Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      National Archives of South Africa

    • Postal Address:

      Private Bag X236
      1 Pretoria
      South Africa

    • Location:

      24 Hamilton Street

    • Telephone:

      (27) 12 3235300

    • Facsimile:

      (27) 12 323-5287

    • E-mail:

      arg02@dacts4.pwv.gov.za

    • URL:

      http://www.national.archives.gov.za/

    • Director:

      Marie Oliver, National Archivist

    • Year founded:

      1922

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Archive

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Electronic archives
      Ephemera
      Government records
      Manuscripts
      Personal papers
      Photographs
      Posters

    • Size:

      around 59000 linear metres

    • Holdings:

      The holdings include records of government departments, Commissions of Enquiry, local governments, criminal and court records, non-public records, a photograph collection, cartographic material, pictorial collection, library collection and government publications, literature on archival science, international archival organizations, etc. 1648-1994-

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      Dutch, English, Afrikaans

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Subject to the provisions of the National Archives of South Africa Act (No. 43 of 1996) , all public records that are 20 years old or older are accessible. Non-public records are accessible unless specified otherwise by the donor. Permission for access to records which are less than 20 years is at the discretion of the National Archivist

    • Access restrictions:

      20 years

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Electronic catalogs

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: