The sites listed below were chosen for their utility in providing
information (either brief or extensive) as well as directories
and more extensive portal pages concerning aspects of South African
life and culture.
For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult
the South
Africa Country page of the African Section of the African
and Middle Eastern Division or the Library of Congress Online
Catalog. To track bills and other Congressional materials
having to do with the topic, consult the Library’s Thomas
Legislative Information page .
AdmiNet - Africa (http://www.adminet.com/africa/)
Links to: government, business, culture, etc.
Africa In Sight (http://www.africainsight.org)
Useful homework and ready reference site for basic information, statistical data,
and highlights about a country. Provides a quiz, articles, news, etc.
Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) (http://www.ai.org.za/)
Independent research organization and think-tank; describes AISA mission, organization,
membership, links to its online publications and electronic monographs, also
provides access to its library and documentation center which provides numerous
services to researchers, including reference assistance, photocopying of text
from difficult to access publications, database searches, cartography, and monitoring
of current newspapers and periodicals.
Afro1 Index and Links (http://www.afrol.com/netscape%5Findex.htm)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.
British Council. (http://www.britcoun.org/)
Offices in Africa are in Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
CIA --
The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects
of the political, social and military history of a particular country.
CNN Interactive -- Africa (http://www.cnn.com/)
Current information on weather, business, science, tourism, etc.
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 "virtual 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.
Country Reports about ... (http://www.countryreports.org/)
Offers links to sites about many countries by such subjects as government, the
military, economy, the weather, etc.
CountryWatch (http://www.countrywatch.com/)
Useful site for general data.
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals
build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search
by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites
and documents.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Human
Sciences Research Council, HSRC (http://www.hsrc.ac.za/)
Supports programs in education, human resources (health, youth, etc.), science
development, social dynamics; provides such databases as South African Data Archive.
A Modern Constitutions Database enables comparison and analysis of constitutions
from, for example, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, and? Zimbabwe.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country
which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works,
etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.
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.
Links To Essential Web Sites for
International Organizations (http://www.usemb.org.zm/wwwhint.htm)
Site of the Information Resource Center in Lusaka, Zambia. Links to parastatals
such as Red Cross, Red Crescent, ICRC, IMF, NATO, OAS, OECD, World Bank, WHO,
WTO, International Studies Association, and International Communications Union.
Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture,
and environment. of that location.
Mail & Guardian (http://www.mg.co.za/)
Johannesburg newspaper; includes extensive online resources for South Africa;
also provides Chatroom for discussing current events.
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.
OneWorld.net (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/2124)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines and special
reports.
South Africa Online (http://www.southafrica.co.za/)
Links to magazines, newspapers, and other general sites; arranged also by 12
topics, ranging from to business and computers to sports and travel.
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 Politics
-An online introduction (Allison Drew) (http://www-users.york.ac.uk/%7Ead15/SApolitics.htm)
Web course providing an introduction to South African politics and political
history using internet based resources; includes historical overview, reading
lists, research exercises, two maps.
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.
SouthScan.Net (http://southscan.gn.apc.org/)
Provides news from Southern, Central and East Africa. Forecasting, and risk analysis
provided by the bi-weekly e-journal SouthScan, which dates from 1986, and the
Southern Africa Monthly Briefing Report (MBR) which dates from 1991.
U.S. Department of State (http://state.gov/)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel
advice and warnings relating to the countries of theworld are available on the
State Department’s official site by searching under a particular country’s
name.
U.S. Department of State - Background
Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Background Notes are factual publications that contain information on all the
countries of the world with which the United Stateshas relations. They include
facts on the country's land, people, history, government, political conditions,
economy, and its relations with other countries and the United States.
US-Africa.org (http://us-africa.tripod.com/index.html) "Open
Window to Africa for business, travel and education...provides -country files,
photo albums, an impressive collection of pan African links, an event
calendar and extensive information about economy, history, and culture."
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several
languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations,
etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
United Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/)
“ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information needs of the humanitarian
relief community” Offers news updates to crisis situations around the world
and includes information about refugee camps and other relief efforts.
United States Diplomatic
Mission to South Africa (http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/sf1/wwwhmain.html)
Official site; includes numerous links to issue papers, services, other agencies.
United States. Agency
for International Development. Development Experience Clearinghouse
(DEC) (http://www.dec.org)
“The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects,
activities, and programs by making ... development experience documents available
to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions,
developing countries, and the public worldwide.”
United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel
advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the
State Department’s official site by searching under a particular country’s
name.
United States. Library of Congress Country
Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress
under the Country Studies/Area Studies HandbookProgram sponsored by the Department
of the Army.
United
States. Library of Congress. Virtual Reference Shelf (http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html)
The Library of Congress has mounted this useful site on its home page to give
scholars and researchers access to common online sources which are excellent
for initial stages of research. These online tools are organized by subject and
format, e.g., "Almanacs and Fast Facts," "Directories," "Libraries," etc.
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 Desk Reference (http://uk.dk.com/)
Searchable by country, this is the online version of the handbook with more than
5000 illustrations and maps.
World News Network - WN.com (http://www.wn.com)
Useful site for general data for all of Africa.
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