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This document is the 2022/23 Annual Report of the Amazwi South African Museum of Literature. It provides general information about the museum (including registered address, contact details, external auditor, and governance context under the Cultural Institutions Act), and it outlines performance highlights for the year under review, including achieving 77% of targets and obtaining an unqualified audit outcome while addressing Auditor-General findings on non-compliance with legislation. It also states priorities for the next reporting period, such as consolidating corporate governance, expanding access to collections and programmes, and completing renovation/refurbishment of the Olive Schreiner House Museum in Nxuba.
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Eastern Cape, Buffalo City
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https://www.amazwi.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Amazwi-Annual-Report-Final-Version-30-September-2023.pdf
Key Takeaways
- Document title: 2022/23 Annual Report
- Entity: Amazwi South African Museum of Literature (Amazwi)
- Registered address: 25A Worcester Street, Makhanda 6139
- Postal address: Private Bag 1019, Makhanda, 6140
- Telephone: 046 622 7042; Email: info@amazwi.museum; Web: http://www.amazwi.museum/
- External auditor: Auditor-General of South Africa (Eastern Cape Business Unit), 69 Frere Road, Trust Building, Vincent, East London
- Legal status: Schedule 3A Public Entity established under Cultural Institutions Act, Act No. 119 of 1998
- Council role: formulate policy; hold, preserve and safeguard collections and movable/immovable property
- Performance: achieved 77% of targets for 2022/2023
- Audit outcome: unqualified audit outcome; Auditor-General raised findings on non-compliance with legislation
- Council approved: new salary grading system for staff (improved staff salaries and morale)
- Priorities: consolidate corporate governance for legislative compliance; expand reach/access; collect/conserve/research/curate literary artefacts; produce exhibitions and public programmes
- Capital project priority: renovation and refurbishment of Olive Schreiner House Museum in Nxuba (urgent maintenance and improved functionality)
- Chairperson: Dr Sibongile Masuku; term expiring November 2023
- Farewell: Ms Beverley Thomas (Director since 2010) left in June 2023
- Amazwi South African Museum of Literature
- Council of Amazwi South African Museum of Literature
- Dr Sibongile Masuku
- Ms Beverley Thomas
- Dr William Langeveldt
- Auditor-General of South Africa
- Department of Sport, Arts and Culture
- National Treasury
- Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture