It’s on and preparations are already underway for the relaunch of Macufe festival.
Preparatory work is already underway in the Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Department to give effect to the directive for the implementation of a recalibrated MACUFE programme with emphasis on culture, heritage and tradition.
This follows the 2025 State of the Province Address by the Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, as well as the 2025 Budget Vote injunction of the (SACR). The Mangaung African Cultural Festival (MACUFE) will be relaunched in September 2025.
“Guided by the theme ‘Back to our African Heart and Soul’, the central focus of the recalibrated MACUFE programme will be on arts and culture related activities. Reverting back to its original concept, the festival will therefore elevate the African cultural heritage as a pivot around which our existence should revolve as Africans, and in line with the mandate of the Department of nation building and social cohesion”, stated the Member of the Executive Council for SACR, Me Ntombizanele Sifuba.
The relaunch programme of the festival is anticipated to unfold as follows:
• MACUFE Launch: 01 August
• MACUFE Film Festival: 3 and 4 September
• MACUFE Dance Fiesta: 3 and 4 September
• MACUFE Theatre Festival: 3 to 5 September
• MACUFE Comedy and Poetry Night:5 September
• MACUFE Visual Arts, Craft and Literature Exhibition: 3 to 6 September
• MACUFE Hiphop v/s Amapiano: 5 September
• MACUFE Main Festival: 6 September
• MACUFE Gospel Festival: 7 September
