The Yearbook ACTA GERMANICA strives to be a research publication of international standard. It aims in particular to present to educators, researchers and scholars the spectrum and quality of research undertaken in German Studies in Southern Africa. It further aims to present research articles which are in general relevant to the study of German Culture, Literature and Language within a foreign language context. The Yearbook is published annually and accepts contributions in both German and English.

The Editorial Board consists of the Editor and three Co-Editors. All members of the Board are specialists in their field. The Editor receives manuscripts for publication and acts as Editor-in-charge. The Editor in consultation with the Editorial Board sees to it that all manuscripts submitted for publication in ACTA GERMANICA are refereed by a panel of experts. The method known as blind refereeing is used in all cases.

The Editor prepares the manuscript for publication, he/she represents the Editorial Board towards the publishers in all technical and financial matters and is responsible to the General Meeting of all members of the Association for German Studies in Southern Africa (SAGV).

All decisions of the Editorial Board are taken by a majority of the total members of the Board. In the case of equality of votes, the Editor has a casting vote. In the event of the contribution being rejected by the Editorial Board it will be returned to the author with or without stating reasons for the refusal and with or without proposals for possible amendments.

The Editorial Board is responsible to the General Meeting of all the members of the SAGV.