JOHANNESBURG - The US Consulate General on Wednesday announced that it had awarded a R1.9 million grant to the Constitutional Court Trust for the preservation of the Constitutional Court Art Collection .
The CCAC - started in 1995 - is a collection of over 400 artworks donated by artists and private collectors to celebrate the birth of democracy in South Africa. The grant will preserve the collection of artworks, tapestries and sculptures housed at the Constitutional Court building on Constitution Hill.
The Constitutional Court Trust was selected to receive the grant following a worldwide competition for funds provided by American ambassadors in more than 100 countries to support the preservation of cultural sites, cultural objects, and forms of traditional cultural expression. The US Consul General to Johannesburg, Michael McCarthy, said: “I am very pleased that the US Mission to South Africa has played a role in preserving numerous aspects of South African culture over the past several years.