The Government of South Africa

South Africa
[ Suid Afrika - Ningizimu Afrika - Afrika Borwa - Afrika Borwa - Iningizimu Afrika - Afrika Dzonga - Aferika Borwa - Afurika Tshipembe - Umzantsi Afrika - Iningizimu Afrika ]

Official languages: English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Sepedi, Sesotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

General Resources:

• Government Online

National Institutions:

• Department of Agriculture
  • Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
• Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST)
• Department of Communications
• Department of Defence
• Department of Education
• Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT)
  • Chief Directorate Marine and Coastal Management
  • Coastal Management Office
  • South African Weather Bureau
  • South African Tourism Board (SATOUR)
  • National Botanical Institute (NBI)
  • South African National Parks (SANP)
• Department of Finance
• Department of Health (DOH)
  • Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC)
• Department of Housing
• Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
• Department of Labour
  • National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC)
  • Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)
  • Compensation Fund of South Africa
• Department of Land Affairs
  • Chief Directorate Surveys & Mapping
  • Chief Surveyor-General
• Department of Minerals and Energy
• Department of Provincial and Local Government
  • Municipal Demarcation Board
• Department of Public Enterprises
• Department for Public Service and Administration
• Department of Public Works
• Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR)
  • Sports Information and Science Agency (SISA)
• Department of State Expenditure (DSE)
• Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
  • Directorate of Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs
• Department of Transport
  • National Roads Agency (NRA)
  • South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
• Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF)
  • Directorate of Geohydrology
  • Directorate of Geomatics
  • Institute for Water Quality Studies (IWQS)
• Department of Social Development
  • National Population Unit (NPU)
• Secretariat for Safety and Security
• South African Police Service (SAPS)
• South African Revenue Service (SARS)
• Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)
• Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)
• South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
• South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
• South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA)
• National Electricity Regulator (NER)
• Universal Service Agency (USA)
• Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
• South African Reserve Bank
• Council for Geoscience
• Council for Nuclear Safety (CNS)
• National State Tender Board (NTSB)
• South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
• Development and Planning Commission for South Africa (DPC)
• Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC)
• Water Research Commission (WRC)
• Commission on Gender Equality (CGE)
• Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
• South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
• Public Protector
• Auditor-General

Regional Institutions:

Eastern Cape

• Provincial Government
• Eastern Cape Tourism Board
• Centre for Investment and Marketing in the Eastern Cape (CIMEC)

Free State

• Department of Agriculture
• Free State Tourism Marketing Board

Gauteng

• Provincial Legislature
• Provincial Government
• Gauteng Tourism Agency

KwaZulu-Natal

• Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs
• Department of Economic Affairs and Tourism
  • KwaZulu-Natal Tourism Authority
• Town and Regional Planning Commission
• KwaZulu-Natal Gambling Board (KZNGB)

Mpumalanga

• Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Environment
• Mpumalanga Tourism Authority (MTA)
• Mpumalanga Parks Board (MPB)

Northern Cape

• Provincial Legislature
• Provincial Government
• Northern Cape Tourism Authority

North West Province

• North West Communication Service
• North West Parks and Tourism Board <additional site>

Western Cape

• Provincial Government
• Department of Agriculture
• Western Cape Tourism Board

Municipal Institutions:

• Cape Metropolitan Council
• Cape Town City Council
• Durban Metro Council
• Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council
• Mdluli Tribal Authority
• Pietermaritzburg Msunduzi Transitional Local Council
• Pietersburg / Polokwane Transitional Local Council
• Port Elizabeth City Council
• Pretoria City Council
• Richards Bay Transitional Local Council
• Rustenburg District Council
• Municipality of Sasolburg
• City Council of Springs

Representations in Foreign Countries:

• South African Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• South African High Commission in Canberra, Australia
• South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium
• South African Consulate General in São Paulo, Brazil
• South African High Commission in Ottawa, Canada
• South African Embassy in Santiago, Chile
• South African Embassy in Paris, France
• South African Embassy in Berlin, Germany
• SATOUR Office in Frankfurt, Germany
• SATOUR Office in London, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• South African Embassy in Athens, Greece
• South African Embassy in Budapest, Hungary
• South African High Commission in New Delhi, India
• South African Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Economic Office
• South African Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel
• South African Embassy in Rome, Italy
  • Economic Office
• South African Embassy in Tokyo, Japan
• South African Embassy in Seoul, Korea (Republic)
• South African High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• SATOUR Office in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• South African Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands
• South African Embassy in Oslo, Norway
• South African Embassy in Moscow, Russian Federation
• South African High Commission in Singapore
  • Economic Office
• South African Embassy in Madrid, Spain
  • Economic Office
• South African Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden
• South African Embassy in Berne, Switzerland
• South African Consulate General in Geneva, Switzerland
• South African Embassy in Ankara, Turkey
• South African Consulate General in Los Angeles, United States of America
• South African Consulate General in New York, United States of America
  • Economic Office
• SATOUR Office in New York, United States of America
• South African Embassy in Washington, United States of America
• Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations in Geneva

Political Parties:

• African National Congress (ANC)
  • ANC Youth League (ANCYL)
• South African Communist Party (SACP)
• Democratic Party of South Africa (DP)
  • DP East Gauteng Region
• Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
• New National Party (NP) / Nuwe Nasionale Party (NP)
  • NP Western Cape
• United Democratic Movement (UDM)
• Freedom Front (FF) / Vryheidsfront (VF)
• Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)
• Federal Alliance (FA)
• Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO)
• Afrikaner Unity Movement / Afrikaner EenheidsBeweging (AEB)
• Conservative Party of South Africa (CP) / Konserwatiewe Party van Suid Afrika (KP)
• Refounded National Party of South Africa / Herstigte Nasionale Party van Suid-Afrika (HNP)
• Green Party of South Africa (GP)
• Africa Moral Party (AMP)

Additional Information:

General Information:

• The World Factbook (by the CIA)
• Atlapedia Online (by Latimer Clarke Corporation)
• Information Please: Countries of the World (by Information Please LLC)

Political Information:

• The Political Reference Almanac (by Keynote Publishing Co.)
• Elections around the World (by Wilfried Derksen)
• Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members (by the CIA)
• Political Leaders (by Roberto Ortíz de Zárate)

Information from Encyclopedias:

• Encyclopædia Britannica (by Britannica.com Inc.)
• Compton's Encyclopedia Online (by The Learning Company, Inc.)
• Funk & Wagnalls Multimedia Encyclopedia (by Versaware Technologies Inc.)
• Hutchinson Encyclopedia (by Helicon Publishing Ltd.)

Touristic Information:

• World Travel Guide (by Columbus Press Ltd.)
• Lonely Planet Destinations (by Lonely Planet Publications)
• Atevo Travel Destinations (by Atevo, Inc.)

Information on Human Rights:

• Amnesty International Publications (by Amnesty International)
• Freedom in the World (by Freedom House)

Other Information:

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World (by Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.)
• Flags Of The World (by Giuseppe Bottasini, Rob Raeside, Mark Sensen and others)
• World Flag Database (by Graham Bartram)

Copyright © 1995-2000 Gunnar Anzinger