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Annual Report 2018 | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 | 2019 PAGE A IZIKO 2019 AR COVER_Print version.indd 3 2019/08/20 14:17 Iziko is an isiXhosa word, meaning ‘hearth’, traditionally and symbolically the social centre of the home; a place associated with warmth, kinship and ancestral spirits. Here food is prepared and shared, stories are told and knowledge passed from one generation to the next. Similarly, the museums that make up Iziko are spaces for cultural interaction. We are proud to ignite connections between our shared history, our heritage, and each other. – South African Museum and Planetarium – South African National Gallery – Maritime Centre, including the museum ship, SAS Somerset – Slave Lodge Museum – William Fehr Collection (at the Castle of Good Hope) – Michaelis Collection (at the Old Town House) – Rust en Vreugd Museum – Bertram House Museum – Koopmans-de Wet House Museum – Groot Constantia Museum – Bo-Kaap Museum IZIKO 2019 AR COVER_Print version.indd 4 2019/08/20 14:17 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 | 2019 PAGE 1 REGISTERED NAME: Iziko Museums of South Africa PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 25 Queen Victoria St, Cape Town, 8001 POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000 TELEPHONE NUMBER: +27 (0)21 481 3800 FAX NUMBER: +27 (0)21 481 3994 EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] WEBSITE ADDRESS: www.iziko.org.za EXTERNAL AUDITORS: Auditor-General of South Africa BANKERS: Standard Bank PUBLISHED BY: Iziko Museums of South Africa RP05/2019 ISBN: 978-0-621-46999-8 Title of Publications: Iziko Museum of South Africa: Annual Report 2018/2019 Cover image and inside front and back cover: A recently described new species of mymarid parasitoid wasp, Polynema sagittaria van Noort & Triapitsyn, 2018. Photograph by Dr Simon van Noort*; Zanele Siko during the performance of UmHa: I am here to report a crime, curated and directed by Chuma Sopotela, the 2018 Standard Bank Young Artist Award (SBYAA) winner for performance art. Museum Night 2019 at ISANG; Installation view of Object Ecologies, an exhibition in collaboration with the Centre for Curating the Archive as part of the University of Cape Town/Iziko Museums of South Africa collaboration initiative by the Mellon Foundation. *The ovipositor (egg laying apparatus), extends forwards beneath the body to well in front of the head. The structure of this tiny 2 mm long wasp deviates from the normal ground plan state of most parasitoid wasps where the long tail-like ovipositor extends backwards from the body. Biology of this species is unknown,but the long ovipositor is likely to be an adaptation to reach host eggs concealed within a secondary substrate. Species in the family Mymaridae are parasitoids of other insect eggs, the larvae of these wasps completing their full development inside the host egg, hence their extremely small size. This species also has other unusual morphological adaptations, including highly modified microtrichia (hair-like structures) present on the fore wing. Visitor viewing Igshaan Adams’ work in Filling in the Gaps, an exhibition drawn from more recent acquisitions of the permanent collections of ISANG. REGISTERED NAME: CONTENTS Iziko Museums of South Africa PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 4.5 Employment Changes 74 25 Queen Victoria St, 1 General Information 4 Cape Town, 8001 1.1 Strategic Overview 6 4.6 Promotions 75 POSTAL ADDRESS: 1.2 Legislative and Other Mandates 7 4.7 Employment Equity 75 PO Box 61, 1.3 Organisational Structure 7 4.8 Leave Utilisation 76 Cape Town, 8000 ­­­1.4 Foreword by the Chairman 10 4.9 Health Promotion Programmes 76 TELEPHONE NUMBER: +27 (0)21 481 3800 1.5 Chief Executive Officer’s Overview 12 4.10 Labour Relations 76 FAX NUMBER: 1.6 Statement of Responsibility 27 4.11 Learning and Development 77 +27 (0)21 481 3994 4.12 Injury on Duty 78 EMAIL ADDRESS: 2 Performance Information 28 [email protected] 2.1 Overview of the Public Entity’s Performance 30 5 Financial Information 80 WEBSITE ADDRESS: www.iziko.org.za 2.2 Performance Information by Programme 32 Statement of Responsibility 82 EXTERNAL AUDITORS: 2.3 Auditor’s Report: Predetermined Objectives 39 Report of the Audit and Risk Committee 84 Auditor-General of South Africa Report of the Auditor-General to Parliament 86 BANKERS: 3 Governance 40 Report on the Audit of Compliance with Legislation 88 Standard Bank 3.1 Introduction 42 Auditor-General’s Responsibility for the Audit 89 PUBLISHED BY: Iziko Museums of South Africa 3.2 Portfolio Committees 42 Accounting Authority’s Report 90 RP05/2019 3.3 Executive Authority 42 Statement of Financial Position 93 ISBN: 978-0-621-46999-8 3.4 Accounting Authority/Council 44 Statement of Financial Performance 94 Title of Publications: 3.5 Council Charter 44 Statement of Changes in Net Assets 95 Iziko Museum of South Africa: 3.6 Council Code of Conduct 48 Cash Flow Statement 95 Annual Report 2018/2019 3.7 Code of Conduct 50 Statement of Comparison of Budget 96 3.8 Finance and Budget Council Committee 54 Reconciliation of Approved Budget Surplus 97 3.9 Core Functions Council Committee 54 Notes to the Financial Statements 98 3.10 Operations Council Committee 55 3.11 Audit & Risk Committee 55 6 Appendices 140 3.12 Terms of Reference to Council 55 6.1 Facilities Management 142 3.13 Risk Management 58 6.2 Donors 143 3.14 Internal Control Unit 59 6.3 Partners 144 3.15 Compliance with Laws and Regulations 60 6.4 Exhibitions 152 3.16 Code of Conduct 62 6.5 Workshops and Conferences 153 3.17 Health and Safety Issues 62 6.6 Acquisitions and Loans 158 3.18 Social Responsibility 62 6.7 Peer-reviewed Publications 164 6.8 Other Research Publications, Brochures 167 4 Human Resource Management 66 6.9 Education 167 4.1 Introduction 68 6.10 Visitor Statistics 170 4.2 Personnel Expenditure 68 6.11 Materiality and Significance Framework 172 4.3 Salary Expenditure 69 Acknowledgements 178 4.4 Employment 72 Abbreviations/ Acronyms 180 – ON A JOURNEY PAGE 3 1 | GENERAL INFORMATION Lusanda Dymani during the performance of UmHa: I am here to report a crime, curated and directed by Chuma Sopotela, the 2018 Standard Bank Young Artist Award (SBYAA) winner for performance art. Museum Night 2019 at ISANG. CONTENTS 1.1 Strategic Overview 6 1.1.1 Foundation 6 1.1.2 Vision 6 1.1.3 Mission 6 1.1.4 Values 6 1.1.5 Strategic Outcome Orientated Goals of the Institution 7 1.2 Legislative and Other Mandates 7 1.3 Organisational Structure 7 1.3.1 Governance 8 1.3.2 Management 9 ­­­1.4 Foreword by the Chairman 10 1.5 Chief Executive Officer’s Overview 12 1.6 Statement of Responsibility 27 1 | GENERAL INFORMATION – SUNRISE / BIRTH 1.1 Strategic Overview 1.1.1 Foundation Iziko was thus envisaged as a space for all South Iziko Museums of South Africa (Iziko) is a Schedule Africans to gather, nourish body and soul, and share 3A Public Entity and an agency of the national stories and knowledge passed from one generation Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), bringing to the next. Iziko seeks to celebrate our heritage together the national museums of the Western Cape whilst generating new cultural legacies for future under a single governance and leadership structure. generations, and a society that has moved beyond the shackles of the past. In terms of the Cultural Institutions Act, 1998 (Act No. 119 of 1998), five national museums in the Western The three ‘flames’ in our hearth logo represent the Cape - the South African Cultural History Museum, three collections brought together in our museums: South African Museum, South African National Social History (ochre); Art (red); and Natural History Gallery, the William Fehr Collection, and the Michaelis (green). These are made accessible to learners and the Collection - were amalgamated as the Southern public through education and public programmes. Flagship Institution (SFI). 1.1.2 Vision Iziko comprises the following museums, each with its Iziko museums are African museums of excellence own history and character: • South African Museum that empower and inspire all people to celebrate and & Planetarium and Digital Dome • South African respect our diverse heritage. National Gallery • Maritime Centre, SAS Somerset being de-accesioned and decommissioned • Slave 1.1.3 Mission Lodge Museum • William Fehr Collection at the Castle • To manage and promote Iziko’s unique combination of Good Hope • Michaelis Collection at the Old Town of South Africa’s heritage collections, sites and House • Rust en Vreugd Museum • Bertram House services for the benefit of present and future Museum • Koopmans-de Wet House Museum • Groot generations. Constantia Museum • Bo-Kaap Museum • To continuously innovate and transform our heritage institutions to meet the needs of our democracy and In addition, the renovated Social History Centre on serve our public. Church Square provides a state-of-the-art facility to accommodate our Social History collections and 1.1.4 Values library. The Natural History Library is located at the • Ubuntu - ‘I am because of you’ South African Museum, and the Art Library in the • Community engagement and social responsiveness Annexe adjacent to the South African National Gallery. • Batho Pele - ‘Putting people first’ Iziko has successfully operated a Mobile Museum • Empower and inspire our visitors through education outreach programme for the past 16 years. and research • Communication and information sharing – Ongoing, In July 2001, the SFI was officially renamed Iziko open and honest communication and sharing of Museums of Cape Town, and in September 2012, information renamed Iziko Museums of South Africa. The name, • Develop and sustain mutually beneficial local and Iziko, an isiXhosa word, meaning ‘hearth’, embodies international partnerships the spirit of a transformed institution and our vision • Professional, dependable and consistent of ‘African Museums of Excellence’.
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