Gauteng Premier to officially open the Provincial Archives Centre
The Gauteng Provincial Archives Centre in Kagiso, Mogale City, is set to officially open its doors on Wednesday, 24 October 2018.
Premier David Makhura, along with MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Faith Mazibuko, will open the state of the art centre which will be ready for operation.
The centre is set to store and preserve official public documents with a lifespan of 20 years and older. Documents not older than 20 years will be accessible from relevant entities or departments. While documents are still being collected from Gauteng regions to be stored, the centre will also host and facilitate other community programmes and services including oral history recording.
“With this state of the art centre, Gauteng residents will be able to access important documents such as birth and death certificates etc. which become public information after 20 years. The centre will protect and preserve not only public records, but Gauteng’s rich history told and captured by the public”; said MEC Mazibuko.
Members of the media are invited to the opening of the Provincial Archives Centre as follows:
Date: Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Time: 10:00
Venue : Provincial Archives Centre- Utlhanong Street, Kagiso Extension 6 (Opposite the Kagiso Extension 6 Police Station)
Media enquiries:
Nomazwe Ntlokwana
Cell: 083 507 8068
Tel: 011 355 2578
E-mail: nomazwen@gpg.gov.za
