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<p><strong>Boniface Chimedza Arts Correspondent</strong></p>
<p>National Arts Council of Zimbabwe acting director, Nicholas Moyo has
shed some light on the relevance of the National Arts, Culture and
Heritage Policy, whose purpose is to transform the country’s creative
industries.</p>
<p>While this is not the first policy that has been passed to govern the
arts and culture sector, it has indeed brought a new ray of hope to
stakeholders in the arts industry.</p>
<p>In an interview, Moyo said the policy is an instrument meant to
create an operational framework for the birth and sustenance of creative
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<p>“The policy is not a law, but its primary purpose is to create an
operational framework that enhances the growth and development of the
arts and culture sector, culminating in the creation of vibrant creative
industries,” Moyo said.</p>
<p>Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation, Kazembe Kazembe distributed a
soft copy of the policy during his first encounter with stakeholders in
the sector early this year, in an effort to create an awareness of the
provisions of the policy and its relevance to the stakeholders in the
sector.</p>
<p><b><i>While the National Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy was originally
written in English, its abridged version is also available in local
languages that include Shona, Ndebele, Changani, Chewa, Kalanga, Nambya,
Ndau, Sotho, Tonga and Venda.</i></b></p>
<p>“Government should be seen to be in the forefront of the practical
implementation of the aspect of using our local languages in doing
business. We had to transcend the language barrier through the
translation of the policy into local languages to improve the
stakeholders’ understanding of the policy document,” said Moyo.</p><div class="gmail-sirius-dfp-inarticle"> <ins class="gmail-adsbygoogle" style="display:block;text-align:center;height:170px"><ins id="gmail-aswift_1_expand" style="display:inline-table;border:medium none;height:170px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:680px;background-color:transparent"><ins id="gmail-aswift_1_anchor" style="display:block;border:medium none;height:170px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:680px;background-color:transparent"></ins></ins></ins></div>
<p>The National Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy is meant to create a
framework that will enhance the operations which cover the creation,
production, distribution and consumption of the creative artistic and
cultural products.</p>
<p>“We need a new breed of the voice of the creators. Government is
willing to listen to the sector but the sector should come with issues
that are solid and tangible.</p>
<p>Government also recognizes that it has a role and a responsibility to
build the capacity of the creators, administrators and managers so that
they harness their full potential,” Moyo asserted.</p>
<p>Moyo emphasized that it is in the interests of any creator to
acquaint themselves with the policies that govern their trade, adding
that the challenge of piracy can also be significantly reduced through
having a well-controlled and functional industry.</p>
<p>“An unregulated industry will remain informal and will not realize its full potential because it is unregulated,” he said.</p>
<p>“We want to develop and stimulate the creation of cultural
industries. The Industry should have a well-defined value chain for the
creation, production, distribution and consumption of creative artistic
and cultural products. If these four things are alive then the value
chain becomes well defined. In the absence of a well-defined value chain
the cultural policy will be a farce,” Moyo stated.</p><div class="gmail-sirius-dfp-inarticle"> <ins class="gmail-adsbygoogle" style="display:block;text-align:center;height:170px"><ins id="gmail-aswift_2_expand" style="display:inline-table;border:medium none;height:170px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:680px;background-color:transparent"><ins id="gmail-aswift_2_anchor" style="display:block;border:medium none;height:170px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:680px;background-color:transparent"></ins></ins></ins></div>
<p>Quality control in the production of creative products and investor
incentives such as tax rebates for corporates supporting the sector were
some of the focal points that Moyo said Government needs to consider,
as that would bolster the support of the sector and transform it into
the industry that can significantly contribute to the country’s gross
domestic product.</p>
<p>Crafted to resonate with the current national development framework
and processes, the National Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy builds
upon the previous researches and the Culture Policy document of 2007,
while drawing attention to issues that have not received adequate
consideration from the previous Culture Policy.</p>
<p>Building on the participation and wide consultations among the
stakeholders in the Arts, Culture and Heritage sectors, the policy
envisages to address the major needs, concerns and opportunities within
the sectors, while enhancing their contribution to national development
goals.</p>
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