Cultural Affairs and Sport
With regard to the upcoming 2023 Netball World Cup:
(a) What is the current status of preparations, (b) what will the event’s infrastructure be used for once the event is concluded and (c) what is being done to involve local communities in the World Cup preparations?
Answer:
[a] Preparations for the 2023 Netball World Cup are well underway with the LOC established and located in Cape Town. Various organising meetings have taken place that have promoted the inter departmental collaborations with regards to:
- Essential services required for the event
- Communication plans have been developed
- The launch of Netball Fridays was successfully implemented
- Next Milestone will be the 1 year to go activation which is planned for August 2022.
- In addition to the above, DCAS has established a Netball Mobilisation initiative that will drive the mobilisation of the Western Cape communities towards the 2023 Netball World Cup.
Answer:
[b] With regards to event infrastructure, the tournament will be hosted at the Cape Town International Convention Centre which will make use of temporary infrastructure items to host the event. One of the commitments made was the development of Netball facilities throughout the Western Cape and these facilities will be used by local netball structures for training and hosting of school leagues, local, national and in some cases international netball tournaments which will further assist in the development and capacity building of netball in the Western Cape.
Answer:
[c] DCAS has presented to Local Government via the JDA forums on how local municipalities are able to be involved in the 2023 Netball World Cup. A commitment has been made to host at least 1 Fan-Park in each of the 6 District of the Western Cape. This will allow members from every community in the Western Cape to have access to the World Cup as well as offer municipalities the opportunity showcase their ability to host World Cup festivities and create economic opportunities for their respective districts. An expression of interest nomination document has been sent to all municipalities for this process to continue and announcements will be made on the fan-parks in late August.
On the 10th June 2022 the Department launched Netball Friday’s at the Premier’s residence at Leeuwenhof, Cape Town. On the 23rd June 2022, DCAS presented to the MINMAY on the hosting of a Fanpark/Viewing Centre within the municipalities, building awareness around the Netball World Cup 2023 within the all districts, with the first mobilisation programme taking place in Hopefield in the West Coast on 28 July 2022, marking one year to go to the World Cup.
