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Search Engines: South Africa

Both country specific and general.

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cAn A-Z of African Studies on the Internet (http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.html)
“This guide is revised regularly. It encompasses Internet sites and email and discussion list addresses and any other e-resources of relevance to Africa and African studies.”

About.com (http://about.com)
Useful site for general information and for school assignments.

Acts Online (http://www.acts.co.za/)
Provides full text of current South African legislation; also includes updates, amendments and additions to legislation.

AdmiNet - Africa (http://www.adminet.com/africa/)
Links to: government, business, culture, etc.

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html)
This site offers extensive links to many African related web sites. Searchable by country and by subject.

African Studies Internet Resources (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/)
Searchable by region, country, topic, or by organizations. Includes an “International Directory of African Studies Scholars” and other helpful finding aids.

AllAfrica.com (http://allafrica.com)
Searches in English and in French.

Ananzi -- Southern African Web Site Directory (http://www.ananzi.co.za/)
Commercial search engine for only South African web sites.

Brabys, Business Directory for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands (http://www.brabys.com)
Business directories for South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Seychelles, Botswana, Mauritius, Angola.

Cape Business News (http://www.cbn.co.za/)
Monthly newsletter; includes business directory and trade inquiry section. Links to daily news and archives.

Channel Online (Johannesburg) (http://www.learn.co.za/)
South African online learning site; aimed at high school students, grades 9-12. Includes access to a Avirtual laboratory@ for interactive experiments in biology, chemistry, geography, and physics; works of Shakespeare and Charles Dickens in an electronic library; other lessons in math, history, business economics, etc.

Google. (http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/)
Google.com here provides extensive links to various online directories and search engines relating to particular countries.

Internext Interactive Gateway to South Africa (http://minotaur.marques.co.za/newwww/index.asp)
Very extensive coverage in almost all subject areas; links range from Business and Commerce to Travel and Tourism.

Mbendi, Information for Africa (http://www.mbendi.co.za)
“Africa's leading business website and one of the world's top mining, energy and international trade websites. The site has been designed to assist business-people to identify and research business opportunities in the country and industry sectors of their choice.” Provides the economic profile, investment and information, such as visa requirements and currency exchange rates.

Michigan State University Academic Partnerships with South Africans For Mutual Capacity Building, October 18 - October 21, 1998 Conference (http://www.matrix.msu.edu/sacapacity/)
Includes comprehensive report from conference, audio files of full-text speeches by five keynote speakers, links to primary resources on higher education in South Africa, as well as links to the websites of over 35 universities and Atechnikons@ in South Africa, educational associations and other non-governmental organizations, online news sources, general resource sites and search engines, government sites, and tourism information resources.

ODP - Open Directory Project (http://dmoz.org/)
Maintained by volunteer editors. this powerful search engine may be aearched by subject and country of interest in several languages.

OneWorld.net (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/2124)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines and special reports.

SchoolNet South Africa (http://www.school.za)
Network=s homepage providing links to other related sites, extensive resources for both teachers and students, reports from government and other SchoolNet partners, events, press releases and articles, contact information for SchoolNet staff, provincial affiliates.

South Africa. Government Communication, and Information System (http://www.gcis.gov.za/)
Official site; extensive links to government directories, 2001/2002 Yearbook, documents and publications, speeches, interviews, press releases, etc.

South African Data Archive, SADA (http://www.nrf.ac.za/sada/)
Non-profit organization that acts as a facilitator between data providers B statistical agencies, government departments, market research companies, academic institutions B and research community. Links to other data archives worldwide.

South African Internet Resources (http://www.anc.org.za/sanet.html)
Extensive coverage of all topics. Links to all levels of government, national, regional, international associations, societal and environmental issues, etc.

South African Studies Database, 1987 to present - NISC BiblioLine (http://www.nisc.co.za/)
For subscribers only; site describes different data sets in the South African database.

Southern Africa Places (http://www.places.co.za)
Commercial site. Includes information on game parks, tours, etc.

UNCHR Country of Origin and Legal Information (http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home)
These databases, containing Country of Origin Information (COI) and Legal Information consist of selected reports and documents compiled by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Welcome to Africa. No- the Index on Africa (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian Council for Africa.

World Legal Information Institute. (http://www.worldlii.org)
"A global catalog and search engine for legal materials." A collaborative project of the Australasian Legal Information Institute, British and Irish Legal Information Institute, Canadian Legal Information Institute, Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute, WITS Law School, Hong Kong Legal Information Institute, and Cornell Law School.

Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com)
Search by country name.

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