Cultural Affairs and Sport
- Whether her Department is aware of any initiatives of the Karate Association Western Cape (KAWC) to transform the sport in the province; if so, what are these initiatives;
- whether funding is being prioritised by her Department and the Karate Association Western Cape (KAWC) for such transformational initiatives; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
According to KAWC their transformation initiatives are as follows:
- To take karate to the townships and get more African Blacks into the teams.
- To co-opt at least one African Black onto the KAWC Executive (one candidate from Overberg)
- Regional Transformation Scorecards to be completed and the scorecards of West Coast and Overberg are outstanding.
- Cape Winelands is in the process of being restructured.
2. Federations apply for funding according to their programmes.
The funding process for 2019/20 is open and we await their application.