| Abuse of administrative power - South Africa |
| Public Protector |
| Public Service Commission |
| Access and benefit-sharing See:Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (2010) |
| Accounting - South Africa |
| Accounting Standards Board (ASB) "The Accounting Standards Board was established by section 91 of the Public Finance Management Act, (Act 1 of 1999) (PFMA) as amended. The ASB sets standards and guidelines for financial statements as required by section 216 (a) of the Constitution of South Africa." |
| Accounting - Study and teaching - South Africa |
| Financial and Accounting Services Education and Training Authority (FASSET) Statutory body established in terms of the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998, by the Department of Labour. National public entity. |
| Accreditation (Education) - South Africa |
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| Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) Accreditation System Permanent sub-committee of the Council on Higher education (CHE). |
| NQF Gateway "online resource centre for the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)." |
| Umalusi General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Council National public entity/Juristic person established by the General and Further Education and Training Act, Act 58 of 2001. |
| Acid mine drainage - South Africa |
| Acid Mine Drainage: Long Term Solution Feasibility Study |
| Witwatersrand, Gauteng: Acid Mine Drainage: Long Term Solution |
| AcSentSinceXistence - StayhumbleRecords Music - Research - South Africa |
| Travelling Institute for Music Research in South Africa (TIMR) Initiative of the National Resaerch Foundation in partnership with the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) |
| Administrative accountability Subject resource list: |
| Governance |
| Administrative agencies - South Africa |
| National government handbook : a complete guide to national government in South Africa |
| Office on Institutions Supporting Democracy National Assembly Office. |
| Administrative agencies - South Africa - Computer network resources |
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| Administrative agencies - South Africa - Pretoria |
| Re Kgabisa Tshwane " a programme of the South African Government that is being led by the Department of Public Works (DPW), The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) as well as the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM). The main purpose of Re Kgabisa Tshwane is to ensure a long term accommodation solution for national Government department head offices and agencies within the inner city of Tshwane." |
| Adult education |
| Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) |
| Aeronautics and state - South Africa |
| AeroAfrica-EU "aims to promote European and South African research co-operation in aeronautics and air transport." |
| Aeronautics, Commercial - South Africa |
| Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company (ATNS). State owned, limited liability company, statutory body, major public entity. |
| Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) Statutory body and major public entity. |
| Joint Aviation Awareness Programme (JAAP) "The Joint Aviation Awareness Programme is a state initiated entity that brings together aviation role players to pursue and achieve transformation of the aviation industry by ensuring that previously disadvantaged youth have access and play a part in initiatives aimed at education, awareness and career development." |
| South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) |
| Aerospace industries - South Africa |
| Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) |
| Centurion Aerospace Village (CAV) "an initiative of the dti to develop a High - tech Advanced Manufacturing, Aero - mechanical and Defence Cluster adjacent to the Waterkloof Airforce base in Centurion, Tshwane. The primary purpose of CAV is to develop a sub-tier supply chain which is aimed at integrating the local aerospace and defence companies into the global supply chains and becoming suppliers of choice to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) such as Boeing, Airbus, Spirit Aviation, Labinal, etc." |
| National Aerospace Centre of Excellence (NACoE) National programme of the Department of Trade & Industry. |
| Affirmative action programs - South Africa |
| AgriBEE Charter Council |
| B-BBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment) DTI website. |
| Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission "established by Section 13B of B-BBEE Act 46 of 2013 " |
| Information and Communication Technology Black Economic Empowerment Charter Council Established in 2012? |
| National Empowerment Fund Established by the National Empowerment Fund Act No 105 of 1998. |
| Transport Sector Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter Council Establishment approved in the Cabinet meeting of 5 Nov. 2014. |
| Afrikaans language |
| Afrikaanse Taalmuseum (Paarl) Cultural institution/National public entity. |
| Agreements, treaties, etc. See: South Africa - Foreign relations -Treaties |
| Agribusiness See; Agricultural industries |
| Agricultural cooperatives See: Agriculture, Cooperative |
| Agricultural credit - South Africa |
| Land Bank "leading agricultural financier in South Africa since its inception in 1912." Statutory body and major public entity. Development finance institution (DFI) |
| Micro-Agricultural Finance Schemes of South Africa (MAFISA) "State-owned scheme to provide micro and retail agricultural financial services on a large, accessible, cost effective and sustainable basis in the rural areas ..., approved in principle by Cabinet in Jan. 2005." |
| Officially launched 19 July 2007. |
| Agricultural development projects - South Africa |
| Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) |
| Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP). "The aim of this programme is to provide post settlement support to the targeted beneficiaries of land reform and to other producers who have acquired land through private means and are, for example, engaged in value-adding enterprises domestically or involved in export." |
| Agricultural education - South Africa National Agricultural Education and Training (NAET) Forum. |
| Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority (AgriSETA). Statutory body established in terms of the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998, by the Department of Labour. National public entity. |
| http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2006/06112012451001.htm |
| Primary Agriculture Education and Training Authority(PAETA) Formerly |
| SETA for Secondary Agriculture (SETASA) Formerly |
| Agricultural extension work - South Africa |
| National Extension Policy "Phulisani has been awarded a grant by the Ford Foundation to work with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and to engage all the key stakeholders to contribute to the development of a practical policy which addresses national extension and advisory service priorities across the three sectors." |
| Agricultural industries - South Africa |
| Agri SA Organisation representing commercial agricultural producers and businesses. |
| Joint Agribusiness Department of Agriculture Forum for Africa (JADAFA) "JADAFA is a joint partnership between the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the agribusiness sector in South Africa. JADAFA aims to increase agricultural and agro-industrial investment and partnerships in Africa." |
| KwaZulu-Natal Agribusiness Development Agency "a public entity that was established in 2009 to serve as a special purpose vehicle to drive socio-economic transformation in the agricultural and agribusiness sector in KwaZulu-Natal." |
| Agricultural labourers - South Africa |
| Agricultural labourers - South Africa - Congresses |
| National Summit on Vulnerable Workers in Farms, Forestry and Fisheries (2010 : Somerset West) |
| Agricultural land See: Land capability for agriculture |
| Agricultural marketing See: Farm produce - Marketing |
| Agricultural processing - South Africa |
| Agri-parks "An Agri-park is a networked innovation system of agro-production, processing, logistics, marketing, training and extension services, located in a District Municipality. " |
| Agricultural processing - South Africa - Eastern Cape |
| Sustainable Micro Agro Processing (SMAP) Organisations involved: Fort Cox College of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Science and Technology, Agriculture Research Council (ARC), BioMass Renewables (BMR) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa, |
| Agricultural trade See: Produce trade |
| Agriculture - Economic aspects - South Africa |
| Agri SA Organisation representing commercial agricultural producers and businesses. |
| Agricultural Business Chamber. Non-government |
| Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) "Established in 2006 under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) supports efforts to promote evidence and outcome-based policy planning and implementation as part of the CAADP agenda." |
| Agriculture - Environmental aspects |
| Climate-Smart Agriculture for Development (FAO) |
| Smart Agriculture for Climate Resilience (SmartAgri) "a collaborative project between the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (DOA) and the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning (DEA&DP), and the University of Cape Town’s African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), and is aimed at creating sustainable climate smart responses for increased resilience in agriculture." |
| Agriculture - Environmental aspects - South Africa - Congresses |
| African Ministerial Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture (Johannesburg : 2011) |
| Agriculture - Environmental aspects - South Africa - Western Cape |
| GreenAgri "This is a Better Together Initiative brought to you by Western Cape Department of Agriculture and GreenCape." |
| GreenAgri "This is a Better Together Initiative brought to you by Western Cape Department of Agriculture and GreenCape." |
| Agriculture - Maps |
| Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information System (AGIS) Includes AGIS atlas 2006, Orientation atlas & Natural resource atlas. "geo-referenced land, climate, plant nutrients, production and water information, integrated with infrastructural- and socio-economic factors." |
| Agriculture - Research - South Africa |
| Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Statutory body/National public entity/Science council. |
| Marketing and Economic Research Centre (MERC) |
| National Agricultural Marketing Council. Research Portal |
| Agriculture - South Africa - Eastern Cape |
| Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute (GADI) Directorate of the national Dept. of Agriculture, situated in the Eastern Cape. |
| Agriculture - South Africa - Finance |
| Recapitalization and Development Programme (RECAP) Dept. of Rural Development and Land Reform programme. |
| Agriculture - South Africa - Statistics |
| Statistics South Africa. Agricultural Statistics |
| Agriculture - South Africa - Study and teaching |
| AgriTV |
| Agriculture - South Africa - Western Cape - Statistics |
| Western Cape. Dept. of Agriculture. Agricultural Economic Services. Agricultural Statistics |
| Agriculture and climate change See:Agriculture - Environmental aspects |
| Agriculture and state - South Africa |
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| Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy Non-government research unit, with some connection to Government. |
| Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) "a virtual network linking individuals with multi-disciplinary backgrounds to a coordinated research system that informs decision making within the Food System. The core analytical team consists of independent analysts and researchers who are affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria, the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Stellenbosch, or the Directorate of Agricultural Economics at the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Western Cape. " |
| Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP). "The aim of this programme is to provide post settlement support to the targeted beneficiaries of land reform and to other producers who have acquired land through private means and are, for example, engaged in value-adding enterprises domestically or involved in export." |
| Provincial Decision-Making Enabling (PROVIDE) Project. |
| Agriculture and state - South Africa - Eastern Cape |
| Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform |
| Eastern Cape agriculture programmes |
| Agriculture and state - South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal |
| Agriculture, Cooperative - South Africa - Finance |
| Mabhida Youth Cooperatives Grant Fund Fund administered by the National Youth Development Agency. |
| Agro processing See: Agricultural processing |
| AIDS (Disease) - Prevention |
| AfroAIDSinfo Internet portal of the Medical Research Council. Disseminates HIV/AIDS information. |
| Dept. of Health. National HIV and AIDS and TB Unit |
| HIV & AIDS Plan: Public Consultation |
| AIDS (Disease) - Research |
| South African HIV/AIDS Research and Innovation Platform (“SHARP”) Established by the Department of Science and Technology and managed by LIFElab. |
| AIDS (Disease) - South Africa - Prevention |
| Eastern Cape AIDS Council (ECAC) |
| Partnership Against HIV and AIDS |
| South African AIDS Directory |
| South African National Aids Council (SANAC) Advisory body to Cabinet. |
| South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) |
| AIDS (Disease) and mass media |
| Khomanani |
| AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy - Prevention - South Africa |
| Last Mile Plan: Elimination of MTCT in South Africa Department of Health. |
| Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) Programme. Dept. of Health programme. |
| AIDS vaccines |
| South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI). Lead programme of the Medical Research Council. "established to co-ordinate the research, development and testing of AIDS vaccines in South Africa." |
| Air - Pollution - South Africa |
| Air quality management - South Africa |
| Air Quality Governance Lekgotla |
| Department of Environmental Affairs. Climate Change and Air Quality Management Branch |
| South African Air Quality Information System (SAAQIS) |
| Waterberg-Bojanala Priority Area |
| Air quality management - South Africa - Cape Town |
| City of Cape Town. Air Quality Monitoring Network |
| Air quality management - South Africa - Congresses |
| Annual Air Quality Governance Lekgotla |
| Air quality management - South Africa - Highveld |
| Highveld Priority Area |
| Air quality management - South Africa - Johannesburg |
| Joburg Air Quality Management and Climate Change |
| Air quality management - South Africa - Vaal Triangle |
| Vaal Triangle Airshed Priority Area |
| Vaal Triangle Airshed project |
| Air travel - South Africa - Cape Town |
| Cape Town Air Access "CTAA as the focal point for international air route development in the Western Cape and signifies an impressive collaboration between the Western Cape Provincial Government (WCG), the City of Cape Town (CoCT), Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), Cape Town Tourism (CTT), South African Tourism (SAT), Wesgro and private sector partners. " |
| Air travel See also: Aeronautics, Commercial |
| Airlines - South Africa |
| Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company (ATNS). State owned, limited liability company, statutory body, major public entity. |
| South African Airways (SAA) |
| South African Express (Pty) Ltd (SAX) Shareholder: Transnet. |
| Airports - South Africa |
| Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) Statutory body and major public entity. |
| Dube TradePort "airport development which combines the King Shaka International Airport (KSIA), a Trade Zone and a Cyberport." |
| Dube TradePort Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Information |
| Traveller's Friend ACSA site. |
| Alcohol abuse - South Africa - Western Cape |
| Western Cape Government. Drug Info |
| Alexander Bay |
| Alexkor (Alexander Bay Development Corporation). Major public entity, established 1989, public company since November 1992. |
| Alexandra |
| Alexandra Renewal Project (ARP) "Joint project between all three tiers of government, the private sector, NGOs and community-based organisations, one of 8 urban nodes that comprises part of the South African Government's Integrated Sustainable Rural Development and Urban Renewal Programme." |
| Alien plants - South Africa - Cape Town |
| Cape Peninsula Invasive Plant EDRR programme |
| Alien plants See also: Biological invasions |
| Allied health personnel |
| Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa Juristic person (originally the South African Associated Health Service Professions Board) in terms of the Allied Health Professions 63 of 1982. |
| Aluminium - Metallurgy |
| Coega Development Corporation |
| Aluminium industry and trade |
| Down Stream Aluminium Centre for Technology (DACT) "incubator" funded by Dept. of Trade and Industry, for SMMEs in the aluminium casting industry. |
| Amathole Marine Protected Area |
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| SANBI. Offshore Biodiversity Initiative |
| World Wildlife Fund for Nature. Marine Protected Areas. Includes a list of South African MPA's. |
| Analog-to-digital conversions |
| Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) Advisory Council Appointed July 2018. "The members of the Advisory Council shall be in office until analogue switch-over has been completed in the country. " Source: https://www.gov.za/speeches/broadcasting-digital-migration-advisory-council-10-jul-2018-0000 |
| Digital Dzonga Advisory Council. |
| Digital Migration Official Website |
| Go Digital South Africa |
| Angola - Relations - South Africa |
| South African Embassy, Angola |
| Antarctica |
| Antarctic Legacy Archive. Official Documents |
| Dept. of Environmental Affairs. Antartica and southern oceans islands |
| South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) |
| Antartica - Bibliography |
| South African National Antartic Programme. SANAP Research Output |
| Antelopes - South Africa |
| Gouritz Initiative. Informative Maps Includes buck distribution. |
| Antidumping duties - South Africa |
| International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC). Has Reports on Investigations. |
| South African Revenue Service (SARS) Search with keyword "anti-dumping." |
| Antidumping duties See also - Dumping (International trade) |
| Apartheid - Law and legislation - South Africa |
| Aluka. Legislation and Race Relations. Full-text facsimiles of original acts. Incomplete. |
| Apartheid - South Africa - Sources |
| Aquaculture - South Africa |
| Aquaculture Development and Enhancement Programme (ADEP) Combined Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) programme. |
| China-South Africa Aquaculture Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC) Handed over to the South Africa Government on 23 June 2017. |
| Fisheries Branch. Aquaculture |
| Aquaculture - South Africa - Western Cape |
| Western Cape Government. Dept. of Agriculture. Aquaculture |
| Aquatic biodiversity - South Africa |
| South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) |
| Aquatic ecology - South Africa |
| Aquatic Resource Data |
| National Aquatic Ecosystem Health Monitoring Programme |
| Strategic framework for monitoring and assessment of water quality and aquatic ecosystem health |
| Aquifers - South Africa - Western Cape |
| Table Mountain Group Aquifer Feasibility Study & Pilot Project |
| Arachnida |
| South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) |
| Arbitration, Industrial - South Africa |
| Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) Statutory body established in terms of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995, national public entity, dispute resolution body. |
| Architects - South Africa |
| Built Environment Professions Export Council (BEPEC) "section 21, not-for-profit company that is in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), who jointly support export-ready firms to export their built environment services internationally. ... previously known as the International Business Development Section (IBDS), was created in 2001" |
| Council for the Built Environment (CBE) Statutory body established in terms of the Council for the Built Environment Act, 2000 (Act No. 43 of 2000) (CBE Act). |
| SAHRA. Early Architects of South Africa. Database. |
| South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) |
| Architects - Training of - South Africa - Western Cape |
| Masakh'iSizwe Centre of Excellence "The Western Cape Province Department of Transport and Public Works established the Masakh'iSizwe ("Let's Build the Nation") Centre of Excellence at the beginning of 2006. ...The centre aims to develop professionals in engineering and the built environment fields." |
| Architecture |
| Built Environment Knowledge Dissemination Portal. "This portal is a joint initiative between the CSIR and other government departments and organisations active in the built environment field." |
| Archives |
| National Archives and Records Service (NARS) Established as a "branch of the public service" by the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act 43 of 1996. |
| Arms control - South Africa |
| National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) Statutory body responsible for the control over trade in conventional arms and rendering of foreign military assistance . |
| South African Council for the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Includes: South Africa’s National Legislation on Non-Proliferation, Disarmament and Arms Control |
| Art |
| Engelenburg House Art Collection (Pretoria) Cultural institution/National public entity. |
| William Humphreys Art Gallery (Kimberley) Cultural institution/National public entity. |
| Art - South Africa - Congresses |
| Visual Arts Indaba |
| Art and state |
| Dept. of Arts and Culture (Formerly: Dept. of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology) |
| Artificial groundwater recharge - South Africa |
| South Africa's Artificial Recharge Information Centre "set up by Groundwater Africa (GWA) for South Africa's Department of Water Affairs (DWA)." |
| Artificial intelligence |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute of South Africa Collaboration between the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, Tshwane University of Technology and the University of Johannesburg. Launched 30 November 2022. |
| Artificial satellites - South Africa |
| CSIR Satellite Applications Centre |
| Artisans - Training of - South Africa |
| Artisan Training Programme (AATP) |
| Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Seta. Artisan Development Unit |
| National Apprenticeship and Artisan Development Advisory Body (NAADAB) "established as a statutory apprenticeship and artisan development advisory body"--Regulations for the Establishment of the National Apprenticeship and Artisan Development Advisory Body, SA Government Gazette no. 48524 (5 May 2023), notice no. 3383. https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/202305/48524gon3383.pdf |
| National Artisan Development Support Centre (NADSC) Department of Higher Education site. |
| National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB) "established in the Department of Higher Education and Training on 30th November 2010 in terms of Section 26A (1)(a) of the Skills Development Act." |
| Quality Council for Trades and Occupations |
| Artisans - Training of - South Africa - Western Cape |
| Western Cape Artisan Development Programme |
| Arts - Finance |
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| Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) "Founded in 1997 as a joint initiative of government and the business sector, to secure the future development of the arts industry in our country, through increased corporate sector involvement." Section 21 company. National public entity. De-listed, 31 March 2006. |
| National Arts Council |
| Arts - Study and teaching |
| Create SA (Creative Research Education And Training Enterprise South Africa) "National Skills Fund strategic project of the MAPPP-SETA implemented in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture, The National Arts Council and the National Film and Video Foundation." |
| Astronautics and state |
| South African Space Portal Site provided by the National Working Group on Space Science & Technology - "an inter-departmental government initiative to coordinate and promote the study and peaceful uses of outer space for the benefit of South Africa and all its people." |
| Astronomical observatories - South Africa |
| South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) |
| Astronomy - South Africa |
| Office of Astronomy for Development (IAU OAD) "The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) is a joint project of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) with the support of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)." |
| Atmospheric emissions See: Air - Pollution |
| Auditors - South Africa |
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| Automobile industry and trade - South Africa |
| State Owned Companies’ (SOC) Automotive Industry Competitiveness Forum |
| Automative Export Industry Council (AEIC). "established in 1999 as the official private sector export promotion body for the automative industry in South Africa ...The AIEC works closely with Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA), the trade promotion arm of the Department of Trade and Industry." |
| Automative Industry Development Centre (AIDC). Public-private partnership, government-owned private service provider company. "established to assist in increasing the global competitiveness of the South African automotive industry to world-class levels." |
| Automative Industry Development Centre-Employment Skills Development Lead Employer (AIDC ESDLE). The AIDC was appointed by the Department of Labour as the Employment Skills Development Lead Employer for MERSETA. |
| Automotive Investment Scheme (AIS) Department of Trade and Industry scheme. |
| Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP) "The APDP is a flagship programme that provides incentives to attract original equipment manufacturers to invest in South Africa and to encourage the development of manufacturing capabilities throughout the automotive supply chain." |
| Automotive Supply Chain Competitiveness Initiative (ASCCI) DTI initiative establsihed in October 2013. |
| Motor Industry Development Programme Transition to Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP) nearly completed, March 2013. |
| People-carrier Automotive Investment Scheme (P-AIS) Sub-component of the Automotive Incentive Scheme (AIS) of the Department of Trade and Industry. |
| Tshwane Automotive Special Enterprise Zone |
| Automobile industry and trade See also: Motor industry |
| Automobile insurance - Lesotho |
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