The South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice has been working with the ANC political party to digitise the ANC archives.
MultiChoice is the sponsor of the digital equipment used by the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape to convert the original ANC archives - which consist out of video and audio tapes, paper and printed photographs - to digital formats.
The digital ANC archive - spanning a period of 92 years from 1910 to 2002 - can be accesses through an online portal providing access to basic material from the ANC repository.
Institutions and researchers who want broader access can register to gain access to the full ANC digital archive housed at http:/ancarchives.org.za
Over a period of 6 months the digitisation project of the ANC archives converted 25 000 documents, 2 193 audio tracks, 20 000 photos and 774 videos. The University of Fort Hare will manage the digitised ANC archive.
