South Africa: General Web Pages & the Internet
- Embassies and Consulates of and in the Republic of South Africa
- H-SAFRICA Discussion Network Home Page (H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
"H-SAFRICA is the H-Net discussion list dealing with the culture and history of South Africa."
- South Africa. Central Statistical Service (Pretoria)
- South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) (Braamfontein, South Africa)
"SANGOCO is a rapidly growing umbrella body of South African NGOS. The Coalition was formed in August 1995 to co-ordinate NGO input into the Reconstruction and Development Programme. It consists of provincial and sectoral affiliates, working in a wide rage of development fields including land, health, urban and rural development."
- South Africa: a country study. (Online). Area handbook. (Washington, DC: The Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, 1996)
The electronic version of the handbook, with chapters on history, geography, economy, society & culture, and bibliography.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: South Africa (2024)
- Women's Net (South Africa)
General announcements on conferences and events; and internet resouces for women activists. "Women's Net aims to empower South African women to use information and communications technologies (ICTs) towards advancing women's equality. It is a dynamic source of locally generated information and discussion on gender issues."
The Internet: ICT Development & Web Search Engines
- Africa ICT Policy Monitor (APC--Association for Progressive Communications, Melville, South Africa ; Nairobi, Kenya)
This site offers extensive information on all ICT and development policy-related issues for Africa; plus news and some country-level statist
- The African Peering and Interconnection Forum: 9th AfPIF--African Peering and Interconnection Forum, August 21-23, 2018, Cape Town, South Africa. Co-sponsored by The Internet Society, Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa, & African XIP Association.
- Ananzi: South Africa Search Engine (South Africa)
General searching.
- IAFRICA.COM: Internet Search Engine and Services in Southern Africa (South Africa)
South Africa and Namibia directories and internet access.
- International Development Research Centre, Acacia Initiative: South Africa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Brief reports on ICT development projects and programs, some with links to project websites.
- Internet Service Providers Association, South Africa
- Mapping ICT access in South Africa by Kholadi Thlabela et al. (February 2007) -- Cape Town, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council, 2007. (Download 88 page book in PDF format)
- Research ICT Africa! -- The researcher's network (Link Centre, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- News and research reports on ICTs in Africa; plus related links. "...seeks to provide the research base needed to support continental and international initiatives to reduce the digital divide. This will include examining the broad nexus of social, economic, developmental and policy issues surrounding information and communications technologies, including ICT infrastructure development, policy and regulation."
- Policy Briefs, Papers, and Other Publications on ICT Policy, Access, and Usage in Africa (2024)
- Towards an African e-Index: SME e-Access and Usage in 14 African Countries (2006) -- Johannesburg, South Africa: Research ICT Africa, 2006. PDF format
(The countries covered include Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.)
- SchoolNet Africa: Knowledge Sharing (Johannesburg, South Africa)
The website includes information on ICTs and computers in schools, reports on ICTs & education in Africa, programs, conferences & workshops, etc. "[Founded in 1999] SchoolNet Africa is one of Africa's first African-led, African-based non-government organisations (NGO) that operates across the continent in its endeavour to improve education access, quality and efficiency through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in African schools."
- South Africa: Department of Communications (Pretoria, South Africa)
- SAIDE: The South African Institute for Distance Education (South Africa)
Information about programs and an archive of news and ideas for projects. "The South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) was formed as an educational trust in June, 1992, with an explicit brief to assist in the reconstruction of education and training in South Africa by promoting open learning principles and the use of approaches and methods of quality distance education."
- University of Cape Town: Centre for Educational Technology (Cape Town, South Africa)
This site offers news on projects and e-learning initiatives at the university and elsewhere in South Africa; plus reports and links.