Media and Communications: South Africa

Includes news, newspapers, journals, radio, television, news services, press abstracts, publishing and bookseller associations.

Africa Economies (http://www.mozambiquenews.com/s/africaeconomies/)
Links to other media and information sites.

Afro1 Index and Links (http://www.afrol.com/netscape%5Findex.htm)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.

BBC World Service.com (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/)
Searching this site by country or by topic, offers a choice of news headlines, country profiles, and additional web links on specific aspects such as sports.

Boer Nation Page (http://www.boer.co.za/)
AWelcome to the independent CyberVolksrepublic of the Boer Nation.@ Provides news sources; produces e-publications; includes directory of related organizations; in English and Afrikaans.

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.

Business Day (http://www.bday.co.za/)
Online edition of South Africa's main financial newspaper; presents stock exchange news, Werksmans Business Guide to South Africa.

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

City of Cape Town (http://www.capetown.gov.za)
Official site of the new council made up of six local councils: Blaauwberg Municipality, City of Cape Town, City of Tygerberg, Helderberg Municipality, Oostenberg Municipality, South Peninsula Municipality and the Cape Metropolitan Council; includes municipal notices, press releases, online City Bulletin, current local weather, links to city police, online city services, also to each of the member councils and other government sites. Provides downloadable pdf files dealing with traffic accident reports, public transportation fares, water quality reports, household surveys, socioeconomic characteristics and profile of the metropolitan area; includes education level, and full text documents dealing with Cape Town's economy.

Committee to Protect Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/)
Searching this site results in a list of recent documents from a number of web sites concerning media activities and press freedom in many countries.

CountryWatch (http://www.countrywatch.com/)
Useful site for general data.

Durban. City (http://www.durban.gov.za/)
Official website for the Durban Metro Unicity Project. Provides information on local government, tourism, local media, conference facilities, etc.

Financial mail interactive (http://www.fm.co.za/)
Major South African magazine dealing with business as well as politics; available only to subscribers.

Global Archive -- Total Search (http://search.ft.com/search/index.html)
Searches the archive of the British newspaper, Financial Times, online version.

Institute for Democracy in South Africa, IDASA (http://www.idasa.org.za/)
Specializing in public policy research on community policing, local government, education for democracy, economy and development, media, etc.

International Calling Codes - South Africa (http://www.the-acr.com/codes/cntrycd3.htm#s)
Listing of telephone area codes within South Africa.

Journal of Theology for Southern Africa (Braamfontein) (http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/jtsa/index.htm)
Published by South African Council of Churches; provides tables of contents and abstracts for 1972 through 1999 issues; full text of selected articles from current issue.

Juta & Co (http://www.juta.co.za/)
One of the largest academic publishers in South Africa, specializing in legal, medical, academic, educational publications. Links to the Publishers Association of South Africa and to some annual book awards.

Mail & Guardian (http://www.mg.co.za/)
Johannesburg newspaper; includes extensive online resources for South Africa; also provides Chatroom for discussing current events.

Media Institute of Southern Africa (http://www.misa.org)
Non-governmental organization which focuses on the promotion of free, independent and pluralistic media. The headquarters in Windhoek, Namibia and its 11 chapters are in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, Tanzania, Namibia and South Africa, and Zambia.

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.

Online Newspapers.com (http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/)
“Thousands of World Newspapers at your fingertips.”

Pro Veritate (Christian Institute of Southern Africa), 1962-1977 (http://disa.nu.ac.za/)
Three-year project to make South African material of great socio-political interest accessible to scholars and researchers worldwide; in its first phase, over 35 South African anti-apartheid journals are being digitized; links are available to full text articles.

SANGOCO, South African National NGO Coalition (http://www.sangoco.org.za/)
"Core mission is to eradicate poverty..." Links to its newsletter, other publications; contact information.

Screen Africa (Strathavon South Africa) (http://www.screenafrica.com/)
Monthly news magazine devoted to South African film, television, video, radio and multimedia industry.

South Africa Online (http://www.southafrica.co.za/news/index.html)
Links to magazines, newspapers, and other general sites; arranged also by 12 topics, ranging from to business and computers to sports and travel.

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.

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.

Southern African Development Community (SADC) (http://www.sadc.int/)
Offers information on the regional development projects and the integration of the economies of member states of Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

United States. Agency for International Development (USAID) Leland Initiative: Africa Global Information Infrastructure Project (http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/leland/countries.htm)
Covers telecommunications: Partner countries are: Benin Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea. Ethiopia, Ghana , Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Washingtonpost.com: World (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/)
Search by country to find recent articles appearing in this newspaper.

Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and public and private sector information on each country.

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 News Network - WN.com (http://www.wn.com)
Useful site for general data for all of Africa.

Yamada Language Center, University of Oregon - Afrikaans (http://babel.uoregon.edu/)
Afrikaans language site. Includes an Afrikaans dictionary of 4,000 terms, links to literature, cultural sites and to the South African newspaper Die Burger.