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  South Africa - Gurupedia
South Africa is one of the oldest nation-states in Africa.
South Africa's government operates under a parliamentary system, although the President of South Africa, is Head of State as well as Head of Government.
South Africa is a middle-income, developing country with an abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors, a stock exchange that ranks among the 10 largest in the world, and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region.
www.gurupedia.com /s/so/south_africa.htm   (1099 words)

  
 South Africa: Energy and Environmental Issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
South Africa is especially vulnerable to oil spills due to the high volume of oil transported around the country's coasts by ships en route from the Middle East to Europe and the Americas.
South Africa, as part of a proposed $40 million GEF-funded project, is looking to prevent ship-based environmental contamination, such as oil spills from groundings and illegal discharges of ballast and bilge waters; and unsustainable exploitation of marine resources, such as illegal fishing and fishing practices.
South Africa is one of the most industrialized countries in Africa, but in comparison to "developed" countries, South Africa has lower levels of automobile and home appliance ownership per capita and consumes a higher proportion of "noncommercial" energy (such as fuel wood and paraffin).
www.eia.doe.gov /cabs/safrenv.html   (3008 words)

  
 SOUTH AFRICA NTDB OVERSEAS BUSINESS REPORTS access provided by UM-St. Louis Libraries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
South Africa continues to be subject to export controls for national security reasons, as well as to controls aimed at curbing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and missile technology.
South Africa's agricultural sector is characterized by its dualistic nature of larger commercial farms operated by white farmers, and the small subsistence level and low technology farming of fl farmers, who have been long denied access to choice agricultural land.
South African exchange control regulations stipulate that payment of imports can only be effected by authorized banks against submission by their customers of documentary proof that the goods were imported into South Africa as evidenced by invoices and shipping documents stamped by South African customs.
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/obr/obr_0002.htm   (18612 words)

  
 LLRX -- Researching South African Law
South African law consists of the common law (previous decisions of the superior courts, and rules set down by the 'old Roman-Dutch authorities') and statutory law (Acts of the national and provincial legislatures, and governmental regulations).
After the South African Anglo-Boer War (1899 -1902), Britain took control of all parts of South Africa, and in 1910, a Union of South Africa was established with four provinces: the Cape, Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal.
South Africa has a fairly comprehensive range of legal dictionaries which are useful for the explanation, translation, and judicial interpretation of legal words and phrases.
www.llrx.com /features/southafrica.htm   (5095 words)

  
 ipedia.com: South Africa Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
South Africa is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Africa, and has the largest white population on the continent.
Despite a series of voluntary and legislative moves to redress the economic imbalance caused by Apartheid, control of the South African economy remains predominantly in the hands of the white minority.
The national flag of South Africa between 1927 and 1994 featured the old Dutch Prinsenvlag, with the flags of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, together with the Union Jack representing the former British colonies of the Cape Province and Natal.
www.ipedia.com /south_africa.html   (1194 words)

  
 South African Libraries and Archives on the Internet
CHEC represents four tertiary institutions in the Western Cape of South Africa: the University of Cape Town, theUniversity of Stellenbosch, the University of the Western Cape and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology." Based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Lists the e-mail addresses of the library staff and includes a history of the library which notes that the Steve Biko Letters and Lennox Papers are held in their Africana collection (the Howard Pim Library).
Holds the collections of the African National Congress (including a chronology of the ANC and Thabo Mbeki's speech at the March 1996 opening of the Archives), Pan Africanist Congess of Azania, AZAPO and the Black Consciousness Movement, the A. Jordan Papers, the Lovedale Press Records.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/rsalibs.html   (2615 words)

  
 CPT Comments on South Africa's Pharmaceutical Legislation: Discusses Parallel Imports and Health Registration Data
I would hope too that the legislation would provide the government with adequate authority for the use of compulsory licenses, when appropriate, and that it does not erect unnecessary barriers for the marketing of unpatented drugs through restrictions on the use of scientific knowledge related to registration of new drugs.
In South Africa, the pharmaceutical industry has sought to convey the impression that parallel imports would be illegal under the GATT's TRIPS accords, pointing to the language in Article 28 of the TRIPS, which concerns the rights of patent owners.
Legislation and jurisprudence on this topic is varied from country to country, with countries taking different and nuanced positions on exhaustion of rights patents, copyrights and trademarks.
www.cptech.org /pharm/sa/sa-10-97.html   (3743 words)

  
 South African Law
The Assembly is elected by a system of "list proportional representation." Each of the parties appearing on the ballot submits a rank-ordered list of candidates.
It must approve legislation that involves shared national and provincial competencies as defined by an annex to the constitution.
JURIST's South Africa Correspondent is Andries Cilliers, founding Dean of Law, University of Port Elizabeth, retired.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/sa.htm   (549 words)

  
 GuruNet — Content Map
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List of South African provinces by population density
www.gurunet.com /cm-dsid-2222-letter-1L-first-26301   (99 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to the Inactive 2004 Democratic Presidential Prospects
Braun also was criticized during her tenure in the Senate for her warm embrace of several of the most brutal African dictatorships -- particulary the Nigerian regime.
The race next moved to South Carolina (his birth state) -- which was his declared make-or-break state -- and he won it by a comfortable margin.
We moved Hardy to our "inactive" list because -- by March 2004 -- she had yet to qualify for any primary ballots and did not appear to be attempting to gain ballot access.
www.politics1.com /dems04.htm   (13615 words)

  
 South Africa Sports
South African ultramarathon, over 10,000 runners each year.
Has a list of South African permitted drugs and a list of prohibited substances.
South African domestic and International news and scores.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsasports.html   (424 words)

  
 South African Law Links
Provides up to date legislation, including amendments and regulations, in an intuitive, on line format relating to a number of categories of law.
The product of South Africa's historic constitution-making process in which thousands of ordinary South Africans participated together with their elected representatives in writing the new constitution.
Founded in 1968, the Centre is an independent institute which seeks to contribute toward a just peace in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa by promoting constructive, creative and co-operative approaches to the resolution of conflict and the reduction of violence.
www.carrow.com /linkafrica.html   (887 words)

  
 List of South Africa-related topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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See also: Lists of country-related topics - similar lists for other countries
This page was last modified 14:12, 6 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_South_Africa-related_topics   (82 words)

  
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South Africa's former deputy president, Jacob Zuma, has confirmed he is facing rape allegations, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday.
Its focus is on the lived reality of children, parents and educators in South Africa’s farm schools and on the social roles played by farm schools in commercial farm labouring communities.
South Africa introduced inflation targeting as a monetary policy framework in 2000.
www.polity.org.za   (432 words)

  
 Intelligence Squad #107
Monday night, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution formally apologizing for failing to make lynching a federal crime over the century from the end of the Civil War to the 1960's, during which the practice was regularly used without justification on thousands of fl men throughout the U.S. South.
However, it is within the power of the Congress to pass legislation that substantively attacks the crystallization of the secondary political/socio-economic status of African-Americans.
We are sure that what’s left of the Native American population would agree.
www.intelligencesquad.com /id120.html   (719 words)

  
 IndyMedia South Africa
The new legislation will replace the current one, which was adopted in 1957 and still guiding rape cases today.
Dockets go missing, the legislation is outdated, the courts are harsh for traumatised rape survivors, suspects are not arrested and it is difficult to get proper health care and counseling after a rape.
Similarly, members of African refugee organizations spoke about the effects of imperialism in their countries and the harsh treatment by the South African state.
southafrica.indymedia.org   (13024 words)

  
 Internet Sources of Interest to H-AFRICA Subscribers
Ali Ali-Dinar, who is the Outreach Director of the African Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, maintains the ASA home page on behalf of the ASA's Electronic Technology Group.
The Southeast Regional Seminar on African Studies is arguably the most active regional group of Africanists in the United States outside the African Studies Association.
Links to most South African universities, technikons, and several higher education consortia, as well as numerous research and policy documents from South African educational policy institutions.
www.h-net.org /~africa/internet   (2386 words)

  
 WorldLII - Categories - Countries - South Africa - Legislation
Users may join a mailing list to receive the latest information regarding the legislation.
Contains full text of legislation, bills, notices, regulations and proclamations related to health.
Contains government legislation, bills, and policy documents put out in the form of either Green or White Papers by the relevant government departments or in the form of informal policy documents published by NGO's (On SANGONeT)
www.worldlii.org /catalog/2041.html   (671 words)

  
 Links & resources - Children's Rights in South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Minimum sentences for children are very contoversial as the concept minimum sentences contravenes a number of internationally accepted principles.
This article analyses a number of South African cases that deal with the issue and that question the acceptability of presribed minimum sentences upon children.
African Charter for the Rights and Welfare of the Child
www.sn.apc.org /users/clc/children/links.htm   (555 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: South Africa
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views.
IN A major setback for Jacob Zuma, the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee (NEC) yesterday rejected his supporters' claims of a political conspiracy against him led by President Thabo Mbeki.
Judging by the outcome of this weekend's national executive meeting, the ANC has forfeited a very big opportunity to demonstrate that there is still a moral centre holding it together.
allafrica.com /southafrica   (1138 words)

  
 DoJCD: Legislation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Contact the Webmaster for any equiries regarding the site or to report problems on the site....
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (As adopted on 8 May 1996 and amended on 11 October 1996 by the Constitutional Assembly)
Complete list of Acts / Statutes administered by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
www.doj.gov.za /legislation_list.html   (82 words)

  
 South African Department of Health - Fact Sheets
Guidelines for monitoring irradiated foodstuffs in South Africa - October 2004
National guideline on prevention of blindness in South Africa - December 2002 (PDF)
Guidelines for the treatment of Malaria in South Africa - August 2002 (PDF)
www.doh.gov.za /docs/factsheets   (663 words)

  
 Foreign Governments/Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
List of first head of state of individual African countries beginning 1957
Extensive list of African international organizations with a description and mail/phone contacts
African Economic Outlook provides analysis of economic and social conditions with some regional and country statistical data
www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/forafr.html   (845 words)

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