The Tracing
History Trust was established in
2008
in order to continue and expand the work of the TEPC transcription team
after the Dutch-funded project closed and in response to requests from
researchers. We develop proposals, manage funds and custom-design the
professional teams for carrying out specialist tasks, especially those
that relate to the expertise built up during the TEPC Project.
OBJECTIVES
AND PURPOSE OF THE TRACING HISTORY TRUST
- to promote and undertake
the
recording of archival, documentary, artefactual, oral and other
historical resources, with the purpose of making them accessible to
researchers and interested members of the public;
- to promote and undertake
the
dissemination of this information in the form of electronic,
paper-based and other products, thereby enabling conservation of the
original resources;
- to promote and support
collaborative and integrated multi-disciplinary research relating to
the recent (AD1500 – present) history of South Africa and its
interconnectedness with the African continent and the wider world;
- to support the production
of
academic, specialised and popular publications, and participation in
local and international fora such as conferences;
- to receive grants,
donations
and other income from whomsoever, in order to further the objects of
the Trust.
The
Tracing History Trust is
registered as a Public Benefit Organisation in terms of Section 30 of
the Act and as a Non-Profit Organisation in terms of Section 13(5) of
the Non-Profit Organisations Act, 1997.