1. The Department of Basic Education and the nine provincial education departments will be organising the South African Schools' Choral Eisteddfod (SASCE) for both primary and secondary schools in 2014.

2. The SASCE will be held on district, provincial and national level and makes provision for soloists, ensembles and school choirs in the following sections:

  1. Foundation Phase;
  2. Intermediate Phase; and
  3. Further Education and Training Band.
3. Please note that the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will not make provision for the participation of senior phase (junior secondary school) choirs on all levels and categories due to the previously low provincial participation rate in this section and the small number of junior secondary schools in the province.

4. Furthermore the WCED will not make provision for the participation of own choice choirs taking part in the special schools category.

5. Foundation phase choirs will only participate in the district eisteddfod.

6. Music pieces have been prescribed for all sections.

7. The music scores and the participation rules can be downloaded from the WCED website at www.curriculum-dev.wcape.school.za

  • Click "FET: Further Education and Training".
  • Click "Arts".
  • Click "Music".
  • Download the music scores and the participation rules from SASCE Downloads.
8. Elimination rounds will be held during April in an education district context on a date determined by the provincial co-ordinating committee. See annexure.

9. The winning Intermediate and FET choirs and soloists will be invited to take part in the provincial finals, which will be held from 23 to 25 May 2014.

10. The national finals will be held in Gauteng from 1 to 4 July 2014.

11. All school choirs are encouraged to participate in the eisteddfod. To enter, please complete the attached registration form and return it to the official responsible for school enrichment at your district office by 15 March 2014:

Education district Contact details
Metro Central Ms S Majiet
Tel.: 021 514 6700
Fax: 021 514 6953
e-Mail:
Metro East Ms MJ Swartz
Tel.: 021 900 7253
Fax: 021 903 2149
e-Mail: Mjswartz@westerncape.gov.za
Metro North Mr D Leonard
Tel.: 021 938 3170
Fax: 021 938 3180
e-Mail: Dleonard@westerncape.gov.za
Metro South Mr R Esau
Tel.: 021 370 2000
Fax: 021 372 1856
e-Mail:
West Coast Ms C Beukes
Tel.: 021 860 1210
Fax: 021 860 1231
e-Mail: Cbeukes@westerncape.gov.za
Cape Winelands Mr F Meyer
Tel.: 023 348 4602
Fax: 023 342 4138
e-Mail: Fabian.Meyer@westerncape.gov.za
Overberg Mr K Mike
Tel.: 028 214 7300
Fax: 028 214 7400
e-Mail: Kobus.Mike@westerncape.gov.za
Eden & Central Karoo Mr I Pietersen
Tel.: 044 803 8300
Fax: 044 873 2253
e-Mail:
Head Office Mr D Pillay
Provincial Co-ordinator: School Enrichment
Telephone: 021 467 2582
e-Mail: Dennis.Pillay@westerncape.gov.za

12. Please bring the content of this minute to the attention of all school choir directors.


SIGNED: PA VINJEVOLD
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2014:03:06

Annexure: Participation rules  (size: 759 KB)
Registration form  (size: 90 KB)