GALA Mission Statement
The advancement, development and rights of LGBTI people depend on an accurate record and representation of their struggles. GALA mobilises memory by documenting and popularizing the lives and histories of LGBTI South Africans. In so doing it contributes to the development of pride, challenges homophobia and entrenches the rights of LGBTI people.
GALA Office and Archive Hours
Monday to Friday
9 am - 5 pm
Community Library Hours
Tuesday 1 – 4
Saturday 2 – 4:30
Contact Us
+27 11 717 4239
Fax: +27 11 717 1783
info@gala.co.za
GALA is a member of the Joint Working Group (JWG), a national network of LGTBI focused organisations in South Africa.
PHOTO GALLERIES
Click on the images below or go to Photo Galleries to view photographs of GALA events and images from our archival collections.
Contact Us
GALA encourages the public to contact us or to visit our offices or archives with their needs, requests, and feedback. Our administrative offices and our archives are open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
General Enquiries:
Telephone: +27 11 717 4239
Fax: +27 11 717 1783
Email: info@gala.co.za
Archival Enquiries:
Telephone: +27 11 717 1963
Fax: +27 11 717 1783
Email: anthony.manion@wits.ac.za
Community Library:
Telephone: +27 83 734 6163
Postal address:
P.O. Box 31719
Braamfontein
2017
South Africa
To contact a specific staff member, please see our Staff page.
To submit a comment on this site or to report a problem, email info@gala.co.za.
Location
We maintain separate offices for our administrative offices/research unit and our archives.
Offices and Community Library
The Library is located at 706 University Corner, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein. Motorists can use the Station Street entrance to the University (also on Jorissen Street) and park outside the Wits Theatre. Look for The Nunnery and take the alleyway between University Corner and The Nunnery until you come to the unmarked back entrance to University Corner. Enter the foyer and take the lift to the Seventh Floor. Follow the GALA signs to room 706. Call our administrator at 011 717 4239 if lost.
Above: Detailed map of East Campus showing University Corner, the Wits Theatre and The Nunnery. E stands for entrance.
The Archives
Our archives are located in the Historical Papers Department, William Cullen Library, University of the Witwatersrand, East Campus, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
The William Cullen Library is no. 36 on the map below. Pedestrians should use the pedestrian entrance to the University in Jorissen Street, while motorists should use the Yale Street entrance. Call the archivist at 011-717-1963 if lost.
