KZN MUSEUM COUNCIL 2024-27
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum is a Schedule 3A Public Entity and an agency of the national Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) and is governed by a Council appointed by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture. The Council is appointed for a three-year term by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture.
The duties of Council, as described in the Cultural Institutions Act, 1998 (Act No. 119 of 1998), are to:
Formulate policy
Hold, preserve and safeguard all movable and immovable property of whatever kind, placed in the care of, or loaned, or belonging to, the declared institution concerned;
Receive, hold, preserve and safeguard all specimens, collections or other movable property placed under its care and management under Section 10(1) [of the Act];
Raise funds for the institution; manage and control the money received by the declared institution and to utilise those money for defraying expenses in connection with the performance of its functions
Keep a proper record of the property of the declared institution; submit to the Director-General any returns required by him or her in regard thereto, and cause proper books of account to be kept;
Determine, subject to this Act and with the approval of the Minister, the objects of the declared institution; and,
Generally, carry out the objects of the declared institution.
In addition, the Council appoints, in consultation with the Minister, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO); and, may determine the hours during which, and the conditions and restrictions subject to which, the public may visit the declared institution concerned or portion thereof, and the admission charges to be paid.
The members of the current KZN Museum Council are:
Chairperson: Mr Mthokozisi Radebe
Deputy Chairperson: Ms Khwezi Kunene
Mr Vincent Blennies
Ms Charmaine Jugnarayan
Ms Khwezi Kunene
Mr Troy Meyers
Ms Mbali Myeni
Ms Zamangwane Ngcibi
Mr Chavaique Pienaar
Adv. Khayelihle Thango
Sub-committees of Council
The following Sub-committees of Council report to the Council:
Audit & Risk Committee
Finance & Procurement Committee
Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
Institutional Advancement & Ethics Committee
Infrastructure & Facilities Committee