Wits ArchivesWits Historical PapersWits Libraries2025-06-182025-06Wits Archives, Wits Historical Papers and Wits Libraries. (2025). State of Johannesburg City Archives. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/45167https://hdl.handle.net/10539/45167This video shows was filmed for Carte Blanche, M-Net program, William Cullen Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2025.Stacks of files piled floor on the hidden in darkness welcome to the Johannesburg city archives as the City of Johannesburg prepares to host the g20 summit in November status the of its buildings and infrastructure into sharp have come focus suddenly it's time up to clean which is ironic because the plans to rejuvenate needed the city stored in the centre behind metro me are in a state absolute of chaos we were sent these videos pictures and by a source they show state the shocking of an archive held by the Joburg municipality at the metro centre in Braamfontein been in vain. Gabriele Mohale is an archivist of Historical Papers at Wits university looking at metro centre how the building has been dealt with and the archives there. How would she think affects governance in the City of Johannesburg, they know what they records have in terms of if they get enquiries to write if they have reports accountable if they have to be for mismanagement of this and that archives provide evidence to our activities. The Wits Archive is well looked after with controlled access and monitored by smoke detectors for early fire warning. Gabriele Mohale shows architectural drawings are meant to be stored in a traditional way of storing large format items.en©2025 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.City of Johannesburg ArchivesWits ArchivesWits Historical PapersM-NetWits LibrariesCarte BlancheJohannesburg City ArchivesMasa KekanaGabriele MohaleDigitisationWits Digitisation CentreDigitisation of ArchivesVideoUniversity of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgM-NetSDG-4: Quality educationSDG-9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure