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AUDITOR GENERAL SEMINAR:15 FEBRUARY 2016
PRESENTATION BY: MS ME MANONG
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
“ MANAGING RECORDS AS A
STRATEGIC RESOURCE”
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Introduction
� Legal Mandate
� Records Management
� RM Principles
� Life Cycle of records
� Reasons for Records Management
� Situation Analysis
� Achievements
� Challenges
� Solutions
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Mandated by the Northern Cape Provincial Archives and Records Services Act No 7 of 2013.
� Established in terms of Schedule 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
� Currently perform Archives Management, Records Management and Advocacy and outreach programmes.
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Municipalities or Local Authorities
� Provincial Departments
� Ministries
� Statutory Bodies
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996.
� Northern Cape Archives and Records Services Act No 7 of 2013.
� PFMA/ MFMA
� PAIA
� PAJA
� PPI
� ECT Act
� Legal Deposit Act
� Copyright Act
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Northern Cape Provincial Archives and Records Services Act No 7 of 2013 section 8-clearly states that Provincial Archives is charged with the proper management and care of public records in the custody of governmental bodies
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Section 41 (1) (c)
“All sphere of government and all organs of state within each sphere must provide effective, transparent, accountable and coherent government for the Republic as a whole”
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Section 195: (1) (f) (g)
� “Public administration must be governed by the democratic values and principles enshrined in the constitution”.
� F. Public administration must be accountable.
� G. Transparency must be fostered by providing the public with timely, accessible and accurate information.
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Records Management is the process of ensuring proper creation, maintenance use and disposal of records to achieve efficient, transparent and accountable governance.
� RecordRecordRecordRecord is recorded information regardless of form or medium
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Accountability
� Transparency
� Integrity
� Availability
� Authenticity
� Audit Trail
� Reliability
� Retention
� Disposition
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
Records Life Cycle
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� It ensures corporate memory
� Legal requirement
� Promotes accountability and transparency
� It prevents re- inventing the wheel
� Contributes to positive Audit Outcomes
� Ensures legal admissibility of corporate records as well as quick and accurate retrieval of vital information
� Protect archival heritage
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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� It is important to
find the right informatiotion at the right time at the right time
so as to be able to
take informed decisions.
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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Departments 12Depts
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Municipalities
Ministries
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3 plus Corporate Services Directors
Admin Secs
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Northern Cape Provincial Archives and Records Services Act No 7 of 2013
� Active Repository
� Approved File plans
� Approved records management policies
� Conduct Inspections/ Outreach Programmes
� Records Managers Training
� Approved RCS: Legislature
� Records Managers Forum established in collaboration with SALGA
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Transfer of A20:
� NC PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE
� FRANCES BAARD MUNICIPALITY
� SOL PLAATJE MUNICIPALITY
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� High staff turn over
� Lack of appointed Records Managers: Municipalities/ Low levels and delegated
� Lack of enough financial and Human Resources
� Registries dumping ground
� Electronic records management systems implemented without approval
� Lack of management buy in some institutions
� Appraisal of records
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Slow implementation of RM Inspections remedial actions
� Low levels of compliance
� Human Capacity challenge at archives
� Limited resources at Provincial Archives to carry out a schedule 5 mandate
� Archives is a scarce skill
� Appraisal
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Appoint a Records Manager( don’t designate)
� Approved classification systems
� Approved records management policies
� Systematic disposal programme
� Trained registry staff and creators of records
� Safe custody of records
� Inspections
� Records Management to be included in the Induction programme of new recruits
� Liaise with the NC Provincial Archives
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Compliance with the Archives Act No 7 of 2013. Obtain executive support.
� Appointment of Records Managers
� Increase capacity at Provincial Archives
� RM to become a KPA for all Senior Managers
� Allocate proper resources to archives and records management units.
� Collective responsibility
� Review Act word designate changed to appoint
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Stay on top/ Keep abreast of regulatory requirements
� Each unit should designate a records champion
� Backup systems and Disaster Preparedness
� Dispose records
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� Many law case studies in relation to non compliance both on key legislations particularly NARS and PAIA costs many organisations, which ultimately face litigation, audit queries and investigations.
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
�Corporate memory is of critical importance in a democracy where accountability is crucial.
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
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DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
DSACDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture
� THANK YOU.
KHOTSO FLATELA ARCHIVES REPOSITORY
114 GREEN STREET
TEL: 0873105394
FAX: 0538074600
CELL NO: 0823234912
EMAIL: emanong@ncpg.gov.za
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