| Dam safety - South Africa |
| Dept. of Water Affairs Dam Safety Office |
| Dams - Africa, Southern |
| Komati River Basin Water Authority (Kobwa) "bi-national company formed in 1993 through the treaty on the Development and Utilization of the Water Resources of the Komati River Basin signed in 1992 between the Kingdom of Swaziland and the Republic of South Africa." |
| Dams - South Africa |
| De Hoop Construction West Phase 2A of the Olifants River Water Resources Development Project (ORWRDP), |
| Department of Water and Sanitation. State of Dams |
| Environmental impact assessment for the Hazelmere Dam raising |
| Hartbeespoort Dam Remediation Project "In order to improve the water quality and related problems at Hartbeespoort Dam the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) has initiated a remediation programme, called Harties Metsi A Me." |
| South Africa's Water History (eWISA) |
| South African National Committee on Large Dams (SANCOLD) |
| Dams - South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal |
| Soring Grove Dam |
| Data protection - South Africa |
| Data services See: Information services |
| Data transmission systems |
| Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA) "As component of the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System, DIRISA coordinates and promotes sound research data management practices and data intensive research." |
| Databases - South Africa |
| OpenUp Formerly Code4SA. Various datasets. |
| Day care centres - South Africa - Western Cape - Maps |
| Western Cape Provincial Population Unit. Maps |
| Death -Causes - South Africa |
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| National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS) |
| Debt collection See: Collection of accounts |
| Deeds - South Africa |
| DeedsWeb "The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform's official site for the supply of deeds registration information." |
| Defence - South Africa See:South Africa - Defences |
| Defence forces See:South Africa - Armed forces |
| Defence industries - South Africa |
| Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) Major public entity. Statutory body in terms of the Armaments Corporation of South Africa, Limited Act 51 of 2003. |
| National Defence Industry Council (NDIC) Government "policy-making and co-ordination tool for the defence industry." |
| Defence policy See:South Africa - Military policy |
| Demand-side management (electric utilities) - South Africa |
| ESKOM Integrated Demand Management (IDM) |
| Democratization - South Africa |
| Dinokeng Scenarios. "Purpose: To create a space and language for open, reflective and reasoned strategic conversation among South Africans, about possible futures for the country, and the opportunities, risks and choices these futures present." |
| Deposit insurance - South Africa |
| Corporation for Deposit Insurance (CODI) Subsidiary of the South African Reserve Bank established on 24 March 2024. |
| Dept. of Correctional Services. |
| Centres of Excellence |
| Dept. of Correctional Services. |
| Centres of Excellence |
| Dept. of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation. |
| Performance Monitoring and Evaluation. |
| Presidential Frontline Service Delivery Monitoring (PFSDM) Programme |
| Vuna Awards. "municipal awards that recognise exemplary service delivery." |
| Dept. of Trade and Industry. Industrial centres of excellence, e.g. National Aerospace Centre of Excellence (NACoE) |
| DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB) Established by the Dept. of Science and Technology. |
| DST-NRF Centres of Excellence |
| National Aerospace Centre of Excellence (NACoE) National programme of the Department of Trade & Industry. |
| National Telemedicine Lead Programme. Medical Research Council's centre of excellence in Telemedicine. Successor to the Telemedicine Research Centre. |
| Telkom Centre of Excellence National Programme With links to CoE research sites. |
| Design - South Africa - Cape Town |
| World Design Capital: Cape Town, 2014 |
| Development banks |
| Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) "Established in 1983 by the government of the Republic of South Africa, the DBSA is one of five existing development finance institutions in South Africa and has a mandate to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development in the region by funding physical, social and economic infrastructure." Statutory body, major public entity under the National Treasury. |
| Development Corporations - South Africa - Free State |
| Free State Development Corporation "official implementing agency of the policies of the Department of Economic Affairs, Environment and Tourism." Established by the Free State Development Corporation Act 6 of 1995. |
| Development Corporations - South Africa - Port Elizabeth |
| Coega Development Corporation |
| Diamond industry and trade - South Africa |
| Alexkor Major public entity, established 1989, public company since November 1992. |
| South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator. Successor to the South African Diamond Board. Juristic person established by the Diamonds Amendment Act 29 of 2005. |
| State Diamond Trader. Juristic person established by the Diamonds Amendment Act 29 of 2005, to "promote equitable access to and local beneficiation of the Republic's diamonds." National government business enterprise. |
| Digital communications - South Africa |
| The Real 411 Launched by the Independent Electoral Commission to prevent "digital disinformation" during the 2019 South African National & Provincial Elections. |
| Digital divide - South Africa |
| Universal Service and Access Agency Of South Africa (USAASA) (Formerly: Universal Service Agency (USA). Statutory body/National public entity. Mandate is "to promote, facilitate and monitor the achievement of universal service and access in under-serviced areas." |
| Digital economy See:Electronic commerce |
| Digital language resources See:Language and languages - Computer network resources |
| Digital language See: Linguistic technology |
| Digital languages See:Computational linguistics |
| Digital migration See:Analog-to-digital conversions |
| Digital preservation - South Africa |
| Digitisation and Digital Data Preservation Centre "a collaborative South African digitisation initiative" hosted by the National Resaerch Foundation. |
| Dinokeng |
| Dinokeng. Tourism project of the Gauteng Provincial Government. |
| Diplomatic and consular services, South Africa - Palestine |
| South African Representative Office to the Palestinian National Authority. Diplomatic mission. |
| Disabled See: People with disabilities |
| Disaster relief - South Africa |
| National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) |
| Disaster relief - South Africa Disaster Relief Fund. Statutory body established by the Fund-Raising Amendment Act 115 of 1991. |
| South African National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) |
| Disclosure of information - South Africa |
| Diseases - South Africa - Congresses |
| Summit on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (Sept.-Oct. 2011) |
| District Six (Cape Town, South Africa) |
| City of Cape Town. District Six |
| District Six Beneficiary Trust Supported by the Department of Rural Development, the Western Cape Provincial Government and the City of Cape Town. Includes government and planning publications. |
| Domestics - Employment - South Africa |
| Domestic Workers and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) |
| Domestic Workers Plan. "partnership between the Presidential Working Group on Women (PWGW) and financial services group Old Mutual." |
| Doping in sport - South Africa |
| South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport. Statutory body established by the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport Act 14 of 1997 |
| Driekoppies Dam (South Africa) |
| Komati River Basin Water Authority (Kobwa) "bi-national company formed in 1993 through the treaty on the Development and Utilization of the Water Resources of the Komati River Basin signed in 1992 between the Kingdom of Swaziland and the Republic of South Africa." |
| Drinking water - Standards - South Africa |
| Blue Drop System Programme of the Department of Water Affairs. |
| Drivers' licenses |
| eNaTiS electronic national administration traffic information system |
| Dropouts, School See: Elementary school dropouts and High school dropouts |
| Drought - South Africa |
| Drought Core Group (DCG) "The DCG is the outcome of the UN High-Level Partnership Mission co-led by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the African Union Commission (AUC). The DCG is a coalition of key humanitarian and development donors that has been formed to keep the focus and attention on the issue of tackling drought and preventing famines." Inaugural meeting held on 28 February 2018. |
| Drought SA Water Research Commission's portal. |
| Drug abuse - South Africa |
| SADC Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SENDU) A project which is being coordinated by the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Group of the Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC) in collaboration with SADC. |
| South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU). Established in 1996 by the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Department of Psychology at the University of Durban- Westville with funding from the World Health Organization. |
| Drug abuse - South Africa - Western Cape |
| Western Cape Government. Drug Info |
| Drugs - South Africa |
| South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) Replaced Medicines Control Council in 2017. |
| Medicines Control Council (MCC) Juristic person established in terms of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act 101 of 1965. Formerly named the Drugs Control Council. Replaced by South African Health Products Regulatory Authority in 2017. |
| South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) "established in terms of the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No 14 of 2015)" To replace the Medicines Control Coucnil. |
| Drugs - South Africa - Prices |
| Database of Medicine Prices |
| DTI. |
| South African Revenue Service. Trade statistics |
| South African Trade Statistics |
| Dumping (International trade) - Law and Legislation - South Africa International Trade Administration Act 71 of 2002 & Anti-dumping Regulations, General Notice 3197 inGovernment Gazette 25684 of |
| Dumping (International trade) - South Africa |
| International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC). Has Reports on Investigations. |
| Dwellings - Environmental aspects - South Africa |
| Sustainable Housing Calculator |
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