The A&C Portfolio Committee’s oversight visit to Iziko

Executive Committee of Management

Chair of Iziko Council: Elias (Eltie) Links

CEO: Henry C (Jatti) Bredekamp

Executive Director Core Functions: Patricia Davison

Executive Director Operations: Veliswa Baduza

Chief Financial Officer: Faeza Allie

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

Annual Report 2006/2007 briefing: Arts and Culture Portfolio Committee, 21 November 2007

Vision & Mission

Vision

Iziko Museums of Cape Town are African museums of excellence that empower and inspire all people to celebrate our diverse heritage.

Mission

To manage and promote Iziko’s unique combination of South Africa’s heritage collections, sites and services for the benefit of present and future generations.

Strategic Goals of Iziko

Drive the transformation process according to national guidelines

Achieve service excellence through management and development of human resources

Build, care for and interpret the collections and sites of Iziko

Improve and broaden accessibility to Iziko sites and collections

Unlock the educational potential of Iziko, and promote and innovatively showcase our arts, culture and natural history

Ensure financial viability for Iziko

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, circa 2006/2007

Strategic Goal 1: Drive the transformation process according to national guidelines

Compliance with PFMA regulations Compliance with labour and heritage

legislation Successful partnership projects

Building Strategic Partnerships

Signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Freedom Park Trust

The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism on a visit to Iziko SA Museum

Strategic Goal 2: Achieve service excellence through management and development of human resources

2nd phase of realigned structure has almost finalised

Iziko staff demographics, 2003 - 2007

2003/2004

Male Female Total

African Coloured Indian White African Coloured Indian White  

Permanent 12 48 0 27 13 35 0 44 179

Non-Permanent 5 17 0 6 5 11 0 4 48

Total 17 65 0 33 18 46 0 48 227

2006/2007

Male Female Total

African Coloured Indian White African Coloured Indian White

Permanent 20 48 0 24 23 43 0 34 192

Non-Permanent 5 6 0 2 12 9 0 2 36

Total 25 54 0 26 35 52 0 36 228

Male 2003/2004

12

48

0

27

5

17

06

17

65

0

33

0

20

40

60

80

Permanent 12 48 0 27

Non-Permanent 5 17 0 6

Total 17 65 0 33

African Coloured Indian White

Female 2003/2004

13

35

0

44

511

04

18

46

0

48

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Permanent 13 35 0 44

Non-Permanent 5 11 0 4

Total 18 46 0 48

African Coloured Indian White

Male 2006/2007

20

48

0

24

5 60 2

25

54

0

26

0

20

40

60

Permanent 20 48 0 24

Non-Permanent 5 6 0 2

Total 25 54 0 26

African Coloured Indian White

Female 2006/2007

23

43

0

34

12 9

0 2

35

52

0

36

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Permanent 23 43 0 34

Non-Permanent 12 9 0 2

Total 35 52 0 36

African Coloured Indian White

Health promotion at Iziko

Type of Awareness Programme Date Number Organisation

First Aid 2002 12 St Johns Ambulance

Health and Safety 2005 6 Safe Net

HIV/AIDS Awareness Workshop 2005 57 People Management

HIV/AIDS Testing 2005no record People Management

Type of Awareness Programme (2006-2007)      

HIV/AIDS Awareness Workshop 2006 10 People Management

HIV/AIDS Testing 2006no record People Management

       

Bestmed Health Day (Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Eyes test, Body

Mass Index (BMI) etc. 2006no record Bestmed Medical Aid

Occupational Health and Safety for Managers 2007 4Cape Town

Chamber

       

First Aid 2007 22 NOSA

Strategic Goal 3: Build, care for and interpret the collections and sites of Iziko

3 contributions of the CEO appeared in academic publications

8 contributions of professionals in the Art Collections department appeared academic publications

25 scientific papers were produced by scientists in the Natural History Collections department

1 contribution by Sarah Wurtz of the Social History Collections department appeared in a scientific journal

2nd volume of Iziko’s African Natural History Journal appeared.

Strategic Goal 4: Improve and broaden accessibility to Iziko sites and collections

National Mutual Building at the time of amalgamation of Iziko

The Iziko access project for people with disabilities

The oldest historical buildings of Cape Town involved in the project:

William Fehr Collection & Good Hope Gallery block at Castle of Good Hope

The city’s old Burgherwacht & Town House of the 1750s on Green Market Square, exhibiting the Michaelis Collection

Rust-en-Vreugd townhouse of the 1770s Old Slave Lodge of the 1810s Koopmans-De Wet House of the early 1800s Bo-Kaap Museum of the early 1800s National Gallery of the 1930s

Expected outcomes of Project

Michaelis Collection: new toilets, hand-rail and lift proposed and approved

National Gallery: lift to new library area approved

Rust-en-Vreugd: new lift and toilet facility approved

Slave Lodge: new lifts and toilet facilities approved

Koopmans de Wet House: new lift and toilet facilities approved

Bo-Kaap Museum: new ramp approved

William Fehr Collection: initial proposals rejected; further proposals rejected by respected architectural consultant; meeting with Castle authorities to take place to resolve impasse

Current status of project

Final drawings are being prepared by the architects for the buildings which have approved disabled access plans

Tender documents will be prepared for advertisement in early 2008

The authorities responsible for the Castle will have to decide on the appropriate way forward with regard to disabled access to this historic building

Strategic Goal 5: Unlock the educational potential of Iziko, and promote and innovatively showcase our arts, culture and natural history

Iziko Education Programmes

In 2006/7 Iziko Education and Public Programmes attracted over 198 000 visitors

Opening of the exhibition Separate is not Equal by the Ambassador of the USA at Iziko Slave Lodge

Opening of the Exhibition Breaking the Silence by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela at Iziko Slave Lodge

In addition to the acclaimed ‘Picasso and Africa’, Iziko hosted 33 new exhibitions during 2006/07

Hand of Fatima Exhibition at the Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum

Santu Mofokeng exhibition at Iziko SA National Gallery

Rainbow of Hope - exhibition to create Aids awareness, Iziko SA National Gallery, 1 Dec 06

Strategic Goal 6: Ensure financial viability for Iziko

Unqualified Audit Report for for the last 4 years, 2003 – 2007

No matter of emphasis in Annual Report 2006/07

Responses to other matters and other reporting responsibilities: Matters of Governance: Annual Internal Audit Plan

Revisions being undertaken Matters of Governance: Value for money matters

Policies to guide processes of substance and travel claims, advances, overtime, housing allowances and staff terminations are being put in place

Other reporting responsibilities: Performance informationThe relationship of Iziko Natural History research and collections with Department of Science and Technology to be addressed at national government level

Financial Performance: Spending of government grant and income generated, 2003 - 2007

IZIKO MUSEUMS OF CAPE TOWNINCOME

0

10,000,000

20,000,000

30,000,000

40,000,000

2003/2004 30,163,000 5,939,657 5,741,916

2004/2005 32,256,000 5,665,304 9,180,051

2005/2006 34,160,000 6,308,213 5,265,729

2006/2007 38,310,000 7,092,206 4,379,031

GOVERNMENT GRANT OWN INCOME FUNDRAISING

IZIKO MUSEUMS OF CAPE TOWNEXPENDITURE

0

5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

25,000,000

30,000,000

35,000,000

2003/2004 26,396,466 5,852,291 3,930,018 216,321 3,180,448

2004/2005 27,430,808 5,923,679 2,454,967 540,616 7,023,984

2005/2006 29,014,242 6,759,062 1,222,108 1,342,290 5,247,144

2006/2007 32,709,446 7,298,744 1,438,119 1,638,322 4,047,050

PERSONNEL OPERATIONS CORE FUNCTIONSPROJECTS:

OPERATIONSPROJECTS: CORE

FUNCTIONS

Spending of government grant and income generated, 2005 - 2007

IZIKO MUSEUMS OF CAPE TOWNINCOME & EXPENDITURE

0

10,000,000

20,000,000

30,000,000

40,000,000

50,000,000

60,000,000

Income 41,844,572 47,101,355 45,733,942 49,781,237

Expenditure 39,575,545 43,374,054 43,584,847 47,131,680

Surplus 2,269,028 3,727,301 2,149,095 2,649,557

2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007