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African Climate Voices = Afrikanische Stimmen zum Klimawandel (Information Centre on Southern African Countries, Bonn, Germany)
A clearinghouse website --in German and in English-- for African climate news and information about research projects and publications, with special focus on SADC countries.
Sam Moyo African Institute of Agrarian Studies (Harare, Zimbabwe)
"In the past decade our central focus has been on building an Independent African Knowledge Resource on Agrarian Issues to promote research into topics such as land, food, markets and trade...Our two key networks are the Land & Agrarian Network which includes Zimbabwean interest groups, local scholars and researchers; and the Agrarian South Network made up of scholars and researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America."
--See especially: Sam Moyo below
"The African Renaissance, South Africa, and the World," April 9, 1998, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan (Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki)
--See also: Deputy President Thabo Mbeki's "African Renaissance Statement", August 13, 1998. (via The Internet Archive, Way-Back Machine)
African Rock Art Digital Archive South African Rock Art Digital Archive (Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
"This website brings together the collections of more than 30 institutions and individuals, giving you access to more than 270,000 digital images."
--See also: University of the Witwatersrand, Rock Art Research Institute
All Africa.Com: Recent News Summaries on Southern Africa (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
News summaries in English based on reports from the Pan African News Agency (PANA), East African newspapers and news agencies, and other sources. See also individual country sections.
ARASA--AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (Windhoek, Namibia; Cape Town & Johannesburg, South Africa)
The web site includes recent news and campaign documents. "...established in 2002, ARASA is a regional partnership of non-governmental organisations working together to promote a human rights approach to HIV/AIDS and TB in Southern Africa through capacity building and advocacy."
ASAPA--Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (South Africa)
- Founded in 2004: The website includes information about events--conferences, workshops, etc., publication news, members-only sections, and related links.
- ASAPA 2015: 2015 Biennial Conference of the Association for Southern African Professional Archaeologists, 1-3 July 2015, University of Zimbabwe, Harare
CBOLD: Comparative Bantu Online Dictionary (2002) (Department of Linguistics and the Institute of Cognitive Studies, University of California, Berkeley ; via L'Institut des Sciences de l'Homme, Lyon, France)
- The site offers descriptions of the project and its components, with tools for linguistic analysis, a selection of dictionaries and word lists, and related links. "The CBOLD project was started in 1994 by Larry Hyman and John Lowe to produce in Berkeley a lexicographic database to support and enhance the theoretical, descriptive, and historical linguistic study of the languages in the important Bantu family."
Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) - Namibia Resource Center & Southern Africa Library (Basel, Switzerland)
- "The BAB houses the only Namibia Resource Centre in Europe and the only Southern Africa library in Switzerland. Est. in 1971 ... collects a wide range of published and unpublished materials and publishes scholarly works on Africa ... regularly invites researchers for lectures." The web site includes:
- BAB library catalogue
- BAB archives catalogue
Brabys.Com (South Africa)
A searchable database for companies and industries in South Africa, parts of southern Africa, and the Indian Ocean islands.
CADRE--Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- "CADRE is committed to fast-tracking appropriate and effective responses to HIV/AIDS through informing policy and developing coherent strategic models for interventions. CADRE works in sub-Saharan Africa with a primary focus on southern Africa."
CIPESA: ICT Policy Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa (Kampala, Uganda)
"Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is one of two centres established under the Catalysing Access to Information and Communications Technologies in Africa (CATIA) initiative, which was funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID)."
-- CIPESA publications and other resources
COMESA--Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Lusaka, Zambia)
- This site includes provides information on banking, online trade directories for some countries, and many other links with an emphasis on business and economic information. "COMESA exists 'as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. ...with its 19 member states."
- COMSTAT Data Hub
Cyclone Idai and Kenneth
- Mail & Guardian (South Africa): "Conflict and cost hamper Mozambique cyclone response," May 10, 2019 ; "Mozambique, Zimbabwe cyclone deaths exceed 300 as UN boosts aid," March 20, 2019.
- The New Humanitarian (Switzerland): "Militant attacks complicate cyclone response in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado," May 9, 2019 ; "Briefing: The Response to Cyclone Idai," March 21, 2019.
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Switzerland): Reliefweb: U NICEF Cyclone Idai and Kenneth post-impact situation, May 2019 ; Tropical Cyclone Idai, March 2019
Development Bank of Southern Africa (Midrand, South Africa)
- DBSA Publications
Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank -- Trade and Development Bank (Nairobi, Kenya)
Established in 1985, TDB since 2017
"Educational Research for Quality of Life": Proceedings of the 7th BOLESWA Symposium, Swaziland Educational Research Association, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni, July 28 - August 1, 1997 (Swaziland and South Africa)
Selected abstracts and papers from the 1997 conference of educators from Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland.
Election management bodies in Southern Africa : comparative study of the electoral commissions' contribution to electoral processes / a review by Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa and ECF-SADC. (Johannesbug, South Africa : OSISA ; Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds, 2016)
Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
"EISA is an independent, non-governmental organisation whose focus of concern is elections, electoral practices and the promotion of democratic governance. EISA's vision is to support the quest for sustainable democracy throughout Southern, Central and Eastern Africa by promoting free and fair elections and a popular appreciation of democratic principles and practices." EISA has field offices in Chad, Madagascar, South Africa, and Tanzania.
African Elephants
- African Elephant Specialist Group (International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland ; Nairobi, Kenya)
  "This site provides technical resources for elephant conservation and management, developed by the AfESG and partner organizations." See especially:
  -- African Elephant Database (2012)
  "(AED) provides the most complete source of information on the numbers and distribution of the African elephant at the site, national, regional and continental levels."
  -- African elephant status report 2007. -- Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, The World Conservation Union, 2007. PDF format
- Elephants Without Borders --- Scientific Publications (Kasane, Botswana; Buffalo, New York, USA)
  "EWB operates its’ projects and activities in the southern Africa region of the contiguous wildlife populations range between Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe under the official endorsement and full support of government authorities...We use state-of-the-art technology, to monitor the movements, status and behavior of wildlife, addressing complex issues regarding wildlife ecology through research studies and sharing the results with decision makers and local communities."
- Friends of Hwange Trust (Zimbabwe)
  "...formed on the back of the extreme drought of 2005 that severely affected Hwange National Park... Aims: To ensure that FOH does every thing in its power to prevent animal deaths owing to lack of water; to assist National Parks in carrying out their duties in terms of deployment of rangers on anti-poaching patrols; to maintain roads and fireguards in the park; to work towards a situation where there are sufficient well-distributed waterholes in Hwange National Park that pump water through eco-friendly, cost-effective means; and, to expand our efforts in conservation issues such as anti-poaching, animal rescue and research."
- Great Elephant Census (Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA)
  "The Great Elephant Census is designed to provide accurate and up-to-date data about the number and distribution of African elephants by using standardized aerial surveys of tens of hundreds of thousands of square miles. Dozens of researchers flying in small planes will capture comprehensive observational data of elephants and elephant carcasses."
  --Final report: "Continent-wide survey reveals massive decline in African savannah elephants." PeerJ August 31, 2016
- Save the Elephants --- Projects (Nairobi, Kenya)
  "[A UK registered charity, headquartered in Nairobi]...works to secure a future for elephants in a rapidly changing world. To battle the current surge in ivory poaching, the STE/WCN Elephant Crisis Fund is identifying and supporting the most effective global partners to stop poaching, thwart traffickers and end demand for ivory. Leaders in elephant science, STE also provides cutting-edge scientific insights into elephant behavior, intelligence, and long-distance movement and applies them to the long-term challenges of elephant conservation.
  --See especially: Research Publications
Equity in Health in Southern Africa (Equinet - The Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe)
- 'In March 1997, a Southern African meeting on Equity in Health was held in Kasane, Botswana. This meeting, hosted by the National Institute of Development Research and Documentation (Botswana) and the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation (Sweden) gathered representatives of government, non government and academic institutions involved in health. The meeting confirmed the regional commitment towards equity in health as a policy goal and an agenda for action.'
- Equinet newsletter
- Annotated Bibliography: Literature on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (downloadable in PDF)
- Equinet publications, 1997-- (downloadable in PDF)
ESARBICA: Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch, International Council on Archives (via International Council on Archives, Paris, France)
- "ESARBICA established in 1969 in Kenya, ESARBICA brings together individuals and institutions concerned with the creation, use, preservation and management of recorded information in Eastern and Southern Africa."
Gender Links (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- "GL is committed to a Southern Africa in which women and men are able to participate equally in all aspects of public and private life...achieved through three closely linked programmes: media, governance and gender justice."
- Gender Links -- Annual Reports
- SADC Gender Protocol Barometer 2016 43 pages in PDF format
Geological Survey of Namibia (Windhoek, Namibia)
Recent reports and related links on soils, coastline, and environment in southwestern Africa.
Global Water Partnership on Southern Africa (In association with the IUCN--The World Conservation Union; Pretoria, South Africa)
The website features news and reports from various projects and major conferences on water resource management in the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), plus the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The Global Water Partnership [headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden] is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles."
H-Luso-Africa: An H-Net Network Discussing Lusophone African Studies (H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
A discussion forum sponsored by the Lusophone African Studies Association, an associate organization of the African Studies Association of the United States.
H-SAfrica Discussion Network (H-Net, Hmanities & Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
"H-SAfrica is an international electronic discussion group dedicated to the promotion of all aspects of South and Southern Africa history and culture, and Southern African studies in general. ."
An information policy handbook for Southern Africa: a knowledge base for decision-makers. -- Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre ; San Francisco, Calif.: The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) ; Midrand, South Africa: Development Bank of Southern Africa, 2001. 245 pages in PDF format; via University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
IPS Inter Press Service News on Southern Africa = News in Swahili (Johannesburg, South Africa)
An "alternative news agency" providing current reports for the region and Africa in general, with selected news stories in Swahili.
International Court of Justice = Cour internationale de Justice (The Hague, The Netherlands)
- The legal arguments, judgements, and discussion surrounding the cases before the court.
- ICJ Home Page = CIJ Page d'accueil.
- Botswana / Namibia, 1998- : Kasikili/Sedudu Island
International Crisis Group on Southern Africa (Washington, DC; New York; Brussels, Belgium)
"Crisis Group's approach is grounded in field research...Crisis Group produces regular analytical reports containing practical recommendations targeted at key international decision-takers."
International Institute of Social History: The Netherlands against Apartheid 1948-1994 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"In 2008 the IISH acquired an extensive collection of archival materials relating to anti-apartheid and Southern Africa. This rich collection includes materials on the Dutch anti-apartheid and solidarity movement, the struggle in Southern Africa and the international campaign against apartheid."
--See also: Anti-Apartheid and Southern Africa Collection Guide
South Africa. Department of Home Affairs: White Paper on International Migration for South Africa (July 2017) 81 pages in PDF format
International Organization for Migration -- Southern Africa (Geneva, Switzerland)
- IOM on Southern Africa-Regional Office (Pretoria, South Africa)
- Regional Strategies for Southern Africa, 2016 and earlier
- Partnership on Health and Mobility in East and Southern Africa, 2013-2016 (Reports and newsletters)
- In pursuit of the southern dream, victims of necessity : assessment of the irregular movement of men from East Africa and the Horn to South Africa (April 2009) -- Geneva, Switzerland: IOM, 2009. 168 pages in PDF format
- Briefing notes (in PDF format) on HIV and labour migration: Angola, 2005 | Lesotho, 2006
  Malawi, 2006 | Mozambique, 2007 | Swaziland, 2006 | Zambia, 2006 | Zimbabwe, 2006
- "Mobility and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa: a field study in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique" (September 2003). A joint publication of IOM and CARE International, in partnership with SIDA. 51 pages in PDF format.
Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI) (Windhoek, Namibia)
The website includes information about the research and advocacy programs, and contact information. "The institute aims to assist the Namibian labour movement in building its capacity....[including]: a collecting, updating and releasing information in an accessible form; a establishing and maintaining a database on the Namibian economy and industrial relations; a designing and undertaking training programmes for trade unions; a providing a platform for discussions on labour and socio-economic issues, [etc.]"
Library Catalogs of West, Eastern and Southern Africa on the Internet (including Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe)
Linguistics Society of Southern Africa (Potchefstroom, South Africa)
"... scholarly society of linguists whose research foci are the languages of the Southern African region. The languages within the Society's purview are: Afrikaans, Bemba, ChiShona, Chichewa, Ciluba, Damara, English, French, German, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Nama, Nyanja, Portuguese, San, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Sindebele,Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga."
See: 2015 LSSA/SAALA/SAALT Conference, June 24-26, 2015, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Livingstone Online: illuminating imperial exploration (University of Maryland, College Park; University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"...a digital museum and library that allows users to encounter the written, visual, and material legacies of the famous Victorian explorer David Livingstone (1813-73). The site draws on recent scholarship and international collaboration...an academic resource for the study of African history, the British Empire, nineteenth-century intercultural encounters, and digital humanities practice."
--See especially: Resources, including: In His Own Words -and- David Livingstone: A Bibliography (2017)
Mapungubwe Cultural Sites (Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa)
Brief information on the Upper Limpopo River valley iron-age archaeological sites in South Africa and Botswana which pre-date the Great Zimbabwe ruins in Zimbabwe.
--See also: University of Pretoria's digital repository on "Mapungubwe Collections"
Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative (South Africa)
"...a non-profit organisation consisting of Infrastructure Investors, Service Providers and Stakeholders from Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland."
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (Windhoek, Namibia)
"MISA is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. Officially launched in September 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media..." See Country chapters and Publications and downloads.
Media Monitoring Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
A web site princiipally reporting on media environments in southern African countries. "...[Formerly Media Monitoring Project] MMA is a non-profit organisation that promotes democracy and a culture where media and the powerful respect human rights and encourage a just and fair society."
--See especially: MMA Reports
The Miombo Network: Land Cover Monitoring and Management in Southern Africa (Maputo, Mozambique)
- "Miombo is a vernacular word that has been adopted by ecologists to describe those woodland ecosystems ...of the southern sub-humid tropical zone from Tanzania and Zaire in the north, through Zambia, Malawi and eastern Angola, to Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the south. "
- Miombo Network Policy Briefs
Sam Moyo, 1954-2015
- Africa is a Country: "Mahmood Mamdani remembers his friend and comrade Sam Moyo," November 25, 2015 ;
  "An ode in memory of Chimusoro Sam Moyo," by Bella Matabanadzho. (New York, USA)
- African Institute of Agrarian Studies (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  --See especially: AIAS publications
- Nehanda Radio (Online): "Professor Sam Moyo: An intellectual icon and a fine gentleman," by Alex T. Magaisa, November 23, 2015. (Harare, Zimbabwe)
- Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa: "A sip, a laugh, a legacy: Prof. Sam Moyo," by Masego Madzwamuse, November 23, 2015. (Rosebank, South Africa)
- Review of African Political Economy: Tributes to Sam Moyo (November 2015) -and- Four articles by Sam Moyo from ROAPE (London, UK)
- YouTube.com: "Prof. Sam Moyo: Political economy of agriculture in southern Africa," September 10, 2015 and other related videos.
- Zimbabweland.com: "A tribute to 'giant' Sam Moyo," by Dr. Ian Scoones, November 24, 2015. (Sussex, UK)
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs on Southern Africa (Washington, DC)
- Consultancy and other activity reports. "The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide. Calling on a global network of volunteer experts, NDI provides practical assistance to civic and political leaders advancing democratic values, practices and institutions."
- Sub-Saharan Africa (includes Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, & Zimbabwe)
NiZA: Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa---Library, Informaton & Documentation Centre (2008) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- This ARCHIVED web site offers general information about NiZA, news summaries from Southern Africa, and NiZA publications based on research or conference proceedings. "NiZA is a politically independent organisation for the promotion of democracy in Southern Africa. It was founded in 1997 out of the merger of three anti-apartheid organisations: the Holland Committee on Southern Africa, the Dutch Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Eduardo Mondlane Foundation. ...Power in the region is becoming more and more centralised, violence and poverty are on the increase, and AIDS is spreading. Joining with those who actively seek solutions to these problems, NiZA now expresses its commitment through a new form of solidarity."
- For more recent information about the collections, see: International Institute of Social History above
Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, Sweden)
The web site features general information about various projects, conference and event reports, and a searchable catalog of the archives on southern Africa held in Scandinavia.
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- General information about the organization and its activities and publications. "OSSREA was established in April 1980, held its Firsct Congress in June 1983, and celebrated its Tenth Anniversary, in conjunction with its Third Congress, in Kampala, Uganda, in May 1990...Its current membership is drawn from 11 countries, but its constitution opens membership to social scientists in 18 countries ... and institutional membership is open to all institutions, within or outside the region."
- OSSREA Publications--Books and Periodicals
  
  This section offers information about publications and selected online versions, including:
  -- OSSREA bulletin. (Online), since 2007 (Sample issues from 2014-2015 only)
Politicsweb (South Africa)
Politicsweb...focuses on "the news and politics of Southern Africa...aims to provide its readers with breaking news, informed comment and opinion, and easy access to key online resources ...The website is supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA)."
Progressio on Southern Africa--Archive (2017) Formerly Catholic Institute for International Relations (London, UK)
- Progressio [was] "an international development charity working for justice and the eradication of poverty" through community-based organisations, with programmes on: civil society participation, HIV and AIDS, and sustainable environment.
PTA Bank: Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (Nairobi, Kenya)
Terence Osborn Ranger, 1929-2015
- Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (USA): Tribute to Terence O. Ranger (29 November 1929--3 January 2015)
- The Chronicle. (Online): "Prof. Terence Ranger dies at 85," January 5, 2015 (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)
- Historical Association of South Africa: "Terence Ranger, African Studies and South African historiography" (2011) by Dr. Peter Limb.
  Historia, v. 56, no. 1 (Mei/May 2011): 1-25.
- History Workshop Online (UK): "Terence Ranger: Life as Historiography," (July 2011) -- Transcript of a 4 1/2 hour interview conducted by Prof. Diana Jeater.
Research ICT Africa: Policy Briefs, Papers, and Other Publications on ICT Policy, Access, and Usage in Africa (2024) (LINK Centre, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
The countries covered by surveys and reports include Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Rock Art in Southern Africa
- Steve Lonker's Southern African Rock Art and Traditional and Contemporary African Art (Silver Spring, Maryland)
  A gallery of images and links to basic information and discussion.
- National Museum of South Africa, Bloemfontein: Rock Art Department
  The website features information about public rock art sites in South Africa, plus information on research, museum-related activities, and publications.
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa: Rock Art Research Institute
  Information about research programmes, publications, and related links are available on this website.
Saint Helena Island, British Overseas Territory -- Official Government Web Site
SADC: Southern African Development Community (Gaborone, Botswana)
- Member state information, policies and programs on food security, trade, infrastructure, and strategic planning, with some numerical indicators; plus related links.
  --See also: SARDC--Southern African Research and Documentation Centre
- SADC Newsletters
- SADC Press Releases and Statements
- 42nd SADC Summit, August 17-18, 2022, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 108 pages in PDF format; via SARDC
- SADC Macroeconomic Statistics Bulletin (November 2021) 77 pages in PDF format
- European Union's Cooperation with SADC (2021)
- 41st SADC Summit, August 17-18, 2021, Lilongwe, Malawi. 108 pages in PDF format; via SARDC
- 40th SADC Summit, August 17, 2020, Maputo, Mozambique. 109 pages in PDF format; via SARDC
- 39th SADC Summit, August 17-18, 2019, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 108 pages in PDF format ; via SARDC, Harare, Zimbabwe
- SADC Energy Monitor (2018)
- SADC Summit and Council Records (2016)
SADC-CCBG: Southern African Development Community--Committee of Central Bank Governors (SADC Finance and Investment Sector, Pretoria, South Africa)
- The official home page of the committee, established in August 1995.
- Publications
- Member Countries
SADC Parliamentary Forum (Southern African Development Community--PF, Windhoek, Namibia)
This site offers recent election news, information about election observations, other documents and reports, and member profiles. "The SADC Parliamentary Forum [launched in July 1996] is a regional organisation that brings together 12 parliaments of the southern Africa region and represents 1800 Members of Parliament. Among the Forum's critical issues of concern in the 21st century is the support of the growing democracy in the region."
SADC Regional Human Development Report 2000. -- New York: United Nations Development Programme, 2000. (PDF format)
SAfAIDS: Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (Pretoria, South Africa)
- "Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) is a subregional non-governmental organisation that was established in 1994. Its main purpose is to help strengthen capacity to address the socio-economic impact of AIDS and to promote HIV prevention in southern Africa. ... SAfAIDS' main role is promoting policy, research, planning and programme development around HIV/AIDS in the southern Africa region. It works with NGOs, PWAs, government bodies, international agencies, research institutes, media organisations, the private sector, labour and others to assist them to explore and implement responses to HIV/AIDS in a development context."
- Publications
- Useful links on HIV/AIDS in Africa
SAFLII--Southern African Legal Information Institute (Braamfontein, South Africa)
This searchable database offers free access to full plain text versions of selected high court judgements and legal case reports. "...includes superior court judgments from Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Our recent additions include a full consolidated collection of Uganda legislation and Lesotho caselaw. Currently in preparation: Lesotho, Zambia, Namibia and Uganda judgments, as well as Uganda subsidiary legislation."
SAIIA: South African Institute of International Affairs--Publications: Occasional papers, trade policy briefings & reports, eAfrica, SADC Barometer, SAIIA Foreign Policy Monitor (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
An archive of research papers and newsletters from SAIIA since 2001 in PDF formats.
SARDC--Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (Harare, Zimbabwe)
- "...an independent regional knowledge resource centre established in 1985 to strengthen regional policy perspectives and track implementation on a range of issues in southern Africa, and works in partnership at national and regional levels."
- "Virtual Library": all online publications
- Southern Africa today. (Online) SADC today -- Harare, Zimbabwe: Published by SARDC for the SADC Secretariat, 1997-
- SARDC Energy Investment Yearbook 2018. 40 pages in PDF format
- SADC Summit Yearbooks, 2014 to present
- SADC Energy Monitor 2018. 74 pages in PDF format
- SADC Gender and Development Monitor 2018. 120 pages in PDF format
- The Zambezi Watercourse Commission. (2015)
- Southern African Environment Outlook. (2008) -- Harare, Zimbabwe: SARDC, 2008. 196 pages in PDF format
SARPN--Southern African Regional Poverty Network (Pretoria, South Africa)
A consultancy website rich in development-related news, other news on human rights and health issues, project and conference reports, and related links for the region.
SARUA--Southern African Regional Universities Association (Johannesburg, South Africa)
"Founded in 2005, SARUA is a membership-based organisation which is open to all the public universities of the 15 countries that make up the Southern African Development Community (SADC)..."
--See especially: Profiles of SADC Public Universities -and- Publications
SARW--Southern Africa Resource Watch (Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa)
The site features news, information about recent books, country legislation watch, contact information for country ministries, and downloadable research reports and papers on extractive industries in 10 southern African countries--outside of South Africa, plus a field office in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "To monitor corporate and state conduct in the extraction and beneficiation of natural resources in Southern Africa region, in particular assessing to what extent these efforts contribute to sustainable development...to consolidate research and advocacy on natural resources extraction issues in Southern Africa."
SCECSAL--Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (via South Africa)
General information on the organization, member contact information, resolutions, call for conference papers, and links to conference proceedings.
All country reports, 2000-2018
--2024 Conference : "Re-Imagining Information Products and Services for the Digital Era," April 22-26, 2024, Mombasa, Kenya
SEATINI--Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (Harare, Zimbabwe)
The website includes news on selected African trade issues, events, commentaries, workshop and conference reports, etc.
--See Publications
Shikanda Portal -- Works by Wim van Binsbergen (Wim van Binsbergen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
The website by this major European scholar whose fieldwork and publications span three decades on religion, social anthropology, history, and philosophy in and about Africa---esp. east-central and southern Africa.
Southern African journal of information and communication, The. (Online): TOCs and Archive
-- Johannesburg, South Africa: LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, 2001-
This site offers the table-of-contents for the most recent issue and full text of the back issues. "...to encourage debate in the area of policy, regulation, management and development of broadcasting, telecommunications and information technology in Southern Africa."
Southern African Migration Programme (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)

Commentaries and research reports on migration issues in Southern Africa.
--See especially: "South Africa Case Study: The Double Crisis--Mass Migration from Zimbabwe and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa." (2017) By Jonathan Crush ...[et al.]. Prepared on behalf of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, Vienna, Austria. 104 pages in PDF format.
Southern African News Services & Internet Information
Southern African review of books. (Online) Archive -- Ulm, Germany: Universität Ulm, 1987-2007.
--via The Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
The archive of this once popular book review journal. See especially the SAROB anthologies, compiled by Robert Turrell. SAROB was a leading journal dealing with the cultural politics of Southern Africa, containing book reviews in the fields of literature and cultural studies, as well as essays, columns, and diaries.
Tralac--Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
"Tralac was established in February 2002, with the financial support of the Swiss Department of Economic Development and consists of a core of trade lawyers and economists with high-level expertise in a range of trade and trade-related areas."
--See especially: Tralac Publications: downloadable books, working papers, and trade briefs
The creation of tribalism in southern Africa. Edited by Leroy Vail. -- Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press ; California Digital Library eScholarship program, 2003 (1989).
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Eastern and Southern Africa At a glance. (New York)
Basic information, statistics, maps, & indicators.
UNESCO--United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Media & HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa: a resource book. Edited by S.T. Kwame Boafo, in collaboration with Carlos A. Arnaldo. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2000. PDF format
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (Formerly UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs)
- OCHA Home Page (General)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Southern Africa (Washington, DC)
- USAID Regional Overview on Southern Africa (Washington, DC; Pretoria, South Africa)
- USAID--Famine Early Warning System Network: FEWS NET Southern Africa Center
  This center covers the food security situation in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, & Zimbabwe -- read online or download as a PDF files; plus links to other FEWS NET resources.
- Africa Data Portal
  "...provides access to spatial data, satellite imagery, and other data and graphic products in support of the FEWS NET project.
- USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (General)
  Search the entire database for downloadable (in PDF) reports on projects and studies on the countries of Southern Africa.
University of the Western Cape: PLAAS--Institute for Poverty, Land, & Agrarian Studies (Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa)
"PLAAS does research, policy engagement, teaching and training about the dynamics of chronic poverty and structural inequality in Southern Africa, with a particular emphasis on the key role of restructuring and contesting land holding and agro-food systems in the subcontinent and beyond."
--PLAAS Publications
University of Witwatersrand: "The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa," 23-25 November 2016, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
A conference co-hosted by the Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History Online (SAHO).
--See: Draft Programme -and- Abstracts and biographies
Water Aid International -- Research Publications (London, UK)
The Water Page -- Incorporating The African Water Page (Len Abrams, Water Policy International, Johannesburg, South Africa)
"This is a page dedicated to the water sector in Africa and in other developing regions. Issues addressed include water policy, water resource management, water supply and environmental sanitation, water conservation and demand management, and a variety of other issues." The site contains documents on water resources legislation, development projects, and research, plus links to related sites.
World Agroforestry Centre: Eastern and Southern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
Research and project news, with links to open access journal articles and reports. "...to generate science-based knowledge about the diverse roles that trees play in agricultural landscapes, and to use its research to advance policies and practices, and their implementation, that benefit the poor and the environment."
The World Bank: Sustainable Health Care Financing in Southern Africa: 1996 Seminar Papers. (Health Reform Online Library, World Bank Group, Washington, DC)
An online library of the proceedings and papers in PDF format from an EDI Health Policy Seminar held in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 1996. There are papers on Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Mozambique.
Zoological Society of Southern Africa (South Africa)
The site includes information about the organization and its activities, links to South African universities offering Zoology degrees, related links, a newsletter, and the society's subscription-based journal, African zoology