is PANSA structured?
Members join at a provincial level and annually elect Provincial Steering Committees (PSC) that generally meet each month to manage the affairs of the organisation within the province. A National Steering Committee is elected at an Annual General Meeting of members from around the country. The chairpersons of PSCs serve on the NSC to ensure direct communication between national and provincial levels of PANSA. A National Office with a paid administrator coordinates the organisation on a day-to-day basis.
How is PANSA funded?
PANSA generates some of its funds through membership fees, but most of its funding for operational costs and projects is raised from international donors such as the Swedish International Development Agency, British Council and the Royal Netherlands Embassy. Recent sponsors include Old Mutual and the Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation. BASA also supports PANSA projects.
Is PANSA affiliated to any other organisation?
PANSA is a founder member of the Network for Arts and Culture South Africa (NACSA), an umbrella body serving the collective interests of the broader cultural sector including film, visual arts, heritage, literature, community arts and the performing arts. PANSA is also a member of the International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD), a body concerned with ensuring global cultural homogeneity in the face of cultural products from wealthier countries swamping and undermining the cultural industries of poorer countries.
Why is PANSA necessary?
Those who are the victims of adverse policy, funding, management, contractual or other decisions seldom challenge such decisions, for fear of being victimised again in future. PANSA exists to act – anonymously if necessary - on behalf of such individuals and organisations.
A national network like PANSA can also offer advice, events, information, services and training workshops to benefit its members. Ultimately though, PANSA is about people in the industry taking responsibility for their own lives, work and rights.
What is PANSA's history?
The year 2000 was the culmination of years of poor implementation of post-1994 policy and poor management of the performing arts sector. The State Theatre was mothballed. Orchestras were shut. Theatres retrenched workers. NGOs closed down. Against this background, PANSA was launched in Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal in June 2001 to create an organised voice proactively to advocate and protect the interests of the performing arts sector.
How is PANSA structured?
Members join at a provincial level and annually elect Provincial Steering Committees (PSC) that generally meet each month to manage the affairs of the organisation within the province. A National Steering Committee is elected at an Annual General Meeting of members from around the country. The chairpersons of PSCs serve on the NSC to ensure direct communication between national and provincial levels of PANSA. A National Office with a paid administrator coordinates the organisation on a day-to-day basis.
How is PANSA funded?
PANSA generates some of its funds through membership fees, but most of its funding for operational costs and projects is raised from international donors such as the Swedish International Development Agency, British Council and the Royal Netherlands Embassy. Recent sponsors include Old Mutual and the Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation. BASA also supports PANSA projects.
Is PANSA affiliated to any other organisation?
PANSA is a founder member of the Network for Arts and Culture South Africa (NACSA), an umbrella body serving the collective interests of the broader cultural sector including film, visual arts, heritage, literature, community arts and the performing arts. PANSA is also a member of the International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD), a body concerned with ensuring global cultural homogeneity in the face of cultural products from wealthier countries swamping and undermining the cultural industries of poorer countries.
Why is PANSA necessary?
Those who are the victims of adverse policy, funding, management, contractual or other decisions seldom challenge such decisions, for fear of being victimised again in future. PANSA exists to act – anonymously if necessary - on behalf of such individuals and organisations.
A national network like PANSA can also offer advice, events, information, services and training workshops to benefit its members. Ultimately though, PANSA is about people in the industry taking responsibility for their own lives, work and rights.
What is PANSA's history?
The year 2000 was the culmination of years of poor implementation of post-1994 policy and poor management of the performing arts sector. The State Theatre was mothballed. Orchestras were shut. Theatres retrenched workers. NGOs closed down. Against this background, PANSA was launched in Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal in June 2001 to create an organised voice proactively to advocate and protect the interests of the performing arts sector.