About National Arts and Culture Awards

South Africa Honors its brightest stars

The National Arts and Culture Awards, also referred to as the NACA, are to be most desired recognition and cultural phenomenon in the South African creative industry, bestowed to SA’s top and leading creatives in the various creative sector categories and subdomains, creatives that exhibit outstanding artistic and technical achievement.

These are creatives from across cultural domains that push the boundaries of their creative ability and show devotion to excellence with uncompromising quality, groundbreaking creativity and relentless innovation that defines those that are outstanding from the best.

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture intends to confer on them annually in appreciation of outstanding contributions to the creative sector as judged by the National Arts and Culture Awards adjudication and judging panel.