Provincial archives

2. NARSSA does NOT store or keep track of all government records.

• Provinces store provincial government records; the NARSSA

Act makes provinces responsible for their own records . • Many government departments keep their own records. • Municipalities and local government institutions keep their own records. • AND other government services, such as courts, police, hospitals and clinics, keep their own records.

Bantustans in boxes

by Laura Philips

Many of the bantustan archives are underresourced, in a very poor state and scattered around the country. The Transkei Archives can be found in Mthatha; the KwaZulu archives in Ulundi; the Lebowa, Gazankulu and Venda archives in the Limpopo Provincial Archives in Polokwane; the Bophuthatswana archives in the North West Provincial Archives in Mafikeng; the Qwaqwa archives in the Free State provincial depository; and the KaNgwane archives in Nelspruit. It is recommended that researchers contact the archives before visiting them. It is unclear where KwaNdebele archives are, though it is likely that parts of the old administrations’ documents have been deposited in Nelspruit. The Ciskei archives are in private hands and very difficult to access.

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South Africa’s Constitution gives provincial government exclusive control over “archives other than national archives” (Schedule 5 areas of competence of provinces, SA Constitution). Thus records or material that have not been explicitly designated as “national” can be collected in provincial archives. (The definition of “national” here is not made very clear.)

A key result is that former bantustan archives that have survived have mostly been incorporated into provincial archives, in provinces where those bantustans had been located. (Not all bantustan archives have survived or are complete.)

Northern Cape Provincial Archives Service

Provincial Archivist: Ms Elizabeth Manong Postal address: Private Bag X5004, KIMBERLEY 8300 Street address: Department of Sport, Arts & Culture Building, 22 Abattoir Road, Ashburnham 8301, Kimberley Tel: (053) 807 4700, (053) 807 4795 E-mail: emanong@ncpg.gov.za

Western Cape Provincial Archives and Records Service

Provincial Archivist: Ms Nkiwe Momoti Postal address: Private Bag X9025, CAPE TOWN 8000 Street address: 72 Roeland Street, CAPE TOWN Tel: (021) 466 8100 E-mail: Archives@pgwc.gov.za (for General Correspondence) Records@pgwc.gov.za (for Records Management enquiries) Readroom@pgwc.gov.za (Reading Room Enquiries)

North West Provincial Archives and Records Services

Provincial Archivist: Mr Sipho Zulu Postal address: Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, Private Bag X 90, MMABATHO, 2735 Street Address: Corner University Drive and Dr Albert Luthuli, MMABATHO, 2745 Tel: 018 388 3963 E-mail: SZulu@nwpg.gov.za

Free State Provincial Archives

The Provincial Archivist Mr Tshitso Challa Postal address: Private Bag X20504, BLOEMFONTEIN 9300 Street address: 29 Badenhorst Street, BLOEMFONTEIN Tel: (051) 522 6762. E-mail: tchalla@sacr.fs.gov.za

Eastern Cape Provincial Archives

The Provincial Archivist Ms Lungiswa Mtiki Postal Address: Private Bag X7486, KING WILLIAM’S TOWN,5600 Street Address: 5 Eales Street, KING WILLIAM’S TOWN Tel: (043) 604 4017/6 E-Mail: lungiswa.mtiki@ecsrac.gov.za

Limpopo Provincial Archives Service

The Head: Mr Jabu Nkatingi Postal address: Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, Archives Service, Private Bag X9549, POLOKWANE 0700 Street address: 15 Grobler Road, POLOKWANE Tel: (015) 284 4043 E-mail: nkatingij@sac.limpopo.gov.za

Mpumalanga Provincial Archives Service

The Head: Mr Nkitseng Mahalefa Postal Address: P O Box 1243, NELSPRUIT, 1200 Street address: 1st Floor, Building 5, 7 Government Boulevard, Riverside Park Ext 2, NELSPRUIT Tel: (013) 766 5081 E-mail: nfmahalefa@mpg.gov.za

Mthatha Archives Repository

The Head Postal address/Street Address: corner of Owen Street and Alexander Road, MTHATHA Tel: (047) 532 5148

Port Elizabeth Archives Repository The Head: Mr Johan van Zyl Postal Address: Private Bag X3932, North End, PORT ELIZABETH, 6056 Street address: 1 De Villiers Street, PORT ELIZABETH Tel: (041) 484 6467 E-Mail: johan.vanzyl@srac.ecprov.gov.za

Gauteng Provincial Archives

Provincial Archivist: Ms Elizabeth Mbatha Postal address: Private Bag X33, JOHANNESBURG 2000 Tel.: (011) 355 2659 E-mail: elizabeth.mbatha@ gauteng.gov.za

KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Archives

Head Office Provincial Archivist :Dr Vukile Khumalo Postal address: Private Bag X9012, PIETERMARITZBURG 3200 Street address: 231 Pietermaritz Street, PIETERMARITZBURG Tel: (033) 342 7501 E-mail: khumalov@kzndac.gov.za

Durban Archives Repository

The Head: Mr Rishi Singh Postal address: Private Bag X22, GREYVILLE 4023 Street address: Nashua House, 14 De Mazenod Street, GREYVILLE Tel: (031) 309 5682 E-mail: SinghR@kzndac.gov.za

Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository

The Head: Ms Judith Hawley Postal address: Private Bag X9012, PIETERMARITZBURG 3200 Street address: 231 Pietermaritz Street, PIETERMARITZBURG Tel: (033) 342 4712 E-mail: hawleyj@kzndac.gov.za