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South Africa Government Online official government site
Parliament of South Africa official site
Statistics South Africa official government site

News

AllAfrica.com - South Africa news headline links
Business Day financial daily
Independent Online
Mail & Guardian daily newspaper
News 24
South African Weather Service
South Africa: The Good News

Overviews

BBC News Country Profile - South Africa
CIA World Factbook - South Africa
Library of Congress Country Study - South Africa data as of November 1994

Tourism

Travel guide to South Africa from Wikitravel

Welcome to South Africa official South African tourism site

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Maps of South Africa
The JSE Securities Exchange, the South African stock exchange

Countries in Africa
Algeria \| Angola \| Benin \| Botswana \| Burkina Faso \| Burundi \| Cameroon \| Cape Verde \| Central African Republic \| Chad \| Comoros \| Democratic Republic of the Congo \| Republic of the Congo \| Côte d'Ivoire \| Djibouti \| Egypt \| Equatorial Guinea \| Eritrea \| Ethiopia \| Gabon \| The Gambia \| Ghana \| Guinea \| Guinea-Bissau \| Kenya \| Lesotho \| Liberia \| Libya \| Madagascar \| Malawi \| Mali \| Mauritania \| Mauritius \| Morocco \| Mozambique \| Namibia \| Niger \| Nigeria \| Rwanda \| São Tomé and Príncipe \| Senegal \| Seychelles \| Sierra Leone \| Somalia/Somaliland \| South Africa \| Sudan \| Swaziland \| Tanzania \| Togo \| Tunisia \| Uganda \| Western Sahara/SADR \| Zambia \| Zimbabwe This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra â€” land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) â€” for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: none Anthem: Samo ku waar Samo ku waar Saamo ku waar Capital Hargeisa Largest city Hargeisa Official languages Somali Government President republic Dahir Riyale Kahin Independence - Declared - Recognition From Somalia - 1991 - none Area â€¢ Total â€¢ Water (%) 137,600 kmÂ² (-) n/a Population â€¢ 2005 est. ... The Saharawi (or Sahrawi) Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is the long-form English translation of the government of Western Sahara (Arabic: Ø§Ù„Ø¬Ù…Ù‡ÙˆØ±ÙŠØ© Ø§Ù„Ø¹Ø±Ø¨ÙŠØ© Ø§Ù„ØµØØ±Ø§ÙˆÙŠØ© Ø§Ù„Ø¯Ù…Ù‚Ø±Ø·ÙŠØ©, Spanish: RepÃºblica Arabe Saharaui DemocrÃ¡tica). ...
Dependencies: British Indian Ocean Territory \| Canary Islands \| Ceuta and Melilla \| Madeira Islands \| Mayotte \| Réunion \| Saint Helena and dependencies

Categories: African Union member states | South Africa | Republics | Members of the Commonwealth of Nations | Peace and Security Council Jump to: navigation, search Dependent areas are territories that for some reason do not possess full political independence or sovereignty as states. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Eastern Ceuta, as photographed from Morocco. ... Jump to: navigation, search Melilla is a Spanish exclave in North Africa, located on the northernmost tip of Maghreb, on the Mediterranean coast. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location |Image:Madeira map2. ... National motto: Loyal and Unshakeable Official language English Political status Overseas territory of the UK Capital Jamestown Governor and Commander-in-Chief Michael Clancy Area 410 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003 E) - Density 7,367 18/kmÂ² Currency Saint Helenian pound (SHP) at parity with the UK Pound Sterling (GBP) Time...

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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: South Africa (4192 words)
	South Africa is located at the extreme south of Africa, with a long coastline that stretches more than 2,500 km and across two oceans (the Atlantic and the Indian).
	South Africa's most prevalent biome is grassland, which is particularly present on the Highveld, where the plant cover is dominated by different grasses, low shrubs, and acacia trees, mainly camel-thorn and whitethorn.
	South Africa is a middle-income, developed country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors, a stock exchange, JSE Securities Exchange, that ranks among the 10 largest in the world, and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centres throughout the region.

Embassy of South-Africa in The Hague, Netherlands (587 words)
	South African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Aziz Pahad, at a media briefing in Tswane on 6 May 2005, said that government intends to mobilise South Africans working abroad in various important sectors to become positive ambassadors for South Africa and tell the country's success stories.
	South Africans in the Netherlands are most welcome to remain in touch with the Embassy.
	In terms of the South African Citizenship Amendment Act of 2004 it is now an offence for a major South African citizen to enter the RSA or depart making use of the passport of another country.

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