The National Archives and Records Service is an institutional network, operating on a centralized and decentralized provincial basis under central government control. The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa was established by passing of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act in 1996. National Archives and Records Service Offices Head Office Bureau of Heraldry National Archives Repository National Film, Video and Sound Archives (South Africa) Records Management and Information Systems Provincial Archives Services Eastern Cape Provincial Archives (includes Mthatha Archives Repository, Port Elizabeth Archives Repository) Free State Provincial Archives Gauteng Provincial Archives KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Archives (includes Durban Archives Repository, Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository, Ulundi Archives Repository) Limpopo Provincial Archives Service Mpumalanga Provincial Archives Service Northern Cape Provincial Archives Service North West Provincial Archives and Records Services Western Cape Provincial Archives and Records Service See also List of archives in South Africa Archival platform Iziko Museums National Library of South Africa Unesco Memory of the World Register – Africa References External links National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Government of South Africa History of South Africa Archives in South Africa 1996 establishments in South Africa South Africa Organisations based in Pretoria