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.
Africa Inter Mennonite
Mission (AIMM) (http://www.aimmintl.org/home.htm)
Organized as the Congo Inland Mission in 1912. Based in Elkhart, Indiana. Describes
their work in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo (former
Zaire), Lesotho, Senegal, South Africa.
African National Congress (http://www.anc.org.za/)
"South Africa's National Liberation Movement." Official site includes
press statements, speeches, links to South African government sites, online access
to the publications, ANC Today, Umrabulo, Sephadi, and Umrabulo, current and
historical ANC documents.
Afrikanerbond (http://www.icon.co.za/%7Eabond/)
Political party site. Presents history since 1994, constitution, speeches,
press releases, meeting reports, etc. Site is in Afrikaans and English.
Boer Nation Page (http://www.boer.co.za/)
"Welcome to the independent CyberVolksrepublic of the Boer Nation." Provides
news sources; produces e-publications; includes directory of related organizations;
in English and Afrikaans.
Catholic Archdiocese of
Cape Town (http://catholic-ct.org.za/)
Includes history, biographies, information on the departments, societies, structure,
the Dominican Sisters, etc.
Catholic
Diocese of Eshowe (http://www.smom-za.org/eshowe/eshowe.htm)
Presents history, schools, health care, etc.; also provides links to the Catholic
Internet and e-mail directory of southern Africa.
Catholic Internet
and E-mail Directory of Southern Africa (CIDSA) (http://www.smom-za.org/cidsa/cidsa.htm)
Provides names, e-mail addresses; information on the Southern African Catholic
Bishops' Conference, Dioceses and Parishes, Religious Orders and Congregations,
Catholic Organisations, Catholic Schools, Catholic Health Care, Catholic Bookshops & Repositories,
Catholic Publications, personal homepages and E-Mail addresses of Catholics.
Centre for Conflict Resolution,
University of Cape Town (http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za)
Includes selected full text papers and articles from its journal, Track Two,
also full text of Working Papers from the Southern African Centre for Defence
Information.
Centre for Development and
Enterprise (http://www.cde.org.za)
The center is Aan independent policy research and advocacy organisation focusing
on critical national development issues and their relationship to economic
growth and democratic consolidation.@ Provides information on their staff,
policy work, publications.
Centre for the Study of Violence
and Reconciliation (http://www.csvr.org.za)
Non-governmental organization based in Johannesburg and operating since1989.
Presents many full text articles on such topics as prisons, crime, rape, gangs,
children, education, health, industry, etc.
Chamber of
Mines of South Africa (http://www.bullion.org.za/welkome.htm)
Provides news, data and policy information on South African mining industry;
includes such information as number of mining employees, percent of world minerals
from South Africa, gold production figures, etc.
Christian
Network Links for Africa (http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/cecilian/777/safrica.htm)
Extensive list of sites for Southern African religious (Christian) organizations.
Civnet (New York, NY) (http://civnet.org/)
Website of Civitas International. An online resource and service for civic
education practitioners (teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum designers),
as well as scholars, policymakers, civic-minded journalists, and non-governmental
organizations promoting civic education....Presents excerpts from numerous
documents, articles and reports on civic education, civil society; in English
and French.
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.
Community HEART
(Manchester, U.K.)(Health Education And Reconstruction Training)
(http://www.community-heart.org.uk/)
Manages a book donation project for schools in South Africa, sends computers
to schools, also has math, art, nutrition projects. In English and German.
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.
Directory of Development Organizations (http://www.devdir.org/)
“The Directory is a compilation of contact data of the main sources of
assistance available for private sector development (micro, small an medium-sized
enterprises) and poverty reduction. A wide range of organizations is included
in the Directory: international organizations, government ministries, private
sector institutions, development agencies, universities, research and training
institutes, NGOs/PDOs, grantmakers, banks, microfinance institutions, and development
consulting firms.” Searchable by keyword.
EPoliticsSA (http://www.idasa.org.za/pims/epolitics/)
Site of the independent non-profit public interest organization, Institute
for Democracy in South Africa, which promotes democracy in South Africa.
Includes coverage of political news and analysis, briefings, publications,
links to related sites; provides a Who's Who section.
Education With Enterprise
Trust (EWET) (Harrisburg, South Africa) (http://www.ewet.org.za)
Nonprofit organization assisting poor. Includes two programs: Youth Enterprise
Society (YES) aimed at youth in grades 9 to 11, empowering them to create their
own jobs, and Partnerships for Development Models (PDM), which fosters improved
delivery of services and socioeconomic development.
Electoral Institute of South
Africa (http://www.eisa.org.za/)
Provides information on South Africa's second democratic election (June 2,
1999); includes voter registration statistics, directory of all registered
parties, 1994 election results, etc.
Empowerment for African Sustainable
Development (Cape Town) (http://easd.org.za/)
Organization dealing with environmental management and sustainable development;
includes full text publications, links to related sites.
Human Rights
Watch - South Africa (http://www.hrw.org/africa/southafrica.php)
Provides news releases, current events, information on publications; links
to overviews on human rights developments from 1997 through 2001.
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.
Independent Development Trust
(Cape Town) (http://www.idt.org.za/)
Established in 1990 by the national government, under the Ministry of Public
Works, to promote economic and social development; some working papers and
full text reports are available.
Independent Electoral
Commission (http://www.elections.org.za/)
Independent organization, managing free and fair elections at all government
levels; includes full text of AElectoral Act 73 of 1999" and 1999 election
results.
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 Committee of
the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports
on the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.
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.
Knights of Malta (http://www.smom-za.org/bbg/goto.htm)
Relief organization in South Africa; describes health-, education-related projects
accomplished by the organization. In English, German, Italian and Spanish.
Municipal Demarcation
Board (http://www.demarcation.org.za/)
Formally established in 1999. This site presents information on the demarcation
of municipal boundaries and delimitation of wards; includes policy documents;
provides metropolitan and district council maps.
The New Partnership for Africa's
Development (NEPAD) (http://www.nepad.org/)
Provides documents, speeches, projects, archives, workshops. Member states
are Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa.
Parliamentary Monitoring Group (http://www.pmg.org.za)
Provides minutes of the proceedings of parliamentary committees; some available
by subscription only. Includes list of selected bills before Parliament,
information on bill status, schedules, reports, access to archives.
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.
Research Institute
on Christianity in South Africa (University of Cape Town)
(http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/)
Presents history, mission, reports, conferences and workshops; links to Journal
of Theology for South Africa, RICSA bulletin, and churches, ecumenical groups
and South African political parties.
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.
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.
ScoutWeb South Africa (http://www.scouting.org.za)
Links to newsletter, activities, events, regional scout group webpages, Scout
Association and HIV/AIDS Programme, etc.
Shuttleworth Foundation: Innovation
in Education (http://www.tsf.org.za)
Aims to improve quality of South African education by focusing funding efforts
into mathematics, science and open source projects; prefences given to Grades
4 through 9; provides information on how to apply for funding; links to events,
partners, etc.
Social Change Assistance
Trust (Cape Town) (http://www.scat.org.za/index.htm)
"Our aim is to empower the rural poor, to strengthen civil society and promote
social change." Provides information on history of organization, trustees,
staff, funding projections.
South Africa Foundation
(Johannesburg) (http://www.safoundation.org.za)
Lists member corporations, publications, board of governors; includes some
full text documents.
South African Airways (http://www.saa.co.za/)
Flight schedules, airplane seating maps, information on transporting cargo,
etc.
South African Chamber of
Business, SACOB (http://www.sacob.co.za/)
Presents overview of organization; provides extensive links to press releases,
discussion forums, information such as national code of business conduct, other
South African chambers of commerce, many business-related sites.
South African Council
of Churches (SACC) (http://www.sacc-ct.org.za/)
Links to national and provincial offices, member churches, international partners;
also provides a page of public policy links.
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 Democratic
Teachers Union (http://www.sadtu.org.za/)
Provides information on officers of union, press releases, speeches, publications;
links to other national and international education and union sites.
South African Human Rights
Commission (Johannesburg) (http://www.sahrc.org.za/)
Provides access to reports, hearings, related conferences; has extensive links
to national and international human rights-related sites.
South African Institute
of Race Relations (Braamfontein, South Africa) (http://www.sairr.org.za/)
Public policy research institute; links to its publications; full text available
to members only.
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
National Scrabble Players' Association, SANSPA (http://www.geocities.com/sanspa/home.html)
Provides information on national tournaments, strategy tips, dictionaries;
links to numerous national clubs, sites in other African countries, and an
email list.
South African Network of
Skills Abroad (http://sansa.nrf.ac.za/)
Provides database of individuals listed by profession.
South African
Public Administration Site (http://users.iafrica.com/j/jp/jpgreen/)
Links to public administration teaching/research sources, South African government
documents and databases, other national and international organizations and
databases.
South African
Sociological Association (http://generalupdate.rau.ac.za/sasa/)
Located at Department of Sociology, Rand Afrikaans University; includes links
to newsletter, related sites.
Southern
Africa and the Southern African Development Community (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/sadc.html)
Provides economic and energy sector overview for the 14 member-states of Angola,
Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,
Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Overviews included also
for Comoros and Madagascar.
Southern African
Center for Cooperation in Agricultural and Natural Resources
Research and Training (SACCAR) (http://www.info.bw/%7Esaccar/sacca.htm)
“Was established in 1984 by the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) to coordinate and monitor agricultural and natural resources research
and training activities in the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector
of SADC, and to promote cooperation between member states."
Southern
African Centre for Defence Information (SACDI) (http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/defencedigest/defdigest%5Findex.html)
Links to defense-related working papers and briefs.
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.
Southern African Migration
Project (http://www.queensu.ca/samp/)
Research program facilitating new policy initiatives on migration; includes
full text of selected articles, reports and its newsletter. Also links to numerous
migration-related sites worldwide.
Transparency - South Africa (http://tisa.org.za/)
Independent organization monitoring corruption, governance and ethics in the
public sector.
United Nations
Human Settlements Program- Regional Office for Africa and Arab
States (ROAAS) (http://www.unhabitat.org/offices/roaas/)
ROAAS supports the Africa and Arab States region in implementing “The
Habitat Agenda”, emphasizing its two main themes: "Adequate shelter
for all" and "Sustainable urban development".
United States Committee
for Refugees (USCR) (http://www.refugees.org/index.cfm)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN’s initiative to aid refugees, the
USCR’s site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and
from the various countries of the world.
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.
The World Conservation Union (http://www.iucn.org)
Founded in 1948, and with 980 members in 140 countries. “The World Conservation
Union brings together States, government agencies and a diverse range of non-governmental
organizations in a unique world partnership.”
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