[Slide1]

 

[Slide 2] Chairperson of Council introduces the Iziko Executive Team

 

[Slide 3] CEO begins with his presentation

 

IZIKO MUSEUMS OF CAPE TOWN BRIEFING OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE ANNUAL REPORT 2006/2007 OF THE AMALGAMATED INSTITUTION

 

DATE:   WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2007

TIME:               10:00

VENUE:            ROOM 2, GROUND FLOOR, 120 PLEIN STREET

 

 

EXECUTIVE REPORT

 

1          Introduction

 

The presentation ‘Iziko Museums of Cape Town: An overview for the Arts and Culture Portfolio Committee’, which served as base document when the Portfolio Committee made an oversight visit to a number of Iziko museums on 29 August  this year, has been handed out again as background information.

 

The focus of the presentation today is on the achievements of Iziko museums, governed by the Council appointed for the period 2003 to 2006 by an executive authority accountable to the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa.

 

[Slide 4] The achievements recorded in the Annual Report of Iziko 2006/2007 were accomplished within the context of the institution’s vision, mission and strategic plan for 2006/07 – 2009/10.

 

[Slide 5] All actions of the executive, senior management and professional and support staff were guided by Iziko’s six strategic goals approved by Council:

 

·         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 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

      

2          Performance [Slide 6]

 

2.1        Drive the transformation process according to national guidelines

 

  • Iziko complied within its competency as a Schedule 3 public entity with the rules of the PFMA as well as with that of labour and heritage legislation.
  • A number of successful partnership projects with state departments, public entities and international partners were undertaken. (Annual Report, pp. 66-67) [Slide 7]

 

2.2        Achieve service excellence through management and development of human resources [Slide 8]

 

  • The Operations business unit – comprising of the departments of Finance & Administration, Human Resources Management, Facilities Management, and Customer Services Management – excelled operationally in their own right in support of the core functions of Iziko during the year under review.
  • The first two phases of implementation of the re-aligned structure have been finalized as informed by the numerical goals set in the Employment Equity Plan. (Annual Report, p.58) [Slide 9a & b]

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • A skills audit has been undertaken followed by implementation of a related Learning and Development Programme (Annual Report, pp. 64-65)
  • HIV/Aids and health promotion programmes were initiated. [Slide 10]

 

2.3        Build, care for and interpret the collections of Iziko [Slide 11]

 

  • Excellent work was also done by the Core Functions business unit - comprising of the Art, Natural History and Social History Collections departments as well as the departments of Education and Public Programmes and Exhibitions - responsible for researching, managing and showcasing our collections. (Annual Report, pp.68 – 75)
  • Staff of our Natural History Collections department published no fewer than twenty five scientific papers, six more than in 2005-06. (Annual Report, pp. 76 -78)
  • Iziko’s own new journal, African Natural History, has now published two volumes.

 

2.4         Improve and broaden accessibility to Iziko sites and collections

[Slide 12 ] (see also image on p.7 of Annual Report)

 

  • The R63 million DPW project to convert the former National Mutual Building on Church Square near Parliament into the Iziko Social History Centre, a high-quality storage facility for the Social History collections, is on track for completion in mid-2008.
  • A comprehensive repair and renovation programme has been rolled out at a number of our museums. All our museum buildings will be ready to receive the visitors coming to Cape Town for the Fifa World Cup in 2010. [Slides 13 - 15]

 

2.5        Unlock the educational potential of Iziko and promote and innovatively showcase our arts, culture and natural history [Slides 16a & b ]

 

  • The programmes offered by our Education & Public Programmes Department (which now includes the Planetarium) had more than 150 000 participants in the reported period.
  • Overall, thanks to the commitment of the staff of our Social History Collections staff and support of other departments in Core Functions as well as Operations another phase of the Iziko Slave Lodge Memory Centre was opened to the public in May 2006.
  • The Iziko Slave Lodge now hosts the biggest display on Cape slavery in the country. [Slide 17]
  • Iziko is arguably the busiest museum in South Africa, in terms of the sheer volume of programmes, exhibitions and activities for learners of all ages. [Slide 18]
  • The exhibition that overshadowed all others on the calendar was the blockbuster Picasso and Africa exhibition at the Iziko South African National Gallery. The exhibition also included thirty African sculptures from South African collections. Picasso and Africa attracted an unprecedented 50 646 visitors during the five weeks that Iziko hosted the exhibition. Slide 19]
  • In total, 553 200 visitors were received by our museums in 2006-07, an improvement of 15.6% over the previous year (478 388). [Slide 20]

 

2.6        Ensure financial viability for Iziko [Slide 21]

 

  • For the fourth consecutive year (2003/2004 – 2006/2007) Iziko received a unqualified Audit Report, and this time also no emphasis of matter. (Annual Report, pp. 7-8, 28-29, 61-63)
  • There were, however, other matters and other reporting responsibilities, which are being attended to collectively by the senior management team.
  • The total income received and expenditure for the period 2003 – 2007 are as follows: [Slides 22 & 23]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDITED OUTCOME

 

 

2003/2004

2004/2005

2005/2006

2006/2007

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • The government grant and income generated was spend as follows over the past four years:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDITED OUTCOME

 

Income

2003/2004

2004/2005

2005/2006

2006/2007

 

Government Grant (Vote 13)

30,163,000

32,256,000

34,160,000

38,310,000

 

Own Income

5,939,657

5,665,304

6,308,213

7,092,206

 

Fundraising: Core function projects

5,741,916

9,180,051

5,265,729

4,379,031

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

41,844,572

47,101,355

45,733,942

49,781,237

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditure

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel costs

26,396,466

  27,430,808

29,014,242

32,709,446

 

Operational costs

5,852,291

5,923,679

6,759,062

7,298,744

 

Core Functions

3,930,018

2,454,967

1,222,108

   1,438,119

 

Subtotal

36,178,775

35,809,454

36,995,412

41,446,309

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Projects : Operations

216,321

540,616

1,342,290

   1,638,322

 

Special Projects : Core Functions

3,180,448

7,023,984

5,247,144

   4,047,050

 

Total

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • To fulfill our potential as a national heritage institution and meet our transformation objectives in accordance with our vision and mission by 2011, Iziko needs a considerable increase in the subsidy allocation from Treasury via the Department of Arts and Culture.

 

Henry C. (Jatti) Bredekamp

November 2007