‘Let the Spirit of Luthuli Speak to All’ Luthuli Museum Briefing to the Portfolio Committee Arts & Culture, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 It may even be true that, had women hung back, resistance would still have been faltering and uncertain”

1. Introduction 2. Strategic Plan (5 Years) 3. Annual Performance Plan (2015/2016) 4. Concluding Remarks 5. Questions & Answers PRESENTATION STRUCTURE _______________________ “I remain an African, I think as an African, I act as an African, and as an African, I worship the God whose children we all are”,

1.1Introduction of Luthuli Museum Council Members 1.2Background to establishment of Luthuli Museum 1.3Growth & Development in the past 10 Years 1.4Challenges 1.5Forward 1.INTRODUCTION Museum Chairperson : Mr Jabulani Sithole ________________ 3 “(Congress) …has stretched out its hand of friendship to all South Africans of all races, emphasizing that there is sufficient room for all in this beautiful country of ours in which we can and must live in peace and friendship”

 INFORMANTS / GUIDING IMPERATIVES a. Vision /Mission /Strategic Goals / Situational Analysis b. DAC Strategic Plan c. National Legacy Projects Vision d. National Government Outcomes e. RSA Constitution & applicable legislation f. Community aspirations & expectations g. Funding availability 2.Strategic Plan (5 Years) _________________ 4 “My ambitions are. I think, modest they scarcely go beyond the desire to serve God and my neighbour both at full stretch. But contact with people is the very breath of life in me”

5 YEAR PLAN (2015 – 2020) Programme 1:Administration a. Organogram / Operations enhancement b. Financial sustainability c. Compliance 2.Strategic Plan (5 Years) _________________ “If we truly respect fundamental human rights and noble divine concepts of man, the dignity of man and the worth of an individual, the brotherhood of man, we must come all out in defence of these values” 5

 5 YEAR PLAN (2015 – 2020) Programme 2:Business Development a. Commemorative Events (e.g. 2016; 2017) b. Integrated Infrastructure Development Plan c. Nokukhanya Luthuli Street Cultural Hub d. Knowledge Production & Dissemination e. Museum & Collections Access 2.Strategic Plan (5 Years) _________________ 6 “I personally believe that here in South Africa, with all our diversities of colour and race, we will show the world a new patter of democracy …we can build a new type of homogenous society - new in South Arica and in any part of the world”

 5 YEAR PLAN (2015 – 2020) Programme 3:Public Engagement a. Museum Public Access b. Museum / Luthuli Legacy Profile & Awareness c. Strategic Partnerships & relationship management d. Increased Visitor Numbers e. Research Surveys 2.Strategic Plan (5 Years) _________________ “Education provides a common language, creates common attitudes and norms for citizens. It is an important unifying factor in building national consciousness and pride – a health communal spirit” 7

 Performance Environment a. National Government Campaigns b. New Executive Authority c. Heritage public discourse 3. Annual Performance Plan (2015 /2016) _________________ “ Generations to come, who I trust will then be enjoying freedom, will thank the Almighty for this occasion of June 25 and 26 at Kliptown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.” 8

 Organisational Environment a. Staff Turnover b. Operational (In) Efficiency & (In) Capacitation c. Reporting format & compliance (governance) 3. Annual Performance Plan (2015 /2016) _________________ “When the history of these troubled years comes to be written, I think it will be seen that, on both sides, 1952 was a turning point in the struggle” 9

 Key Performance Targets Not Achieved Consistently (2012/ /15) a. Collections development b. Exhibitions c. Directional Road Signage (off N2 north) d. Conference / Seminar papers e. Infrastructure implementation f. Marketing of the Museum 3. Annual Performance Plan (2015 /2016) _________________ “Humanity longs for the time when great powers of the world will become great at heart and curb their ambitions, and pave the way for the settling of their differences in a statesman – like manner and so remove the threat of war” 10

 (2015/2016) Key Performance Targets Achievement Intervention Plan 3. Annual Performance Plan (2015 /2016) _________________ “The world is now a neighbourhood, although unfortunately, people are not sufficiently neighbourly” 11  CollectionsMember staff in training for collections management & digitisation.  ExhibitionsResearcher appointed on contract 11/2014. Work in progress re: 2 new exhibitions. Contract Research Assistant (Luthuli collection mapping)  Directional Signage (N2)SANRAL (KZN) meeting pending.  Seminar / Conference PaperResearcher working on paper re: SAMA & seminar (tbc)  Infrastructure ImplementationAppointment of Technical Team (QS & Architect appointment & DPW Workshop department assistance.  Marketing of MuseumAppointment of Marketing Manager.

Thank you, Honourable Portfolio Committee Members Questions & Answers 4.Conclusion ____________ “ Our vision has always been that of a non racial democratic South Africa which upholds the rights of all who live in our country to remain there as full citizens with equal rights and responsibilities with all others” 12