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National Archives and Records Service of South Africa

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National Archives and Records Service of South Africa

Agency overview
Formed	State Archives Service - 1919; 105 years ago (1919) National Archives and Records Service - 1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Headquarters	National Archives Building, 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
Key document	National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No. 43 OF 1996)
Website	https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/
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The National Archives and Records Service is an institutional network, operating on a centralised and decentralised provincial basis under central government control. The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa was established by passing of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act in 1996.^[1]

National Archives and Records Service Offices[edit]

• Head Office
• Heraldry Council
• Bureau of Heraldry
• National Archives Repository
• National Film, Video and Sound Archives (South Africa)
• Records Management and Information Systems

Provincial Archives Services[edit]

• Eastern Cape Provincial Archives (includes Mthatha Archives Repository, Port Elizabeth Archives Repository)
• Free State Provincial Archives
• Gauteng Provincial Archives
• KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Archives (includes Durban Archives Repository, Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository, Ulundi Archives Repository)
• Limpopo Provincial Archives Service
• Mpumalanga Provincial Archives Service
• Northern Cape Provincial Archives Service
• North West Provincial Archives and Records Services
• Western Cape Provincial Archives and Records Service

See also[edit]

• List of archives in South Africa
• Archival platform
• Iziko Museums
• National Library of South Africa
• Unesco Memory of the World Register – Africa

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• National Archives and Records Service of South Africa

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