Gauteng Archives week
As the provincial archives week programme draws to a close, the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation will this coming Friday, 22 May, host the main event to outline the state of archives and records and how the public could use and benefit from these.
Scheduled to speak at the event are Razia Saleh from the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Jo Anne Duggan from the Archival Platform and Mogale City’s Executive Mayor Councilor Koketso Seerane. The MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Ms Molebatsi Bopape will deliver the keynote address.
This year’s archive observation is held under the theme “Archives: Our Living Past”.
The event on Friday will afford patrons and the public an opportunity to learn more about the importance of preserving documented history in order to understand and appreciate its impact on our daily lives.
Members of the media are cordially invited to the event as diarised below:
Date: Friday, 22 May 2015
Venue: Chief Mogale Hall, Kagiso, Mogale City
Time: 09h00
For media inquiries contact:
Nomazwe Ntlokwana
Cell: 083 507 8068
Tel: 011 355 2578
E-mail: nomazwen@gpg.gov.za
