| NATIONAL ARCHIVES < click for web site |
| "...to provide for a National Archives; the proper management and care of the records of governmental bodies; and the preservation and use of a national archival heritage; and to provide for matters connected therewith." |
| "...archives preserve the memory of what a governmental body, an organisation or an individual did, as well as the circumstances and context connected with that activity." |
| "...includes paper-based textual records, electronic records as well as audio-visual, photographic and cartographic material. . . records originate in the main from the execution of the business of governmental bodies." |
| "...aimed to preserve 5% of public records..." |
| "...protection of the rights of citizens are preserved in their entirety." |
| "...charge is to document all those aspects of the nation's experiences that had been neglected in the interests of Apartheid..." |
| "...about 5% of the holdings of the National Archives are non-public records. . . are of national significance" |
| "...any member of the public has a right of access to archives that are older than twenty years, free of charge" |
| "...various finding aids are prepared..." |
| "...foremost mission . . .to foster national identity and to ensure the protection of rights" |
| "...acquiring and managing records of national importance, which includes both public and non-public records" |
| "Restrictions on access to some non-public records..." |
| "...national automated archival information retrieval system..." |
| "Planning and Coordination, Records Management and Information Systems, the Bureau of Heraldry and the National Film, Sound and Video Archives" |