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                       FAQ FOR SOC.CULTURE.SOUTH-AFRICA
                                       
   
   
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Contents

     * Contents
     * 1 Introduction
          + 1.1 About this FAQ
          + 1.2 How to get soc.culture.south-africa/za FAQ.
               o 1.2.1 The parent document - general s.c.a FAQ
          + 1.3 About soc.culture.south-africa
          + 1.4 Some frequently asked questions
          + 1.5 How big? How much? - South Africa Data
               o Country and the People
               o 8 The Economy
          + 1.6 Networking, computing and South Africa
               o 1.6.1 The internet
                    # South African Newsgroups
               o 1.6.2 Resources
     * 2 History
          + 2.1 General History
               o 2.1.1 Who came first?
          + 2.2 Constitutional History
               o 2.2.1 SA Constitutional History: 1900-1993
                    # Union of South Africa
                    # Republic of South Africa
          + 2.3 Reference works - empty
          + 2.4 Special Topics
     * 3 Geography and the environment
     * 4 General Reference Works(empty at the moment)
     * 5 Politics and Government
          + 5.1 National Constitutional Structure
          + 5.2 Reference information
               o 5.2.1 President's office
               o 5.2.2 The Courts
                    # Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
                    # The Constitutional Court
               o 5.2.3 The Cabinet
               o 5.2.4 Constitutional Assembly
               o 5.2.5 Provincial Governments
                    # Northern Transvaal
                    # Natal
                    # Eastern Cape
                    # Free State
                    # Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging
                    # Western Cape
                    # Eastern Transvaal
                    # Northern Cape
                    # North West
               o 5.2.6 Provincial Legislatures
               o 5.2.7 Salaries
          + 5.3 Reference works
          + 5.4 National Symbols
               o 5.4.1 National anthems
               o 5.4.2 Flags
     * 6 The Legal System
          + 6.1 Court system
          + 6.2 Legislation and other stuff
     * 7 Police service and national defence
     * 8 The Economy
          + 8.1 General - economy
          + 8.2 Banking
          + 8.3 Foreign Exchange
     * 9 Education System
          + 9.1 General - education
               o 9.1.1 Standard
          + 9.2 Universities
     * 10 Culture
          + 10.1 Religion
               o 10.1.1 Religious allegiances
          + 10.2 Public Holidays
               o 10.2.1 African Independent Churches
          + 10.3 Music
               o Juluka/Savuka/Johnny Clegg  
          + 10.4 Sport
          + 10.5 Language
          + 10.6 Afrikaans Mailing List
          + 10.7 Afrikaanse Speltoetsers
          + 10.8 Food and Beverage
          + 10.9 Miscellaneous
               o What is the origin of the word ``toyi-toyi''?   
               o What is the origin of the boot dance?
               o  What is the origin of ``Azania''?
          + 10.10 Miscelleneous
               o 10.10.1 Science Fiction South Africa
     * 11 The media
          + 11.1 Radio &Television</A>
        11.2 Newspapers
        11.3 Other 
     * 12 Diplomatic Representation
     * 13 Tourism &Travel</A>
   14 Contact
   Index 
       
   
                               1 INTRODUCTION
                                       
   
   
   This is the FAQ for soc.culture.south-africa. We urgently need someone
   else to take over maintenance of this FAQ as it is no longer being
   maintained.
   
1.1 About this FAQ

   
   
   This FAQ consists of references to many resources on the net, and
   material that has been scrounged from a variety of sources. A number
   of people have provided material (either unknowingly by posting
   material to various groups, or by sending me references, files, etc.
   etc.). Where material is clearly attributable to other people, please
   blame them. Where material isn't attributable, you can blame me if
   there's something wrong; however, because of the anonymous structure
   of the document, it might well be the work of somebody else, so I want
   to thank everyone who helped. (At a later stage, I'll try to get a
   contributors' list going).
   
   
   FAQ Maintainer: Scott Hazelhurst <scott@cs.wits.ac.za>
   
    
   
1.2 How to get soc.culture.south-africa/za FAQ.

     This FAQ is primarily maintained as a WWW document. There are two
   sites which keep this FAQ, one in South Africa and one in Canada. If
   you are in Southern Africa use the South African site, if you are
   elsewhere in the world use the Canadian one. The WWW document can be
   found as
     * www document (can be found as:
       http://www.cs.wits.ac.za/faq/safrica/safrica.html) (South African
       site)
     * www document (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/safrica/safrica.html)
       (Canadian site)
       
   
   
   The text version of this document is posted to
   soc.culture.south-africa at regular intervals.
   
   The text versions are also available by anonymous ftp. The summary
   version contains the basic structure, with references (URLs) to
   constituent parts. The full version contains as much of the www
   document as practicable. The text version of this document is
   generated automatically which means that the formatting is not ideal.
   (If anyone knows a good latex to text filter please let me know.) The
   PostScript version is much better.
   
   If you are reading this, you are reading the fulltext version
   
   The document is available by anonymous ftp as:-
     * PostScript summary (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/safrica-summ.ps.gz)
       [46K]
     * PostScript full version (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/safrica.ps.gz) [65K]
     * Text full version (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/safrica.txt.gz) [28K]
       
   
   
  1.2.1 The parent document - general s.c.a FAQ
  
   
   
   The WWW document can be found as
     * www document (can be found as:
       http://www.cs.wits.ac.za/faq/africa/africa.html) (South African
       site)
     * www document (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/africa/africa.html)
       (Canadian site)
       
   
   
   The text version of this document is posted to soc.culture.african,
   soc.answers and news.answers at regular intervals.
   
   The text versions are also available by anonymous ftp. The summary
   version contains the basic structure, with references (URLs) to
   constituent parts. The full version contains as much of the www
   document as practicable.
   
   The document is available by anonymous ftp as:-
     * PostScript summary (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/africa-summ.ps.gz) [27K]
     * PostScript full version (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/africa.ps.gz) [28K]
     * Text full version (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/africa.txt.gz) [7K]
       
   
   
1.3 About soc.culture.south-africa

   
   
   This group deals with South African issues. There is considerable
   overlap with the za.* hierarchy, and for some issues it may be
   suitable to post to one of the za.* groups rather than posting to
   soc.culture.south-africa. The za.* groups are available on South
   African sites and a large number of international sites.
   
   Postings to soc.culture.south-africa can be in any language, although
   postings in a South African language are more likely to be appreciated
   by participants in the group. Multi-lingual threads are perfectly
   acceptable, although some points of etiquette are raised. If a person
   posts in language , you should consider replying in that language. If
   you feel uncomfortable about doing so (for example, your proficiency
   in that language is such that you would not be able to express
   yourself clearly) then respond in any language you like. It is
   considered rude to change language merely because the person you are
   replying to won't understand you. Contributions in all languages are
   welcome and part of the spirit of the charter of this group: attacks
   on posters merely because of the language used in postings is not
   welcome.
   
1.4 Some frequently asked questions

   
   
   You can also search the index, which is in two parts: the general
   index of soc.culture.african (can be found as:
   ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/african/african.html) FAQ
   or, this document's index. They're a bit primitive but may be helpful.
   
   
     * What are the origins of the word Azania? (See Azania)
     * What e-mail, Internet connectivity is there? (See Internet)
     * What are the words/lyrics/... of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika? (See
       Nkosi)
     * What's your favourite Juluka album? (See juluka)
     * Who's the _worst_ SABC commentator?
     * What are the salaries of the top politicians?
       
   
   
1.5 How big? How much? - South Africa Data

   
   
   This information is based on an e-publication of a British Church
   Group (reference lost - if anyone recognises it please let me know,
   with additional information
   
    Country and the People
    
   
   
   Area: 1,221,037 sq. km. (471,320 sq. miles)
   
   Land Use: Agriculture 362,916 77%; Forest 17,428 4%; Other 90,976
   19%Population ('90) 35,900,000
     * Inhabitants per sq. km. 27
     * Urbanisation ('90): Urban (60%) 21,540,000 Rural 14,360,000
     * Age Distribution ('90)

   1 - 14 years 13,713,800 38.2\%
   15 - 64 years 20,750,200 57.8\%
   65 and over 1,436,000 4.0\%
     * Distribution of Working Population ('90).
          + Agriculture 2,822,027 13.6%
          + Industry 5,063,049 24.4%
          + Services 12,865,124 62.0%
     * The population is made up of 70%'African origin'. 'European
       decendents' account for 15%, of which about 60%are Afrikaans
       speakers and 40%English speakers. The 'Coloured' population is
       10%. The 'African' peoples are Zulu (18.8%), Xhosa (18.3%),
       Tswana, Sotho, Shangaan, Swazi, Ndebele and Venda.
     * See 10.5.
     * Religion
          + Catholics* 2,881,800 10%
          + Total Christians 22,598,100 79%
          + Muslims 362,000 1%
          + Buddhists 2,700 0%
          + Hindus 565,000 1%
          + Other Faiths 4,580,600 16%
          + No Religion 267,000 1%
          + Christian Practice ('80). %of total pop.
          + Practising 14,028,800 49%
          + Non practising 3,290,700 12%
          + Nominal 5,278,600 18%
   
       
     * Health
       

         Expectancy ('90) 62 years
         Infant Mortality Rate ('90)
         66 per 1,000 in first year
         90 per 1,000 in first five years
         Access to safe drinking water ('86):
         Overall 95\% State Facilities
         Hospitals('89) 788
         People per Hospital ('89) 48,869
         Hospital beds ('89) 142,276
         People per bed ('89) 246
         Doctors ('89) 20,468
         People per doctor ('89) 1,710
         Nurses ('89) 80,645
         People per nurse ('89) 434
         Dentist ('89) 3,704
         People per Dentist 10,397
         Pharmacists ('89) 7,557
         People per Pharmacist ('89) 5,096
   
       
   
   
    8 The Economy
    
   
   

         Currency: Rand: 4.99 to the pound (July '93).
         GNP ('90) $90,827,000,000
                 ($2,530 per capita).
         GDP ('90) $90,720,000,000
                 ($2,527 per capita).
         Agriculture 5\%
         Industry (Manufacturing 26\%) 44\%
         Services 51\%
         Foreign Debt ('91) $18,100,000,000

   
   
   Major Imports: Machinery &transport equipment, chemicals, oil, base
   metals Major Exports: Gold, base metals, moducts, platinum, food,
   drinks and tobacco.
   

  Trade ('90) Import Exports
         Food 6\% 1\%*
         Fuels 1\% 14\%**
         Basic Commodities 5\% 12\%
         Machinery/transport 41\% 3\%
         Other manufactures 48\% 71\%
         * = Textiles and clothing
         ** = Plus minerals/metals
  Household Consumption ('85)
         Food 14.1\%
         Housing 6.8\%
         Energy ?
         Transport 9.2\%
         Health 2.2\%
         Education ?
         Other 67.7\%

   
   
1.6 Networking, computing and South Africa

       
   
  1.6.1 The internet
  
   
   
   Rhodes University keeps information on South African networking (can
   be found as: gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/11/African Networking).
   
   Phone Books (can be found as:
   gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au/1/phones/otherphone/Africa) of
   some South African universities exist at the University of Melbourne
   gopher.
   
    South African Newsgroups
    
      
     * Overview (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/zanames)

[From Rhodes University Document]

Issues relating to networking connectivity (or otherwise), policy
arguments, and general queries are currently discussed in the
newsgroup "za.net.misc".  Other newsgroups are:

  za.ads.jobs           Looking for a job?/Offering a job?
  za.ads.lifts          Want a lift from Bulawayo to Cape Town via Durbs?
  za.ads.misc           For sale/to swap/wanted to buy
  za.archives           Who's got what, where... and how...
  za.culture.xhosa      Ingxoxo ngolwini, amasiko nezithete zakwaXhosa.
* za.culture.xhosa      For discussions of Xhosa language and culture.
  za.edu.comp           Discussions on the use of computers in education
  za.environment        Environmental issues in Southern Africa
  za.events             Conferences, events and happenings nationally
  za.flame              A cool imitation of the real thing
  za.humour             Humour/jokes/fun
  za.misc               General chat, comments, announcements etc
  za.net.maps           Local UUCP maps [uucpmap@lasernet.co.za] (Moderated)
  za.net.misc           Miscellaneous ramblings on networking in ZA
  za.net.stats          Statistics on network usage, automated postings etc
  za.net.uninet         Announcements and feedback from the Uninet-ZA office
  za.politics           Politics in Southern Africa
  za.schools            Issues affecting primary and secondary education
  za.sport              Finer points of jukskei or the Comrades marathon
  za.test               Testing of news links and configurations
  za.unix.misc          General discussion, questions and chat about Unix in ZA

Entries marked with an "*" provide alternative descriptors for the
systems "newsgroups" file.
   
       
     * Detailed Information (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/0/African Networking/Networking in
       Southern Africa) (23kb from Rhodes)
       
     * za.* newsgroups from Rhodes (can be found as: The Rhodes gopher
       gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za provides these groups)
       
     * How to post to and read the za.* groups.
       
       The za.* hierarchy has a fairly wide circulation internationally.
       If your news system doesn't get the za.* hierarchy, speak to your
       system administrator; if you give them the information about the
       international newsfeeds given above, they may be quite willing to
       get them for you. If not, you can still read from and post to the
       za.* groups using gopher and a mail-to-news gateway.
       
       Instructions (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/zainstruct.txt) on
       reading, posting to the za newsgroups.
       

From: shaze@cs.ubc.ca (Scott Hazelhurst)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Accessing za groups internationally
Date: 14 Oct 1994 17:16:21 -0700
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Message-ID:
NNTP-Posting-Host: sparta.cs.ubc.ca

Remote Posting
______________



ccfj@hippo.ru.ac.za (F. Jacot Guillarmod) writes:
>There is an email -> usenet gateway for all the za groups set up on our
>news system, quagga.ru.ac.za.  If you want to post to say
>"za.culture.xhosa", send your mail message to:
>
>       za-culture-xhosa@quagga.ru.ac.za
>
>The algorithm is to replace the "."s in the newsgroup name with "-"s.
>The gateway on quagga is limited to the za groups, plus one or two
>other mainstream groups.



Remote reading
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The za groups can be read from one of the following gopher sites:


Britain
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Cranfield Institute of Technology:  (incomplete list)
   gopher.cranfield.ac.uk
   Path=nntp 1s za
   URL: gopher://gopher.cranfield.ac.uk:4324/1nntp/za


Imperial College, London:
   gopher.ic.ac.uk
   Path=nntp 1s za
   gopher://gopher.ic.ac.uk:4320/1nntp%20ls%20za%20

University of Manchester:
   info.mcc.ac.uk
   Path=nntp 1s za
   URL: gopher://info.mcc.ac.uk:4320/1nntp%20ls%20za



Canada
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Universite du Quebec a Montreal:
   cari.telecom.uqam.ca
   Path=nntp ls za
   URL: gopher://infopub.uqam.ca:4320/1nntp


Denmark
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Danish Academic Network:
   gopher.denet.dk
   Path=nntp ls za.ads



South Africa
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Rhodes University:
    gopher.ru.ac.za
    Path=nntp 1s za
    URL: gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za:4324/1nntp%20ls%20za%20



If anyone has additional sites or corrections, please let me know.
   
       
   
   
   SA WWW Server (can be found as: http://www.is.co.za/www-za/)
   
  1.6.2 Resources
  
     
     * South Africa Watch Magazine (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org/1/peace/africa.gopher/safrica.watch)
       (from Oxfam Canada)
       
   
   
                                  2 HISTORY
                                       
     
   
2.1 General History

   
   
  2.1.1 Who came first?
  
   
   
   This topic has arisen at least three times in the year. It is based on
   the belief that the first white settlers to South Africa found an
   almost empty land, and that the ancestors of the black inhabitants of
   the country arrived in South Africa at pretty much the same time as
   the whites'. Such a belief has a very important political and
   propaganda effect.
   
   In summary, this belief does not have evidence to support it.
   Historical and archaeological evidence shows to the contrary.
   
     The myth, once held in innocence and long propagated, that the
     Bantu-speaking peoples arrived as immigrants on the highveld of the
     trans-Vaal at about the same time as the Europeans first settled in
     Table Bay, has been demolished as a result of archaeological
     research. More than one alternative still exists to explain the
     arrival of Bantu-speakers, but this is no longer one of them."
     
   - TRH Davenport _A Modern History of South Africa_
   
   Past posting (can be found as:
   ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/history.txt)
   
2.2 Constitutional History

   
   
  2.2.1 SA Constitutional History: 1900-1993
  
   
   
   When did South Africa gain independence?  
   
   Summary: The Union of South Africa formed in 1910, and although
   formally the British government and parliament had reserve powers, de
   facto independence dates from 31 May 1910. Formally, South Africa's
   full sovereignty came after the passage of the Statute of Westminster
   in 1931. (South Africa became a republic in 1961, but this only had
   the effect of changing the head of state and did not affect the
   independence/sovereignty issue.)
   
   At the conclusion of the Anglo-Boer war in 1902, the British had
   control over the entire area of South Africa:
     * the Cape and Natal which were self-governing colonies
     * the Transvaal and Orange Free State which were run directly by
       Britain
     * the "High Commission Territories" or "protectorates" of
       Bechuanaland (now Botswana), Basutholand (now Lesotho), and
       Swaziland.
       
   
   
   In 1906 and 1907 the Transvaal and the Free State were given
   responsible government.
   
   After constitutional negotiations culminating in a National Convention
   (excluding blacks), the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910 (the
   Union excluded the High Commission Terrritories, although
   constitutional provision was made for their entry).
   
    Union of South Africa
    
   
   
   At Union, South Africa (like Australia, Canada and New Zealand at that
   stage) was not strictly an independent country. Legislative powers
   were vested in the South African Parliament (a House of Assembly and
   Senate) and effective executive control through South African
   ministers (nominally vested in the King through the Governor-General).
   However, the Governor-General had the power to reserve signing bills,
   and all South African laws were subject to the British Colonial Laws
   Validation Act. (I believe these powers were never used and in
   practice, independence dates from 1910).
   
   In the Transvaal, Free State and Natal only whites could vote, while
   in the Cape there was a formally non-racial franchise (a right later
   weakened, and then finally removed in the 1960s).
   
   After the First World War, the status of the dominions like South
   Africa changed and a report of the Imperial Conference declared that
   the dominions were equal in status and in now way subordinate to
   Britain. The Statute of Westminster 1931 (can be found as:
   gopher://freenet.victoria.bc.ca/0/archives/history/etext/statute.westm
   inster.1931) put legal effect to this when the British Parliament gave
   up its right to legislate for the dominions. This was recognised in
   South African legislation by the Status of the Union Act 1934 (can be
   found as:
   ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/statusunionact.txt) which
   declared the Union a "sovereign independent state". (So, although
   there were strong political links with Britain and although South
   Africa and Britain shared a common king, South Africa was an
   independent country by the start of the Second World War).
   
    Republic of South Africa
    
   
   
   After a 1960 referendum among white voters, South Africa became a
   republic on 31 May 1961, and allowed its membership of the
   Commonwealth to cease after protests from other Commonwealth members.
   The structure of the constitution remained the same, with an
   indirectly-elected State President peforming the role of head of state
   (in place of the King/Governor-General), and the prime minister
   remaining head of government.
   
   In 1983 a new constitution was adopted and inaugurated in 1984. The
   offices of prime minister and state president were combined into the
   State President's office. Parliament was restructured to comprise a
   House of Assembly (whites), a House of Representatives (coloureds),
   and House of Delegates (Indians). A Presidents' Council (with
   effective white control) was set up as a deadlock breaking mechanism.
   
2.3 Reference works - empty

   
   
2.4 Special Topics

   
   
    
     * What is the Freedom Charter (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/freedomcharter)?
       
   
   
                       3 GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
                                       
     
   
   The South African Weather Bureau (can be found as:
   http://cirrus.sawb.gov.za)
   
   Rain and temperature information (can be found as:
   gopher://groucho.unidata.ucar.edu/11/Images/Rest_of_World)
   
   Satellite Map of weather (can be found as:
   file://unicorn.nott.ac.uk/pub/sat-images/DT.JPG) (100K updated every
   half hour)
   
   Map (can be found as:
   http://www-penninfo.upenn.edu:1962/penninfo-srv.upenn.edu/9000/19883.g
   if) (Note that the provincial boundaries reflect the old
   constitution).
   
   Map of SA, with WWW sites (can be found as:
   http://www.is.co.za/www-za/www-za-map.html)
   
               4 GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS(EMPTY AT THE MOMENT)
                                       
   
   
                          5 POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
                                       
   
   
   Official government documents (can be found as:
   http://www.polity.org.za). Can find many contact addresses etc. here
   for ministries and government departments.
   
   South African Government gopher (can be found as:
   gopher://wn.apc.org:70/11/govdoc)
   
   ANC FTP site (can be found as: gopher://wn.apc.org/11/anc) ( Enquiries
   may be addressed to ancdip@wn.apc.org) Anonymous ftp available at
   wn.apc.org. Change directory to anc
   
   The Rhodes University gopher (can be found as:
   gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/1/South African Politics) has some
   interesting things.
   
5.1 National Constitutional Structure

   
   
    
     * Overview of constitution (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/0/South African Politics/SA
       constitution/South African constitution %28outline%29)
       
     * The South African Constitutional Assembly maintains a web site
       (can be found as: http://www.constitution.org.za) and a gopher
       site (can be found as: http://gopher.constitution.org.za).
       
     * full text (can be found as: gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/11/South
       African Politics/SA constitution) (Rhodes gopher - Directory).
       
     * Text (can be found as:
       gopher://wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov/11/K12/South_Africa) (US site -
       very large).
       
   
   
5.2 Reference information

   
   
    Election results (can be found as:
   gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/0/South African Politics/Bits and
   Pieces/Election results - full)
   
    Office bearers (can be found as:
   ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/office/office.html)
   Biographies (can be found as:
   ftp://concave.cs.wits.ac.za/pub/info/wm.a-z) of some of the people
   mentioned below.
   
  5.2.1 President's office
  
   
   
    
   
   The president is Nelson Rolihlala Mandela. Inaugurated on 10 May 1994
   for a five year term.
   
   The president's office consists of
   
   Jakes Gerwel
          former rector of the University of the Western Cape. He'll
          serve as Mandela's director-general.
          
   Ahmed Kathrada
          the Rivonia trialist who was jailed on Robben Island with
          Mandela. He'll serve as Mandela's liaison with Parliament.
          
   Joel Netshitenzhe
          also known as Peter Mayibuye, who will serve as chief director
          of communications. He is considered one of the brightest young
          intellectuals in the ANC.
          
   Mary Mxadana
          who worked for the SA Council of Churches, has been appointed
          as Mandela's private secretary.
          
   Source:
          Oxfam Canada
          
   
   
   The Excutive Deputy Presidents are:  
     * Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
     * Frederik Willem de Klerk
       
   
   
   The Excutive Deputy Presidents are:
     * Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
     * Frederik Willem de Klerk
       
   
   
  5.2.2 The Courts
  
   
   
    
   
    Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
    
   
   
   The Appellate Division does not deal with constitutional issues -
   except for these issues it is the highest court in the land. The seat
   of the AD is Bloemfontein.
   
     * _Chief Justice: _Mr Justice Michael Corbett QC BA LLB (UCT and
       Cantab) Hon LLD (UCT, Rhodes, UOFS)
       
   
   
    The Constitutional Court
    
   
   
    
   
   The Constitutional Court is deals with all constitutional issues
   including Acts of Parliament, executive decisions and legislation from
   provincial legislatures. Provincial divisions of the Supreme Court
   have some jurisdiction of provincial and executive matters - for these
   the Constitutional Court has appellate jurisdiction. For all other
   issues, the Constitutional Court has original and final jurisdiction.
   The seat of the constitutional court is Johannesburg.
   
   President: Arthur Chaskalson SC BCom LLB (Witwatersrand) HonLLD
   (Witwatersrand &Cape Town)
   
   Other members of the court: Mr Justice Richard Goldstone, Mr Justice
   Ismail Mohamed (Deputy President), Mr Justice Laurie Ackermann and Mr
   Justice Thole Madala (appointed under s99(3) of the constitution); Mr
   Justice John Didcott, Mr Justice Johan Kriegler, Advocate Pius Langa,
   Professor Yvonne Mkgoro, Professor Kate O'Regan, Professor Albie Sachs
   (appointed under s99(4)).
   
   Acting judge: Advocate Sydney Kentridge QC SC (while Mr Justice
   Goldstone is seconded to the United Nations as prosecutor for the
   International Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugolavia).
   
  5.2.3 The Cabinet
  
   
   
    
   
   The National Cabinet (can be found as:
   gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/00/South%20African%20Politics/Bits%20and%20Pi
   eces/Cabinet%20Appointments)
   
  5.2.4 Constitutional Assembly
  
   
   
   The current constitution is an interim constitution and the
   Constitutional Assembly is currently writing a new one. The
   Constitutional Assembly comprises the Senate and the National Assembly
   sitting jointly. The chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly is
   Cyril Ramaphosa. The target date for adoption of a new constitution is
   9 May 1996.
   

CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY Nov 10 Sapa

The panel of independent experts to advise the Constitutional
Assembly in its historic constitution-writing task over the next 18
months has been finalised by a CA sub-committee.

It is:

-- Professor Gerhard Erasmus, head of Public Law at Stellenbosch
University;

-- Prof Johan Kruger, attached to Potchefstroom University's
Sociology department;

-- Prof Christina Murray, director of the Law, Race and Gender unit
at the University of Cape Town;

-- Mrs Masechaba Sedibe-Ncholo, a Cambridge University graduate
doing pupillage to be an advocate;

-- Advocate Ishmael Semenya, a Johannesburg-based advocate;

-- Prof Johan van der Westhuizen, Director of the Centre for Human
Rights at Pretoria University; and

-- Advocate Zac Yacoob, a Durban advocate.

   
   
   Parliament consists of the the Senate (90 members) and National
   Assembly (400 members).
   
  5.2.5 Provincial Governments
  
   
   
    Names believed to be correct, July 1994.
   
    Northern Transvaal
    
   
   
   _Speaker of Provincial Assembly:_ TG Mashamba (ANC)
   
   Premier
          Ngoako Ramatlhodi (ANC)
          
   Economic Affairs, Commerce and Industry
          Thaba Mafumadi (ANC)
          
   Education and Culture
          Dr Aaron Motsoaledi (ANC)
          
   Land, Housing and Local Government
          J Dombo (ANC)
          
   Agriculture and Forestry
          Professor Tiny Burgers (ANC)
          
   Environment and Water
          Maris Stella Sexwale-Mabitje (ANC)
          
   Health and Welfare
          Dr Joe Phaahla (ANC)
          
   Public Works
          Dikeledi Magadzi (ANC)
          
   Police and Protection Services
          Seth Nthai (ANC)
          
   Finance and Expenditure
          Edgar Mushwana (ANC)
          
   Public Transport
          Johan Kriek (FF)
          
   
   
    Natal
    
   
   
   _Monarch]_ H.M. King Goodwill Zwelethini kaBhekuzulu
   Provincial Cabinet
   
   Premier
          Dr Frank Mdlalose (IFP)
          
   Finance and Lconomic Affairs
          Dr Senzele Mhlungu (IFP)
          
   Education and Culture
          Dr Vincent Zulu (IFP)
          
   Police Services
          Rev Celani Mtetwa (IFP)
          
   Housing and Local Government
          Peter Miller (IFP)
          
   Nature Conservation and Tourism
          Prince Gideon Zulu (IFP)
          
   Auxilliary Services and Traditional Affairs
          Inkosi Nyanga J. Ngubane (IFP)
          
   Health
          Dr Zweli Mkhize] (ANC)
          
   Roads, Transportation and Traffic Control
          S'bu Ndebele (ANC)
          
   Social Welfare
          Jacob Zuma] (ANC)
          
   Agriculture
          George Bartlett (NP)
          
   
   
    Eastern Cape
    
   
   
   Provincial Cabinet
   
   Premier
          Raymond Mhlaba (ANC)
          
   Finance, Provincial Expenditure
          Shepherd Mayatula (ANC)
          
   Economic Affairs
          Smuts Ngonyama (ANC)
          
   Education and Culture
          Neela Hoosain (ANC)
          
   Police and Justice
          Malizo Mpehle (ANC)
          
   Local Govemment, Housing and Traditional Authorities
          Maxwell Mamase (ANC)
          
   Public Works
          Tobile Mahlahlo (ANC)
          
   Planning and Development
          Ezra Sigwela (ANC)
          
   Health and Welfare
          Trudy Thomas (ANC) Transport] Mandisa Marasha (ANC)
          
   Agriculture, Forestry and Water
          Tertius Delport (NP)
          
   
   
   _Speaker of Provincial Assembly]_ Gugile Nkwinti (ANC)
   
    Free State
    
   
   
   Provincial Cabinet
   
   Premier
          Patrick Lekota (ANC)
          
   Finance and Expenditure
          Tate Makgoe (ANC)
          
   Education and Culture
          Saki Belot (ANC)
          
   Police Services
          Lizzie Kubushe (ANC)
          
   Public Works and Roads
          Gregory Nthatisi (ANC)
          
   Health and Welfare
          Senorita Ntlabathi
          
   Agriculture and Environmental Affairs
          Cas Human (ANC)
          
   Economic Affairs
          Ace Magashule (ANC)
          
   Local Government Management
          Ouma Motsumi (ANC)
          
   Housing
          Vax Mayekiso (ANC)
          
   Public Transport
          Louis van der
          
   
   
   _Speaker of Provincial Assembly_ Motlalepule Chabaku (ANC)
   
    Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging
    
   
   
   Gabriel (Tokyo) Sekwale
          (ANC) Premier
          
   Jabu Moeleketi
          (ANC), Economic Affairs
          
   Mary Metcalfe
          (ANC), Education and Culture
          
   Amos Masondo
          (ANC), Health
          
   Sakkie Blanche
          (NP), Social Welfare
          
   Dan Mofokeng
          (ANC), Local Government and Housing
          
   Sicelo Shiceko
          (ANC), Urban-Rural Development and Environment
          
   Olaus van Zyl
          (NP), Public Transport and Roads
          
   Jesse Duarte
          (ANC), Safety and Security
          
   Peter Skosana
          (ANC), Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture
          
   John Mavuso
          (NP), Conservation and Agriculture
          
   
   
    Western Cape
    
   
   
   Provincial Cabinet
   
   Premier
          Hernus Kriel (NP)
          
   Housing
          Gerald Morkel (NP)
          
   Finance, Expenditure and Service Commission
          Kobus Meiring (NP)
          
   Agricultural Development
          Lampie Fick (NP)
          
   Local Government and Development Planning
          Peter Marais (NP)
          
   Education, Training and Cultural Affairs
          Martha Olckers (NP)
          
   Police Services
          Patrick McKenzie (NP)
          
   Economic Affairs
          Allan Boesak (ANC)
          
   Roads, Transport and Public Works
          Leonard Ramatlakane (ANC)
          
   Health and Social Services
          Ebrahim Rasoon (ANC)
          
   Environmental Affairs, Nature Conservation and Tourism
          Lerumo Kalako (ANC)
          
   
   
   _Speaker of Provincial Assembly_: Willem Doman (NP)
   
    Eastern Transvaal
    
   
   
   Provincial Cabinet
   
   Premier
          Matthew Phosa (ANC)
          
   Economic Affairs
          Jabulani Mabena (ANC)
          
   Finance
          Jaques Modipane (ANC)
          
   Local and Regional Government
          January Che Masilela (ANC)
          
   Law and Order
          Steve Mabona (ANC)
          
   Housing
          Craig Padayachee (ANC)
          
   Environmental Affairs
          David Mkhwanazi (ANC)
          
   Road and Transport
          Lackson Mathebula (ANC)
          
   Education
          David Mabuza (ANC)
          
   Agriculture
          Lucal Nel (NP)
          
   Without portfolio
          Steve Mbuyisa
          
   Health and Welfare
          
          
   
   
   _Speaker of Provincial Assembly:_ Mbalekelwa Ginindza (ANC)
   
    Northern Cape
    
   
   
   Provincial Cabinet
   
   Premier
          Manne Amsley Dipico (ANC)
          
   Economic Affairs, Trade and Industry
          Goolam Akharwaray (ANC)
          
   Education and Culture
          Tina Joemat (ANC)
          
   Health and Welfare
          Modise Matoapane (ANC)
          
   Local Government, Housing and Land Reform
          Ouneas Dikgetsi (ANC)
          
   Police Services
          Peter Gelderbloem (ANC)
          
   Agriculture
          Jacobus Marais (NP)
          
   Finance
          Jan Brazelle (NP)
          
   Public Works
          Peggy Hollander (NP)
          
   Transport
          Charl van Wyk (NP)
          
   Unspecified
          Jozef Henning (FF)
          
   
   
   _Speaker of Provincial Assembly_: Ethne Papenfus (DP)
   
    North West
    
   
   
   Provincial Cabinet
   
   Premier
          Popo Molefe (ANC)
          
   Finance
          Martin Kuscus (NP)
          
   Agriculture
          Rocky Malebane-Metsing (ANC)
          
   Transport
          Rev Johanes Tselapedi (ANC)
          
   Public Works
          Zacharia Tolo (ANC)
          
   Health
          Paul Sefularo (ANC)
          
   Education
          Mamokoena Gaoretelelwe (ANC)
          
   Justice
          Satish Roopa (ANC)
          
   Housing
          Darkie Afrika (ANC)
          
   Public Media
          Riani De Wet (ANC)
          
   Economic Affairs
          Amie Venter (NP)
          
   
   
   _Speaker of Provincial Assembly_ Jerry Thibedi (ANC)
   
  5.2.6 Provincial Legislatures
  
   
   
   Names (can be found as:
   ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/sa-mpls.dat)
   
   itemize
   
  5.2.7 Salaries
  
   
   
    


                    Basic     Car         Total     Monthly
                    annual    allowance   annual    income after
                    salary    ance        salary    tax
                 ----------------------------------------------

President           575 000     115 000    784 350    34 136

Deputy-President    500 000     100 000    681 600    28 187

Provincial Premier,
Cabinet Ministers,
Speaker of NA,      392 000      78 400    470 000    24 836
President of Senate


Chairs of standing  209 000      41 800    250 800    14 205
committees

MPs                 161 000      32 200    193 2000   11 416

   
   
   Source: _Weekly Mail and Guardian_, 26 August 1994
   
5.3 Reference works

   
   
   Suggested reference works are:
     * The annual Race Relations Survey of the South African Institute of
       Race Relations. The ISSN number is 0258-7246. The ISBN number of
       the 1992/93 issue is 0-86982-427-9.
       
   
   
5.4 National Symbols

   
   
  5.4.1 National anthems
  
      There are two national anthems in South Africa.
    
     * Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/0/South African Politics/Bits and
       Pieces/Words for Nkosi sikelel iAfrika)History and Words, Info on
       Music (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/nkosi-music).
       
     * Die Stem/The Call of South Africa (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/DieStem)
       
   
   
   Music (can be found as: http://www.polity.org.za/lists/govmisc.html)
   and alternative site for words.
   
  5.4.2 Flags
  
     
     * The flag question 1910-1993 (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/flags)
     * Picture of the The 1994 Interim flag (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/0/South African Politics/interim-flag).
       (GIF 330kb from Rhodes University - colour).
     * Story (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/flag.txt) of the
       interim flag
       
   
   
                             6 THE LEGAL SYSTEM
                                       
   
   
6.1 Court system

   
   
   Office bearers: See 5.2.2
   
   Other information:
   
   Wits Law Archive (can be found as: http://pc72.law.wits.ac.za)
   
   The Constitutional Repository at the University of the Witwatersrand
   Law School contains judgements of the South African Constitutional
   Court, links to constitutional sites/documents of interest and general
   information about the law school.
   
6.2 Legislation and other stuff

   
   
   The University of Cape Town has a database (can be found as:
   http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/law/clm/query/query1.html) of South African
   legislation (mainly current).
   
   Official government documents (can be found as:
   http://www.polity.org.za)
   
   UN Criminal Justice South Africa (can be found as:
   gopher://UACSC2.ALBANY.EDU:70/0/newman/crjdoc/safrica.doc) country
   report.
   
    Roman Law (can be found as:
   http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/Rechtsgeschichte/Ius.Romanum/origo.html)
   
                    7 POLICE SERVICE AND NATIONAL DEFENCE
                                       
   
   
                                8 THE ECONOMY
                                       
   
   
8.1 General - economy

   
   
     
   gopher (can be found as: gopher://wn.apc.org/1/anc)
       
     * The ANC's Reconstruction and Development Programme (can be found
       as: ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/anc-rdp.gz) [14K,
       compressed)
       
     * The ANC's Land Policy (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/anc-land.gz) [8K
       compressed]
       
     * The ANC's Agricultural Policy (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/anc-agric.gz) [42K
       compressed]
       
     * Peter's Primer on the Rand (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/bprand.txt)
       
     * Overview of Provinces (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/provinfoecon.html)
        
       
     * How big is the Johannesburg Stock Exchange?  

Subject: African stock markets
Followup-To: soc.culture.african
Date: 14 Jun 1994 12:20:44 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, U of Witwatersrand

The Economist of 11-17 June has an interesting article about African stock
markets.

South Africa's Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has a market capitalsation
of $217-billion (the same as Mexico's). The next biggest is Morocco with
just over $3-billion. The JSE has 703 listed companies, Morocco 62,
Zimbabwe 62 and Kenya 56. Nigeria - supposedly Africa's other powerhouse -
has a market capitalisation of only $1-billion, with 174 listed companies
(Dec 1993 figures). All non-SA African stock markets combined have total
market capitilsation of only $13-billion - only about 6% of the JSE.

These figures need to be seen in context: a very large percentage of the
JSE's capitalisation is in very few hands. However it is startling what a
huge difference there is (this may be somewhat distorted by the fact that
some oil-producing countries with high per capita GDP may not bother with
stock markets).

Given that the SA government's priority is increasing wealth in SA and
spreading it more equitably in the process, what will SA's economic
relationship with other African countries be? It's sobering to realize that
the difference in size between SA's economy and those of its neighbours is
huge compared with the difference between Mexico and the US.
--
Philip Machanick                   philip@cs.wits.ac.za
   
       
   
   
8.2 Banking

   
   
   South African Reserve Bank (can be found as: http://www.resbank.co.za)
   
   
8.3 Foreign Exchange

     Foreign exchange rates (can be found as:
   http://www.ora.com/cgi-bin/ora/currency?South_Africa)
   
                             9 EDUCATION SYSTEM
                                       
   
   
9.1 General - education

   
   
  9.1.1 Standard
  
     
   
   _What is the standard of South African eduction?_
   
   According to the British Council's _International Guide to
   Qualifications in Education_ (Second Edition, 1987):-
     * Overall a matriculation or senior certificate is equivalent in
       standard to somewhere between O and A level.
     * On a subject by subject basis, a subject done at matric level on
       either the higher or standard grade with a symbol of A-D is
       equivalent to an O-level.
     * Some British Universities will accept the matric certificate or
       equivalent for admission directly into an undergraduate degree
       programme - others will require some A-levels or a year at a South
       African universities.
     * A South African Honours degree (e.g. BScHons) is ``generally
       accepted'' as equivalent to a British Honours degree, and a four
       year engineering degree would correspond to the equivalent British
       qualification. These qualifications may be accepted for admission
       into a postgraduate degree programme at a British university.
     * A South African bachelor's degree (e.g. a three-year degree like a
       BA or BSc) is ``likely considered'' equivalent to a British
       ordinary degree.
       
   
   
   This information is a bit dated now, so more recent information
   welcome.
   
9.2 Universities

     
   
    1. University of Durban-Westville
       Address: Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000
       Telephone: +27 31 820 9111; - Fax: +21 31 820-2383
       
    2. University of Fort Hare
       Address: Private Bag X1314, Alice
       Telephone: +27 404 3-2011; - Fax: +27 404 3-1643
       
    3. University of Cape Town
       Address: Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700
       Telephone: +27 21 650-9111; - Fax: +27 21 650-2138
       WWW site (can be found as: http://www.uct.ac.za)
       
    4. Medical University of South Africa
       Address: PO Box, Medunsa, 0204
       Telephone: +27 12 529-4111; - Fax: +27 12 58-2323
       
    5. University of Natal
       _Durban Campus_
       Address: King George V Avenue, Durban, 4001
       Telephone: +27 31 816-9111; - Fax: +27 31 816-2214
       Gopher site (can be found as: gopher.und.ac.za)
       
       _Pietermaritzburg Campus_
       Address: Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209
       Telephone: +27 331 95-5911; - Fax: +27 331 95-5599
       URL (can be found as: http://www.unp.ac.za/cisbase.htm)
       
    6. University of the North
       _Main campus_ Address: Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, 0727
       Telephone: +27 1521 68-9111; - Fax: +27 1521 67-0152
       
       _Drakensberg_ Address: Private Bag X13, Phutaditjhaba, 9866
       Telephone: +27 1438 3-0211; - Fax: +27 1438 3-0152
       
       _Giyani_ Address: Private Bag 9604, Giyani, 0826
       Telephone: +27 1526 2-3804; - Fax: +27 1526 2-1940
       
    7. Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat
       Address: Posbus 339, Bloemfontein, 9300
       Telefoon: 405-2911
       Telefaks: 401-2117
       
    8. University of Port Elizabeth
       Address: PO Box 1600, Port Elizabeth, 6000
       Telephone: +27 41 504-2111; - Fax: +27 41 504-2574
       
    9. Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoer Onderwys
       Adres: Privaatsak X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520
       Telefoon: +27 148 99-1111
       Telefaks: +27 148 99-2799
       
   10. Universiteit van Pretoria
       Adres: Universiteit van Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002
       Telefooon: +27 12 420-9111
       Gopher (can be found as: gopher.up.ac.za)
       
   11. Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit
       Telefoon: +27 11 489-2911
       
   12. Rhodes University
       Address: Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140
       Telephone: +27 461 31-8111; - Fax: +27 461 2-5049
       Gopher site (can be found as: goher.ru.ac.za); WWW site (can be
       found as: www.ru.ac.za)
       
   13. Universiteit van Stellenbosch
       Telefoon: +21 21 808-9111
       Telefaks: +21 21 808-4336
       
   14. University of Transkei
       Address: Private Bag X1, Unitra, Umtata
       Telephone: +27 471 302-2111; - Fax: +27 471 2-6820
       
   15. University of South Africa (Unisa)
       Address: University of South Africa, P.O. Box 392, PRETORIA, 0001
       Email address (for information): study-info@unisa.ac.za
       Telephone (undergraduate): +27 12 429-4116
       Fax (undergraduate): +27 12 429-2533
       Telephone (postgraduate): +27 12 429-4121
       Fax: +27 12 429-3221 (Postgraduate):
       Gopher (can be found as: gopher://gopher.unisa.ac.za)
       
   16. University of Venda
       Telephone: +27 159 2-1071/2-1072; - Fax: +27 159 22045
       
   17. Vista University
       Address (Head Office): Private Bag X634, Pretoria, 0001
       Telephone: +27 12 322-8967; - Fax: +27 12 320-0528
       There are campuses at Bloemfontein, East Rand (Benoni), Mamelodi,
       Port Elizabeth, Sebokeng, Soweto, and Welkom.
       
   18. University of the Western Cape
       Telephone: +27 21 959-2111
       
   19. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits)
       Address: Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050
       Telephone: +27 11 716-1111; - Fax: +27 11 716-8030
       Wits Web site (can be found as:
       http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/wits/wits.html) and the SunSite (can be
       found as: http://sunsite.wits.ac.za); and one of the homes of this
       FAQ, the Computer Science Gopher site (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.cs.wits.ac.za) and Computer Science WWW site (can
       be found as: http://www.cs.wits.ac.za)
       
   20. University of Zululand
       Address: University of Zululand, Private Bag Z1001, KwaDlangezwa,
       3886
       Telephone: +27 351 9-3911; - Fax: +27 351 9-3753
       
   
   
                                 10 CULTURE
                                       
   
   
10.1 Religion

     
   
   Church of the Province of South Africa (can be found as:
   http://www.aztec.co.za/biz/cpsa/) (Anglican)
   
  10.1.1 Religious allegiances
  
   
   
   Religion
     * Catholics* 2,881,800 10%
     * Total Christians 22,598,100 79%
     * Muslims 362,000 1%
     * Buddhists 2,700 0%
     * Hindus 565,000 1%
     * Other Faiths 4,580,600 16%
     * No Religion 267,000 1%
     * Christian Practice ('80). %of total pop.
     * Practising 14,028,800 49%
     * Non practising 3,290,700 12%
     * Nominal 5,278,600 18%
       
   
   
10.2 Public Holidays

   
   
    
   
   SAPA reported on 9 November 1994 that draft legislation was tabled in
   Parliament proposing the following as public holidays:
   

New Year's Day (January 1)
Human Rights Day (March 21)
Good Friday
Family Day (the Monday following Easter)
Freedom Day (April 27)
Workers' Day (May 1)
Youth Day (June 16)
National Women's Day (August 9)
Heritage Day (September 24)
Day of Reconciliation (December 16)
Christmas Day (December 25)
Day of Goodwill (December 26).

   
   

PRETORIA Dec 7 Sapa

Twelve public holidays were on Wednesday announced with the
publication of the Public Holidays Act 1994 in the Government
Gazette, the Department of Home Affairs said in a statement.

It said the announcement would end confusion about the matter.

The holidays are:
- January 1, New Year's Day
- March 21, Human Rights Day
- April 14, Good Friday
- April 17, Family Day
- April 27, Freedom Day
- May 1, Workers' Day
- June 16, Youth Day
- August 9, National Women's Day
- September 24, Heritage Day
- December 16, Day of Reconciliation
- December 25, Christmas Day
- December 26, Day of Goodwill.

The deparment said the Act stipulated that if a holiday fell on a
Sunday the following Monday would be a public holiday. As a result
January 2 and September 25 next year would be public holidays.

   
   
  10.2.1 African Independent Churches
  
   
   
10.3 Music

     
   
   International Library of African Music (can be found as:
   http://www.ru.ac.za/ilam.html)
   
   Global Music Outlet (can be found as: http://www.iuma.com/GMO/)
   
    Juluka/Savuka/Johnny Clegg  
    
     Lyrics for some of the albums are available from the following
   sites.
     * Work For All: ftp (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/music/lyrics/j/juluka/work.for.all), gopher
       (can be found as:
       gopher://ftp.sunet.se/1/pub/music/lyrics/j/juluka)
       
     * Third World Child: ftp (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/music/lyrics/c/clegg.johnny/third.world.chil
       d) and gopher (can be found as:
       gopher://ftp.sunet.se/1/pub/music/lyrics/j/juluka)
       
       Try this, for an excerpt from Scatterlings of Africa (can be found
       as:
       http://www.iuma.com/GMO/music/Clegg,_Johnny/Savuka/mono-excerpt-Sc
       atterlings_of_Africa-S.au))
       
     * Heat, Dust &Dreams: ftp (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/music/lyrics/c/clegg.johnny/heat.dust.dreams
       ) and gopher (can be found as:
       gopher://ftp.sunet.se/1/pub/music/lyrics/c/clegg.johnny)
       
   
   
   Try this for an excerpt from African Dream (can be found as:
   http://www.iuma.com/GMO/music/Clegg,_Johnny/Savuka/mono-excerpt-Africa
   n_Dream.au)
   
   FTP: From University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Gopher from ftp.sunet.se.
   (Heavily loaded).
   
10.4 Sport

     
    1. za.sport, sports groups
       
    2. CricInfo gopher (can be found as:
       gopher://cricinfo.cse.ogi.edu:7070)
       
    3. Rhodes University's Rugby Information (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/1/Rugby Information)
       
    4. Commonwealth Games (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.uvic.ca/11/Victoria-Commonwealth-Games)
       
   
   
10.5 Language

      The South African constitution recognises the following as
   official languages at the national level: Afrikaans, English,
   isiNdebele, SeSotho sa Leboa, SeSotho, siSwati, Xitsonga, Setswana,
   Tshivenda, isiXhosa and IsiZulu.
   
   Provincial legislatures may declare one or more of these languages as
   official provincial languages.
   
   A Pan South African Language Board is constituted by the constitution
   to make recommedations about language policy to promote these
   languages. The language board is also responsible for promoting
   "respect for, and the development of German, Greek, Gujerati, Hindi,
   Portuguese, Tamil, Telegu, Urdu and other languages used by
   communities in South Africa, as well as Arabic, Hebrew and Sanskrit
   and other languages used for religious purposes."
   
   The table below gives (in million and %) the number of people who
   speak each language as their home language.
   

                Million    %
Zulu             8.54      21
Xhosa            6.89      17
Afrikaans        6.19      16
Tswana           3.6        9
North Sotho      3.44       9
English          3.42       9
South Sotho      2.652      7
Tsonga           1.35       3
Swazi             .926      2
Ndebele           .799
Venda             .763
Other             .942

   
   
   (Source: South African Institute of Race Relations quoting HSRC
   estimates for 1990).
   

From: daan.claassen@eng.ox.ac.uk (Daan Claassen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: SA Languages (again)
Date: 6 Nov 1994 12:24:58 -0600
Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu


Here are some statistics on languages in South Africa published by
the Central Statistical Service:

Home language (alphabetical order):
        Afrikaans       15.1 %
        English          9.1
        Afr/Enf          0.2
        isiNdebele       1.5
        isiXhosa        17.5
        isiZulu         22.4
        Sepedi           9.8
        Sesotho          6.9
        Setswana         7.2
        siSwati          2.6
        Tsivenda         1.7
        Xitsonga         4.2
        Ander            1.8

Thus, if they put in a cut-off of 15% home-langauge speakers for the
official languages under the new constitution currently being written,
then the official languages would be isiZulu, isiXhosa and Afrikaans :)

Regards
   Daan

   
   
10.6 Afrikaans Mailing List

   
   
   the information in 10.6 about the Afrikaans mailing list is incorrect:
   
   
   The address of the administrator is: ferr@aztec.co.za
   
   For information on this service and how to use it, send the following
   request in the body of a mail message to listserver@unseen.aztec.co.za
   
   
   HELP
   
   All requests should be addressed to listserver@oliver.sun.ac.za.
   
   To subscribe to the Afrikaans mailing list send a message to
   listserver@unseen.aztec.co.za with the body of the message:
   
   subscribe Afrikaans <your full name>
   
   Die Afrikaanse poslys is 'n informele forum vir die bespreking in
   Afrikaans van die taal, die kultuur, die geskiedenis en die toekoms
   van Afrikaans. Besprekings is nie beperk tot Afrikaans of tot in
   Afrikaans nie, maar daar moet tog gepoog word om nie te ver daarvan te
   dwaal nie.
   
   Die lys word ge-administrateur deur Johan Ferreira. Enige probleme of
   vrae kan gestuur word aan ferr@aztec.co.za
   
   Sou 'n posstuk, wat die poslys aan jou pos, bons, sal jy van die lys
   verwyder word. Geen vrae sal gevra word nie en geen waarskuwings word
   gegee nie.
   
10.7 Afrikaanse Speltoetsers

   
   
   Dankie, Robert Wagenaar!  
   


Description:    spelling checker
Company:        Potchefstroomse Univ. v. Christ. Hoe"r Onderwys
Word Processor: Word for Windows 6.0
Price:          R49,95 + R4,78 postage (inside South-Africa)
Contact:        Die Afrikaanse Speltoetser
                Mej. Chandre' Botha, UTB
                Potchefstroomse Universiteit
                Privaatsak X6001
                2520 POTCHEFSTROOM
                Suid-Afrika
                tel: +27 (148) 299-2145

*** Proefleser 6A ***

Description:    spelling checker
Company:        Stellenbosch Uitgewers
Word Processor: Word for Windows
Price:          ?
Contact:        Stellenbosch Uitgewers
                Postbus 2230
                7601 STELLENBOSCH
                Suid-Afrika
                tel:  +27 (21) 887-1737
                faks: +27 (21) 883-8655

*** Proefleser 6B  ***

Description:     thesaurus
Company:         Stellenbosch Uitgewers
Word Processor:  Word for Windows
Price:           ?
Contact:         <see Proefleser 6A>

*** Proefleser 6C ***

Description:     translation from Afrikaans to English and vice versa
Company:         Stellenbosch Uitgewers
Word Processor:  Word for Windows
Price:           ?
Contact:         <see Proefleser 6A>

*** Proefleser 5.2 ***

Description:     spelling checker
Company:         Stellenbosch Uitgewers
Word Processor:  DOS based word processors
Price:           ?
Contact:         <see Proefleser 6A>

*** Afrikaans spelling checker for Wordperfect 6

Description:     spelling checker
Company:         ?
Word Processor:  Wordperfect 6
Price:           ?
Contact:         Leon de Stadler (email: lgds@maties.sun.ac.za)

*** Afrikaans spelling checker from INSO Inc.

Description:     spelling checker
Company:         INSO Inc. (subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin)
Word Processor:  Wordperfect
                 (available for MS Word & AmiPro - January 1996)
Price:           ?
Contact:         Jacques du Plessis (email: jacques@byu.edu)

*** Afrikaans word list ***

Description:      list of Afrikaans words
Company:          Bernard Nieuwoudt
Price:            free
Contact:          ftp://beldin.sun.ac.za
                  /pub/Afrikaans/WoordeLyste/afr_dbf.zip

   
   
10.8 Food and Beverage

   
   
     
     * How can I make biltong? (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/biltong) (Aris
       Stathakis)

Newsgroups: za.misc
From: aris@unisup1.mpd.co.za (Aris Stathakis)
Subject: Re: Help I want some Biltong !
Organization: Micro & Peripheral Distributors (Pty) Ltd.
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 1994 16:42:58 GMT
Keywords: Biltong Swop


                How To Make Real South African Biltong
                --------------------------------------
           (C) Copyright 1994 Aris Stathakis (aris@mpd.co.za)

Ingredients needed:

Beef (Preferably Silverside/London Broil)
Rock Salt
Coarse Ground Black Pepper
Coarse Ground Coriander
Vinegar (preferably Apple-Cider vinegar)


Get some half-inch thick strips of beef (silverside - called London
Broil in the US).  Make sure it's cut _with_ the grain.  The pieces
should be about 6 inches long.  Liberally sprinkle rock-salt on each
side of the pieces of meat and let them stand for an hour.  The longer
you let it stand the saltier it will become.

After the hour, scrape off all the excess salt with a knife (don't
soak it in water!).  Then get some vinegar - preferably apple-cider
vinegar, but any vinegar will do.  Put some vinegar in a bowl and dip
the strips of meat in the vinegar for a second or so - just so that
the meat is covered in the vinegar.  Hold the biltong up so that the
excess vinegar drips off.

Then sprinkle ground pepper and ground coriander over the meat on all
sides.

Once you have done this, the meat is ready to dry.  There are several
methods of drying.  One is to hang it up on a line in a cool place and
have a fan blow on it.  This method is a bit difficult because if the
air is humid the meat can spoil.  The method I use is a home-made
'Biltong Box'.  This is basically a sealed wooden box (you can use
cardboard if you like) with holes in it and a 60w lightbulb inside.
Just hang the meat at the top of the box, and leave the lightbulb on
at the bottom.  The heat from the lightbulb helps dry the meat (even
in humid weather) in about 3-4 days.  Remember, the box must be closed
on all 6 sides except for a few holes (as per the diagram below).  The
whole theory behind this method is that hot dry air rises thus drying
the biltong.  The holes are quite important as they promote good air
circulation in the box.


              .4 metre across
              _______________
FRONT VIEW    |             |
              |x-----------x|   |    |||      |           prevents blood from d
ropping on the
              ---------------           lightbulb.  Make sure the wood has
                                        a few holes in ot to let the hot air
                                        rise.


              .4 metre across
              _______________
SIDE VIEW     |             |
              |  O  O  O    |
              |             |    |  O  O  O    |
              ---------------


You'll know when the biltong is ready when it is quite hard, but still
a bit moist inside.  Of course, some people like it 'wet' and others
like it 'dry'.  It's all a matter of taste.  Most South Africans I know
like it in between - basically just a bit red inside.  If it has gone green,
then the meat has spoiled (i.e. don't eat it).

Variations include the above recipe, but add flavours like Worcestershire
sauce, BBQ sauce, tabasco sauce, soy sauce, etc..  Just brush these sauces
on after applying the vinegar using a basting brush.

Have fun with this recipe, and please mail me any success stories.

--
Aris Stathakis            Tel: +27 11 887 1040       Snail Mail:
SCO ACE / Novell CNE      Fax: +27 11 887 5158       P.O. Box 781228
M&PD (Pty) Ltd.           Fax: +27 11 887 5158       Sandton, 2146
E-Mail: aris@mpd.co.za    Cell:+27 83 601 0206       R.S.A.
     
     * Tell me about South African wine.
       
       Have a look at the South African wine FAQ (can be found as:
       http://www.cs.wits.ac.za/faq/wine/WineFAQ.html).
       
       Please contact Ian Sanders (ian@cs.wits.ac.za) if you are
       interested in working on this section.  
       
     * What is Rooibos tea?
       

From: ccfj@hippo.ru.ac.za (F. Jacot Guillarmod)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Re: rooibos tea
Date: 16 Aug 1994 10:28:53 +0200
Organization: Rhodes University Computing Services

     
     
     [...]
     
     "Rooibos", Combretum apiculatum, is a tree which occurs in the
     Transvaal and has timber which is borer and termite proof, making it
     useful for fenceposts.
     
     "Rooibostee" is a decoction made from the dried twigs and leaves of
     the shrub Aspalathus linearis, which is found on the Olifantsrivier
     and Cedarberg mountains of the Western Cape (north of Cape Town).
     It's on sale commercially in South Africa and you can find it in any
     supermarket under such trade names as "Eleven o'clock - the original
     rooibosch tea". It's caffeine free and has a low tannin content -
     despite that, it's delicious. The packet in our kitchen cupboard has
     the address: B. Ginsberg (Pty) Ltd, 47 Morningside, N'Dabeni, Cape
     Town, on the side of the box.
     
     The botanical information above is from "Common Names of South
     African Plants", by C.A. Smith, Dept of Agricultural Technical
     Services, Botanical Survey Memoir No 35, 1966. Its 642 taxpayer
     subsidised pages are jampacked with fascinating details on the names
     and uses of indigenous plants. Another useful supplementary book is
     "Food from the Veld - Edible wild plants of southern Africa", by
     F.W. Fox &M.E. Norwood Young, Delta Books, Johannesburg, 1982, ISBN
     0 908387 20 2, 400 pages. The retail and subjective information is
     from observation and personal experience.
   
       
   
   
10.9 Miscellaneous

   
   
    What is the origin of the word ``toyi-toyi''?   
    
   
   

Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: colin@aardvark.ru.ac.za (Colin Muller)
Subject: Re: Origin of Toyi Toyi
Message-ID: <colin.21.770999592@aardvark.ru.ac.za>
Organization: Dictionary Unit, Rhodes University
References: <pwade.161.2DF49AB5@nuustak.csir.co.za>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 14:33:12 GMT

In article <pwade.161.2DF49AB5@nuustak.csir.co.za> pwade@nuustak.csir.co.za (Pe
ter Wade) writes:
>From: pwade@nuustak.csir.co.za (Peter Wade)
>Subject: Origin of Toyi Toyi
>Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 16:05:09 GMT
>Does anyone know what the origin and original meaning of Toyi-Toyi is ?
>

No.  It was probably introduced into S. Afr. by ANC exiles
returning from military training in Zimbabwe or Eastern Europe.
The original source language is unknown, but the expression may
be in some way related to the following Shona ideophones: 'tori
tori', said of an insect's hopping and an exhausted person's
running; and 'to-oto to-oto', said of an exhausted person's
running.  This is pure guesswork, however, and there are
other possibilities.

Here are some other possibilities (other people's guesses):

Ben Maclennan, _A Proper Degree of Terror_, 1986, p.193, writing
of the frontier war of 1818-19:
'They [_sc._ the Xhosa] advanced almost to the muzzles of the
British guns...Some of them, shouting "Tayi! Tayi!" as they ran -
the word they had been taught by Nxele to use as a charm against
all manner of evil - actually reached the cannon.'

1988 P. Baneshik in _Sunday Star_ 7 Aug.:
The words [toi-toi] were a simple verbalisation of the' sound
made by people of Eastern European cultures when spitting ('Ptui-
ptui!') to ward off the 'evil eye'. Since many ballet dancers and
ballet conventions stem from those climes, the expression became
common among dancers when wishing fellows good luck. (Similar to
the other theatrical 'good luck' wish: 'Break a leg!')...'Toyi
toyi' is the name of a form of black protest dance, in which
phalanxes of protesters chant while prancing forward and punching
the air with the right fist in rhythm with the chant.'

1990 _Sunday Times_ 18 Feb. p.21:
'My UDF source said: 'The toyi-toyi was introduced to
townships..by trained ANC infiltrators from up north. It simply
means toying - or practising - the military drill. In the
guerilla training camps it is performed with military precision
and discipline, but locally it has evolved as a dance aimed at
pepping up the mood of militant youths.''

1993 J. Maluleke in _Drum_ Aug. p.32:
'The toyi-toyi was first performed inside South Africa in a
rudimentary fashion in 1979 during the launch of Cosas. _Ibid._
33 The toyi-toyi has moved from its purpose as a physical
training exercise in the emaGojini [mountains] to the dynamic
freedom dance of the 90s...The toyi-toyi, according to [Mkhululi]
Dliwayo, means in Ndebele 'moving forward while remaining in one
place'.'

-Colin
Colin Muller            (colin@aardvark.ru.ac.za)    |\ - /|
Dictionary Unit for South African English,         /  \| |/  \
Rhodes University, 6140 Grahamstown, South Africa |    o o    |
[But my views are mine, not my employers'.]       |   /| |\   |
Phone: 0461-318107                Fax: 0461-25642 |,,| `;' |,,|

   
   
    What is the origin of the boot dance?
    
   
   
    

Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Re: South African Boot Dance (mine boot dance)
Date: 8 Dec 1994 12:52:59 GMT
References: <JC73eKZ.sizwe@delphi.com>

[stuff deleted]
> If you know anything about the history of the South African Boot dance
> please respond here or e-mail me.
>
> Asante Sana (thanks very much)
>
> Sizwe

Hi Sizwe,

I know of two theories, from info in our holdings at the
Dictionary Unit for SA English:

1. David Coplan, in his thesis on 'The Urbanization of the African
Performing Arts', states that it was an 'urban-influenced
rural' dance which was picked up on by students in Durban,
thence by dockworkers who added the boot-slapping and stomping
(boots would have been part of their standard work apparel),
and thereafter by mine-workers, who would also have worn gumboots
at work.

2. Others state simply that it began among Bhaca migrant
mine-workers. The Bhaca are a Xhosa-speaking people.

The earliest mention I've found of the dance is in Doke and
Vilakazi's Zulu-English Dictionary, where it's under the
entry -cathulo (i.e. 'isicathulo'), rather offensively
defined as: 'Kind of 'boot' dance indulged in by boys
since European contact.'  There may be some influence
of the Bavarian Schuhplattler involved, but maybe that's
just Eurocentric thinking.

The dance is performed by groups - usually about half a dozen
to a dozen people, when I've watched, though sometimes more.
At its best, this type of dance is fairly stunning in its
co-ordinated rhythmic complexity, expressiveness, and
(sometimes) humour; but as with most art forms, you get
some pretty boring stuff as well.

-Colin

Colin Muller            (colin@aardvark.ru.ac.za)    |\ - /|
Dictionary Unit for South African English,         /  \| |/  \
Rhodes University, 6140 Grahamstown, South Africa |    o o    |
[But my views are mine, not my employers'.]       |   /| |\   |
Phone: 0461-318107                Fax: 0461-25642 |,,| `;' |,,|

   
   
     What is the origin of ``Azania''?
    
     Colin Muller of the Rhodes University Dictionary Unit for SA
   English responds:
   
     It seems that 'Azania' was at first a Greek word, probably derived
     from the Arabic _Adzan_ (transliterated), a name for East Africa
     (_zan_ also appears as a prefix in_Zanzibar_, and as an infix in
     _Tanzania_); cf. Arabic _Zanj_ a dark-skinned African.
     
   
   
   Detailed description (can be found as:
   ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/azania)
   
10.10 Miscelleneous

   
   
  10.10.1 Science Fiction South Africa
  
   
   
   SFSA (can be found as:
   http://www.cs.wits.ac.za/FAQ.html/sf/sfsafaq.html) general information
   and an application form (can be found as:
   http://www.cs.wits.ac.za/FAQ.html/sf/sfsa-app.html) if you wish to
   join.
   
                                11 THE MEDIA
                                       
   
   
11.1 Radio &Television</A>

   
   
   South African Broadcasting Corporation (can be found as:
   http://www.sabc.co.za)
   
11.2 Newspapers

     
   
    1. Weekly Mail and Guardian  
       
       Address: PO Box 32362, Braamfontein, 2017 Johannesburg
       
       Telephone and fax numbers

Johannesburg  (27 11) 403-7111
Fax (editorial) (27 11) 403-1025
Adverting fax   (27 11) 403-1030
Subscriptions enquiries: (27 11) 358-2075, 0-800-111661
   
       
       E-mail address: wmail-info@wmail.misanet.org. (For letters to the
       editors put "Letters" in the subject field) Sample e-mail copy
       (can be found as:
       gopher://gopher.ru.ac.za/11/South%20African%20Politics/Bits%20and%
       20Pieces/Weekly%20Mail)
       
       E-mail subscription info (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/wminfo.txt)
       
       Weekly Mail Home Page (can be found as:
       http://www.is.co.za/services/wmail/)
       
       Weekly Mail FTP site (can be found as:
       ftp://wmail.misanet.org/pub/wmail)
       
       Free Press (can be found as:
       ftp://wmail.misanet.org/pub/FreePress)
       
    2. The Star  Address: PO Box 1006, Johannesburg, 2000
       
    3. Nasionale Pers: Koerante: (can be found as:
       http://www.naspers.co.za/koerante.html)
       
    4. Times Media Limited (Publisher of Sunday Times, Financial Mail...)
       
       
       Contact: root@tml.co.za(Stanley Freiman)
       
    5. Independent Newspapers (can be found as:
       http://www.independent.co.za/news)
       
    6. Southern African Review of Books
       

Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 19:54:23 +0100
Posted: Thu, 08 Dec 94 18:54:23 -0100
Sender: robert.turrell@humboldt.uni-ulm.de
From: "TURRELL" <robert.turrell@humboldt.uni-ulm.de>
App-Message-Id: <5323541908121994/A46094/MAIN01/118C44F61600>
To: shaze@cs.ubc.ca
Subject: Info about SA Review of Books
Sensitivity: Company-Confidential

The tabloid Southern African Review of Books,
is now available on e-mail.

ADDRESS

SOUTHERN AFRICAN
REVIEW OF BOOKS
Room 231, Beattie Building
University of Cape Town
Private Bag, Rondebosch 7700
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: (+27 21) 650 2965
Fax: (+27 21) 650 4038

MANAGING EDITOR
Rob Turrell
[robert.turrell@humboldt.uni-ulm.de]

EDITORS:
Ampie Coetzee
Dorothy Driver [driver@beattie.uct.ac.za]
Robin Hallett
Hugh Lewin
Ian Phimister [IRP@beattie.uct.ac.za]
Irene Staunton
Randolph Vigne
Zoe Wicomb

PRODUCTION: Nic Dawes
[dawes@beattie.uct.ac.za]
DISTRIBUTION: Loes Nas
[loesnas@beattie.uct.ac.za]
DESIGNED BY: Rob Turrell
PUBLISHED BY: SARoB
Southern African Review of Books
(ISSN 0952-8040)
Appears bi-monthly.

For further information contact ROBERT.TURRELL@HUMBOLDT.UNI-ULM.DE
   
       
   
   
11.3 Other

   
   
   Daily news briefings are available from the ANC gopher site (can be
   found as: gopher://wn.apc.org/1/anc/news)
   
    Peter Wade's Intermittent Newsletter (can be found as:
   ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/FAQ/african/sa/wade)
   
                        12 DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
                                       
     
   

S.A. Embassy Annex, 3201 New Mexico Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20016,
U.S.A.  Tel: (202) 966-1650     Ambassador Harry SCHWARZ        (??)

S.A. Consulate-General, 333 East 38th St, 9th Fl, New York, NY 10016,
U.S.A.  Tel: (212) 213-4880

S.A. Consulate-General, 50 North La Cienega Blvd \#300, Beverly Hills,
CA 90211, U.S.A.  Tel: (310) 657-9200

S.A. Consulate-General, 200 South Michigan Ave \#600, Chicago, IL 60604,
U.S.A.  Tel: (312) 939-7929

South African High Commission, 15 Sussex Dr, Ottawa ON, K1M 1M8, Canada
               Tel: (613) 744-0330  Fax 613-744-0086
Consulates-General Toronto   416-364-0314   fax 416-364-1737
                   Montreal  514-878-9231   fax 514-878-4751


South African High Commission, State Circle, Yarralumla, ACT, 2600,
Australia.  Tel: 61 6 273 2424; Fax: 61 6 273 4994

   
   
                           13 TOURISM &TRAVEL</A>
                                       
     
     * Visa requirements
     * Getting to and from South Africa?
     * Where to go? rec.travel archive (can be found as:
       ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/rec-travel/africa/README.html)
       
       Photos and brief history of cities (can be found as:
       http://osprey.unisa.ac.za/0/docs/sa/resource-list.html) (Can be a
       slow link)
       
     * Railway in South Africa (can be found as:
       http://www.ru.ac.za/departments/iwr/staff/daf/sartrain.html)
       
     * Mike Marsh writes:

----

For anyone interested in travelling to the Southern African Region and
needing information about the latest travel news, we are introducing a
daily updated TRAVEL NEWS service on the WWW sites mentioned below. The
publishers of these pages, also have an electronic information service for
travel agents in the region (not on internet) that is accessed 70 000 times
PER DAY. Everyday at 12h00 they post the current TRAVEL INDUSTRY NEWS on
the travel agent system, and will now be copying some of the relevant
articles to these Web sites, where they should remain for at least a week
before being deleted. So if you are coming to Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana,
Mocambique, Lesotho, Swaziland or South Africa, keep this site in your
bookmark list and visit it periodically.

The sites for travellers requiring information about the Southern
African Region are:

http://www.travel.co.za/travel.html
Travel Southern Africa. Information about services and tourism facilities
in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and the neighbouring
countries. Includes a SOUNDS page of wildlife from the region. Meant for
any internet user who would like to travel to the region and provides info
of what to see, weather, currency and accomodation.

http://www.travel.co.za/tourism_update.html
The electronic form of a monthly tourism guide called Southern African
Tourism Update which provides internet users with the inside information
provided to tour operators wanting to bring tours to the region.
   
       
     * Tourism Bureaux
       

Path: cs.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!scipio.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland
.reston.ans.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!bham!not-
for-mail
From: igt93pb@soton.ac.UK (I.G.Thomson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Here is CAPTOUR's email address
Date: 31 Oct 1994 17:35:09 -0000
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Greetings,

To those of you who would like information about tourist attractions and
destinations in the Cape Town area, CAPTOUR an tourist information organisation
is contactable on the internet. They can supply many brochures on the area and
can recommend hotels, B&B's, holiday apartments etc and all the information
you require if you are planning a trip to Cape Town.

I am not too sure how responsive the email number is as I have not tried it
but I thought there would be some of you that might find it useful.

CAPTOUR: captour@africa.com

Regards,
Ian
   
       
     * Travel in South Africa (car rental etc. etc.)
       
   
   
                                 14 CONTACT
                                       
   
   
    _The African National Congress_: Department of Information and
   Publicity, The African National Congress, P.O. Box 61884,
   Marshalltown, 2107 Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
   
   The ANC's e-mail address is postmaster@anc.org.za
   
   ANC gopher (can be found as: gopher://wn.apc.org/1/anc)
   
   Other contact addresses welcome.
   
   
   
Index

   _ANC_
          14 Contact
   _ANC policies_
          8.1 General - economy
   _Afrikaans spel toetser_
          10.7 Afrikaanse Speltoetsers
   _Azania - origin_
          What is the 
   _Clegg, Johnny_
          Juluka/Savuka/Johnny Clegg
   _FAQ_
          1.2 How to get 
   _Freedom Charter_
          2.4 Special Topics
   _Johannesburg Stock Exchange_
          8.1 General - economy
   _Juluka_
          Juluka/Savuka/Johnny Clegg
   _Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika_
          5.4.1 National anthems
   _RDP_
          8.1 General - economy
   _Roman law_
          6.2 Legislation and other 
   _The Star_
          11.2 Newspapers
   _Wade, Peter_
          11.3 Other
   _Weekly Mail and Guardian_
          11.2 Newspapers
   _biltong_
          10.8 Food and Beverage
   _boot dance_
          What is the 
   _cabinet_
          5.2.3 The Cabinet
   _constitution_
          5.1 National Constitutional Structure
   _courts - judges_
          5.2.2 The Courts
   _deputy presidents_
          5.2.1 President's office
   _diplomatic representation_
          12 Diplomatic Representation
   _e-mail_
          1.6 Networkingcomputing and 
   _education - standard_
          9.1.1 Standard
   _election results - 1994_
          5.2 Reference information
   _flags_
          5.4.2 Flags
   _food_
          10.8 Food and Beverage
   _foreign exchange_
          8.3 Foreign Exchange
   _history_
          2 History
   _independence_
          2.2.1 SA Constitutional History: 
   _internet resources_
          1.6.2 Resources
   _language_
          10.5 Language
   _maintainer_
          1.1 About this FAQ
   _music_
          10.3 Music
   _national anthems_
          5.4.1 National anthems
   _networking_
          1.6 Networkingcomputing and 
   _newsgroups_
          South African Newsgroups
   _newspapers_
          11.2 Newspapers
   _office-bearers_
          5.2 Reference information
   _president_
          5.2.1 President's office
   _provinces - economy_
          8.1 General - economy
   _provinces - office-bearers_
          5.2.5 Provincial Governments
   _public holidays_
          10.2 Public Holidays
   _religion_
          10.1 Religion
   _sport_
          10.4 Sport
   _tourism_
          13 Tourism &Travel</A>
   toyi-toyi
          What is the origin 
   _universities_
          9.2 Universities
   _weather_
          3 Geography and the 
   _wine_
          10.8 Food and Beverage 
          
   
   
    _shaze@cs.ubc.ca
    Thu Jan 18 11:26:32 PST 1996_



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