Governance

Amazwi South African Museum of Literature is a schedule 3A Public Entity, established in terms of the Cultural Institutions Act, Act No. 119 of 1998, under the control of a Council appointed by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture. The function of the Council is to formulate policy and to hold, preserve and safeguard the collections and all other movable and immovable property in the care of the museum.

Amazwi is governed by the Cultural Institutions Act, Act No. 119 of 1998, as amended, and operates under the jurisdiction of a Council appointed by the Minister of Arts and Culture. Amazwi is listed as a schedule 3A national public entity in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, Act No. 1 of 1999, as amended.

The operations of Amazwi are further governed by the following:

  • National Heritage Resources Act, Act No. 25 of 1999;
  • Public Audit Act, Act No. 25 of 2004;
  • Government Immovable Asset Management Act, Act No 19 of 2007;
  • Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Act, Act No 53 of 2003; and
  • White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage, 1996.