Associates

The Origins Centre is administered by the Origins Centre Association, a Section 21 or Public Benefit Company. The Association was established in 2005 to take over the management of the completed project.

The Origins Centre Project was completed in March 2006 and opened by the then South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The 
Association has close ties to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) but is a separate
 legal entity with many non-Wits directors serving on its board.The board meets quarterly and a smaller management committee meets more frequently. 


These include:

• Anglo American
• Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd
• Atlantic Philanthropies
• FirstRand Foundation
• Gauteng Department of Education
• Graham Beck Foundation
• Impala Platinum Ltd
• University of the Witwatersrand
• Murray & Roberts
• Department of Environmental Affairs and
 Tourism
• Lottery Distribution Trust Fund
• Conference, Workshop and Cultural Initiative Fund
• BHP Billiton Development Trust
• African Rainbow Minerals
• World Wide Fund for Nature
• AVI Ltd