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	SOUTH AFRICA, Landmine Monitor Report 2001
		South Africa was the third country to sign the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997.
		South Africa participated in the Second Annual Meeting of States Parties to the CCW Amended Protocol II in December 2000 in Geneva and made a statement on behalf of the States Parties who are also members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
		South Africa is emerging as a leader in the field of mine clearance equipment and believes that it possesses leading demining technology and expertise, as well as medical capability and experience to assist mine victims.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2001/south_africa (2786 words)

	August 2000: South Africa's AIDS Policy Opens Worldwide Debate
		In South Africa, the richest of all sub-Saharan nations, some $40 per year per person is expended on medical care.
		A South African report indicated that more than half of the nation's youth could be expected to contract HIV in the next few years.
		South Africa is the wealthiest nation in Africa, with natural resources of diamonds and gold and a vast array of minerals that rival most of the advanced capitalist nations.
	www.socialistaction.org /news/200008/safrica.html (1314 words)

	South Africa
		South Africa is a country with a tortured soul and full of hopes and fears of what the future will bring.
		In South Africa, you are always being told that a major reason that crime is so bad is that the cops are so corrupt--if you get caught for something serious, you can usually bribe your way out of it.
		South Africa is a county where you are always surrounded by fences, and you can't help but notice it.In the cities, and especially Johannesburg, the houses have 10 foot high walls around them, with electric fences on top.
	www.madriver.com /users/rtw2vt/southafrica/southafrica.html (5358 words)

	AIDS, South Africa and Scientific "Intolerance" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Up to 10 percent of all South Africans are infected with the virus, and that could double by the end of this decade.
		The AIDS crisis in South Africa is compounded by political leaders who apparently want to bury their heads in the sand.
		In advance of an international AIDS summit in Durban, South Africa, close to 5,000 scientists and doctors signed a statement asserting that the best scientific evidence supports the view that HIV is caused by AIDS and that "it is unfortunate that a vocal minority continues to doubt the origins of AIDS.
	www.overpopulation.com /articles/2000/000014.html (572 words)

	FT.com \| Surveys \| South Africa 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Tim Modise, the South African radio talk-show host, last week welcomed as his studio guest an enthusiastic businessman who wanted to know why more was not being done overseas to "sell" South Africa to potential investors and tourists.
		South Africa is in a crisis, but not of the traditional political or economic sort.
		Six years after the end of apartheid and the transfer of power from the white minority to a freely elected government, democracy remains strong and the economy is growing, albeit slowly.
	surveys.ft.com /safrica2000 (121 words)

	USAID CP FY2000: South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ensuring South Africa's successful transition to a pluralistic, market-oriented and economically sustainable democracy is fundamental to U.S. national interests of supporting democratic societies, pursuing U.S. economic prosperity and reducing the need for humanitarian assistance in sub-Saharan Africa.
		South Africa is the most outstanding example in the world today of how severe political, racial and ethnic differences may be resolved through negotiation and compromise.
		South Africa is an anomaly, having a highly visible first world infrastructure that co-exists with extreme poverty comparable to the rest of Africa.
	www.usaid.gov /pubs/cp2000/afr/southafr.html (4570 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2000 - South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		South Africa is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional power is shared between the President and the Parliament.
		The South Africa Institute for Race Relations, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) concerned with political and extrajudicial killings, reported 166 politically motivated killings during the first 10 months of the year, most of which occurred in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, compared with 286 for the same period in 1999.
		Under the South African Communications Regulatory Authority Bill passed in May, the IBA and the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA) were merged to form the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).
	www.usemb.se /human/2000/africa/south_africa.html (15454 words)

	South Africa: 2000
		I came to South Africa for a math conference, followed by eight days as a tourist.
		The aquarium and the South African maritime musuem are both worth the visit.
		South Africa is a beautiful country with very hospitable people -- they deserve to succeed in their new beginnning..
	www.geocities.com /pierremal/travel/africa2000/index.html (2183 words)

	South Africa 2000 \| Adapting to Change
		An estimated one in three South African girls is raped by her 18th birthday.
		According to South Africa's government, four million of its 43 million people have HIV and 1,700 more are infected daily.
		It's hard not to walk away from South Africa's crisis counselors without a distinct impression — that a stranger could throw a stone into this Alexandra crowd and hit a woman with a horrific story of abuse to tell.
	journalism.berkeley.edu /projects/safrica/adapting/rape.html (1917 words)

	sa015 South Africa ratifies War Crimes Tribunal
		South Africa and Germany yesterday informed the UN that they had completed their domestic ratification process and would soon deposit the ratifications with the Secretary-General.
		South Africa had a "resolve to end impunity for international crimes and contribute to the establishment of an institution for international justice," Kumalo said.
		He said South Africans, as victims of apartheid, had "experienced the pain and despair suffered by victims of crimes against humanity" when they were without a forum from which to seek justice.
	www.afrol.com /News/sa015_icc_ratified.htm (803 words)

	South Africa 2000: Country Report
		Titled Faultlines, the report of the quasi-independent South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) was the end result of an investigation announced in late 1998, at the end of former president Nelson Mandela's tenure, in response to complaints from fl professional groups.
		The case, unprecedented in South Africa in that the plaintiffs were seeking only a retraction from the ANC, was still pending at year's end.
		South Africa's AIDS epidemic provoked considerable tension between the government and the media after President Mbeki publicly disputed the orthodox scientific view that AIDS is caused by the HIV virus.
	www.cpj.org /attacks00/africa00/South_Africa.html (845 words)

	Gamingfloor.com Archives Africa 2000
		Sun International South Africa's disposal of 10 casinos to meet the requirements of the National Gambling Act has led to a 35% drop in earnings per share.
		As a follow up to the National Gambling Board of South Africa releasing its annual report, the Safety and Security minister revealed on the 8th June that there are an estimated 431 illegal casinos operating in the country.
		Gaming for Africa magazine, organizers of the upcoming Gaming for Africa Expo 2000 expect the show to be the most innovative show to date, but the size and number of exhibitors is expected to be smaller than in previous years.
	www.gamingfloor.com /archive/Africa_2000.html (1088 words)

	Tamil Diaspora - South Africa - ...
		Hundreds of Tamils braved the cold winter evening in Durban South Africa to joined in solidarity with fellow Tamils across the world Monday to voice their objection to the impending ban of Liberation Tigers by the European Union.
		The memorandum was an appeal to the foreign affairs ministry of South Africa to assist in finding a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Northeast Sri Lanka.
		Over the 140 years of residence in South Africa, participation in religion and its many festivals has brought devotees a valuable sense of identity and solidarity, especially in the light of their marginalization and the discrimination experienced under the apartheid system.
	www.tamilnation.org /diaspora/southafrica.htm (1494 words)

	Privacy International -South Africa
		The South African Parliament approved the "The Promotion of Access to Information Act" (formerly named the Open Democracy Bill) on January 21, 2000.
		In 2000, the South African Government began considering a bill that would replace the exising 1992 Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Act which regulates wiretapping with a new Interception and Monitoring Act.
		The bill was reintroduced in January 2000 by the Justice Portfolio Committee.
	www.privacy.org /pi/countries/south_africa (456 words)

	South Africa Women's Organisations
		In 1996, South Africa became the first country to include a specific provision in the constitution which outlaws discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
		BPW South Africa is affiliated to the International Federation of Business & Professional Women, one of the most influential organisations in the world.
		We are Fawesa - which is the South African Chapter for the Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE), a partnership of African women cabinet ministers, women vice - chancellors of universities and other senior women policy makers, who assume leadership for education planning and implementation in their countries.
	www.distel.ca /womlist/countries/southafrica.html (1448 words)

	South Africa 2000 \| Facing Reality
		South Africa's crime-weary suburbanites trust private security more than the police.
		Many South Africans do not trust the country's beleaguered police force to respond to their emergency calls.
		But violent crime affects South Africans of all backgrounds, especially fls, most of whom do not live in gated communities with 24-hour armed response teams.
	journalism.berkeley.edu /projects/safrica/facing/hiredguns.html (855 words)

	History of South Africa Time Line 1488-2000 - Griqualand Griquatown Anderson s.com
		Johann Christiaan Davel, ancestor of Helena Elizabeth Davel of the Anderson-Davel family of Zimbabwe, Immigrated from Bautzen Germany, 1734, South Africa.
		Boer republics north of Vaal unite as South African Republic with Pretoria as the capital.
		The homelands of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei are separated from South Africa and established as independent states.
	griquatownandersons.com /SouthAfricanHistory.html (3249 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: South Africa: Human Rights Developments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Local government elections on the basis of new municipal boundaries were scheduled for December 2000, after delays caused by opposition from traditional leaders, many of them IFP-aligned, to the new boundaries and the proposed role of chiefs in the new structures.
		In January 2000, South Africa ratified the OAU Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
		Overcrowding in prisons continued to worsen: on April 30, 2000, the prison population was 172,271 (of whom 63,964 were awaiting trial), against approved accommodation for 100,384 inmates.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k1/africa/southafrica.html (1558 words)

	South Africa
		One of the prominent companies, New Africa Media, is a fl-owned consortium that controls the country's leading fl-oriented newspaper, The Sowetan, as well as a major white-oriented publishing business, Times Media Limited.
		A 1999 survey conducted by Statistics South Africa reported that up to 2,000 children work to pay off outstanding debts to employers or obligations to their landlords (see Section 6.d.).
		While many of these women come willingly, some claim that they were tricked into coming, or that they were forced to continue working as prostitutes until they had paid off the cost of their transport.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/index.cfm?docid=788 (15483 words)

	2000 in South Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: 1999 in South Africa, other events of 2000, 2000 in South African sport, 2001 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
		Nicky Boje, Hansie Cronje, Herschelle Gibbs, Pieter Strydom and Henry Williams are accused along with a number of other international cricket players and Indian bookmakers by the New Delhi police of cheating, fraud and criminal conspiracy in alleged match fixing
		15 April - South African Air Force Museum's Supermarine Spitfire MkIX "5553" is destroyed in an emergency landing at AFB Swartkop during an airshow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_in_South_Africa (675 words)

	2000 Co-Chairs
		Serving as Co-Chair for the Global Summit of Women 2000: Africa is the Honorable Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, recently appointed South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs.
		Additionally, she is contributing to efforts to have fl businesses play a more predominant role in the petroleum industry, and for women employees to become more active within the mining sector.
		Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe is the only woman in Africa to hold the post of Vice-President of a country.
	www.globewomen.com /summit/past/past_2000/2000cochairs.html (737 words)

	AIDS in Africa: News Archives 1998-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		South Africa's Men of Peace Unite to Fight AIDS with Prayer and Compassion by Alex Duval Smith, Ecumenical News International, December 8, 2000
		South Africa's three Nobel peace prizewinners - Nelson Mandela, F.W De Klerk and Archbishop Desmond Tutu - launched a "prayer for HIV/AIDS" and called for an end to the silence and stigmatisation surrounding the disease.
		Of the 22 million people living in Africa with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health reports that 3 million of those infected are in Ethiopia.
	gbgm-umc.org /health/aidsafrica/news2000.stm (1379 words)

	Meyer Sound News : Africa News Briefs 2000
		Attracting young designers from design schools and design houses across the country, the designers were encouraged to incorporate style, functionality and technology into their garments with the goal of integrating one of the new Siemens cellphones into their garment designs.
		The competition is the largest of its type, attracting competitors from major city's throughout South Africa.
		Solid Rock Productions of South Africa announced the recent purchase of four Meyer Sound CQ-1 self-powered loudspeaker systems and two 650-P self-powered reinforcement subwoofers for use in events happening throughout the region.
	www.meyersound.com /news/2000/news_africa (611 words)

	Indymedia South Africa
		In 2006, in one of the richest countries in Africa, the Ogonis' mode of daily transport is the bicycle, and the only educational institutions which exist are community initiatives.
		The application is brought by five residents of Phiri who are all unemployed and living in conditions of poverty, on behalf of themselves, their households and all residents of Phiri who are in a similar position to the applicants, as well as everyone in the public interest.
		PSC members criticized the South African government for its support of Israel, citing a 15-20% rise in South Africa-Israel trade in the last two years, and the lack of prosecution of South Africans fighting in the IDF.
	southafrica.indymedia.org (9618 words)

	Soccernet.com Euro 2000 News: South Africa boosts England bid
		Danny Jordaan, chief executive officer of the South Africa 2006 World Cup Bid Committee, said the expulsion threat and the hooliganism of England fans in Belgian cities over the weekend should not be taken into consideration when FIFA chooses the host next month.
		He said that only the merits of England's bid should be considered, and added: 'In essence, any expulsion from Euro 2000 would be the end of their chances.
		England and South Africa are among five candidates to stage the 2006 World Cup finals.
	www.soccernet.com /euro2000/news/20000619sasorry.html (184 words)

	African Community : South Africa
		The South African Association of Science and Technology Centers contributes to the improvement of life of the nation by improving scientific knowledge and skills through the utilization of interactive living science and technology discovery centres.
		The South African International Council of Scientific Unions Secretariat (ICSU) serves the South African scientific community and most of the ICSU unions and affiliates to which South Africa adheres.
		The Association of South African Women in Science and Engineering (SA WISE) is a dynamic association for all men and women who support the idea of strengthening the role of women in science and engineering in South Africa.
	www.uneca.org /estnet/African_community/south.htm (1390 words)

	Background - South African local government elections 5 December 2000
		There is only one mayor and 200 councillors to serve for the 4 million citizens of Cape Town (one hundred of these councillors will be voted in by way of a ward system and the remaining through a party-list proportional representation system).
		On September 28, 2000, representatives of traditional leaders met with President Thabo Mbeki, Deputy President Jacob Zuma and Mufamadi, in an attempt to reconcile the divergence of opinions regarding the demarcation process.
		On the same day, Minister Mufamadi proclaimed that the date for the 2000 local elections was to be December 5 for all of the 284 newly demarcated municipalities.
	www.afrol.com /Countries/South_Africa/backgr_elections2000.htm (2900 words)

	South Africa: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns
		South Africa: Preserving the gains for human rights in the "war against crime"
		South Africa: Submission to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, Parliament of South Africa, on the draft Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Amendment Bill, 2003, from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
		South Africa: Preserving the gains for human rights in the 'war against crime': Memorandum to the South African Government and South African Law Commission on the draft Anti-Terrorism Bill, 2000
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/south_africa/index.do (306 words)

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