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23/07/2026

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), together with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), in response to the seventh Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP7), is looking to recruit South African graduates and unemployed youth (aged 35 and younger) to assist with the digitisation project for the National Archives and Records Services of South Africa (NARSSA) and its Provincial Archives.
The project is expected to start on 24 August 2026.
The project will be based in all nine Provinces of South Africa as well ………………Read More

01/07/2026

The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa (NARSSA) wishes to inform all researchers and visitors that due to ongoing water supply challenges, affecting ablution facilities, the building will be closed from 12:00 today, Wednesay, 1 July 2026 and will remain closed throughout Thursday 2 July 2026. 

19/05/2026

National Archives and Records Service of South Africa
in partnership with
University of South Africa
and
South African Society of Archivists
Presents
The 2nd Annual National Records Management Conference
Conference Theme:
Archives and Records in Transition: Intelligent Technologies, Ethics and Smart Society
 
 
Date:
26 – 27 August 2026
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04/12/2025

Dear Researchers and stakeholders
This is to notify all our stakeholders that the National Archives’ Reading Room will be closed on 11 December 2025 between 8:00 – 13:00.
The Reading Room will also be closed on 19 December 2025
The National Archives management apologises for any inconvenience caused.
Thank you
NARSSA Management
 

29/09/2025

Governmental bodies are reminded that according to the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (43 of 1996 as amended) (NARSSA Act), Section 13 (1) of the NARSSA Act stipulate that the National Archivist/Provincial Archivist is charged with the proper management and care of all records in the custody of governmental bodies.

 

In accordance with section 13(2)(a) of the NARSSA Act (43 of 1996 as amended), no public records under the control of any governmental body shall be transferred to an archives repository, ………………Read More

16/09/2025

Dear Colleague
 
The National Library of South Africa (NLSA), in partnership with the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa (Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC)), is honoured to extend this formal invitation to you and your organisation to participate in the upcoming 2nd Regional Preservation Conference, taking place on the 6th and 7th of November 2025, at the NLSA’s Pretoria Campus.
This year’s conference is hosted in celebration of World Digital ………………Read More