TANZANIA and South Africa governments have agreed to work together in developing arts and culture sector, in an effort to ensure historical friendship between the two countries is maintained.
Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Nape Nnauye, said yesterday in Dar es Salaam that Tanzania and South Africa have signed an agreement in favour of creating law, aimed at minimising or controlling theft of artistic works from both countries. He said the agreement on creativity rights aims at protecting the original artistic works of the two nations over piracy.
Nnauye made these remarks shortly after meeting with South African Minister of Culture and Arts, Nkosinathi Mthethwa, who is in the country for five days official tour.
The South African minister is in the country to establish how best they can implement the cooperation agreement they entered in 2011, especially on issues related to arts and culture.
Minister Nnauye said that South Africa has already established regulations of intellectual property rights for their country’s artistic works, which has enabled them to overcome challenges which Tanzanian artistes were currently facing.
He further said the agreement signed in 2011 between the two countries has enabled artistes from Tanzania to travel to South Africa without any inconvenience due to the good relations that exist between the countries.
Minister Mthethwa with his delegation of seven officials toured the Mazimbu and Dakawa grave yards were some of the ANC freedom fighters were buried. The freedom fighters, who were on political asylum, camped in Mazimbu and Dakawa after running from the apartheid regime.
source-www.dailynews.co.tz
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