| Laboratories See also: Testing laboratories |
| Labour disputes - 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. |
| Labour market - South Africa |
| Labour Market Intelligence Partnership (LMIP) Research Project Partnership between the Department of Higher Education and Training and the HSRC. |
| Labour market - South Africa - Research |
| Research Project on Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth (REDI3X3) "a multi-year collaborative, independent research initiative funded by the National Treasury and managed by the University of Cape Town’s Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). Collaboration with researchers at other universities and research entities and engagement with diverse perspectives on the Project’s focus areas are key objectives of the initiative. " |
| Labour Market Intelligence |
| Labour Market Intelligence Research Programme "In 2012, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation initiated the first phase of the labour market intelligence research programme, the Labour Market Intelligence Partnership (LMIP) led by the Human Sciences Research Council. In 2019, the second phase of the LMI research programme commenced in partnership with the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The LMI is funded through the National Skills Fund (NSF)." |
| Labour mobility See also: Migrant labour |
| Labour policy - South Africa |
| Dept. of Labour |
| Labour productivity - South Africa |
| Productivity |
| Labour supply - Environmental aspects - South Africa |
| Green Skills "The Green Skills Project (2015-2017) is a project of the Environmental Skills Planning Forum chaired by the Department of Environmental Affairs.The project was concluded in 2018 but still continues in the form of sharing the work that has been produced." |
| Labour supply - South Africa |
| Research Project on Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth (REDI) "The Project is a multi-year collaborative, independent research initiative funded by the National Treasury and managed by the University of Cape Town’s Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU)." |
| Land capability for agriculture - South Africa |
| Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Framework (PDALF) "In light of increasing pressures to have agricultural land subdivided and/or to have such land’s use changed, DAFF has developed the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Framework policy and bill." |
| Land companies - South Africa - Mpumalanga Inala Farms. National Government business enterprise. |
| Land companies - South Africa - North West Bala Farms. National Government business enterprise. De-listed on 24 March 2006. |
| Land cover - Geographic information systems - South Africa |
| SA National Land-Cover Datasets |
| Land degradation - South Africa |
| Land reform - South Africa |
| Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) Statutory body in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994. |
| 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." |
| Knowledgebase.land Non-government. |
| Land and Agrarian Reform Project (LARP) |
| Land Claims Court of South Africa (LCC) "established in 1996.The Land Claims Court specialises in dealing with disputes that arise out of laws that underpin South Africa's land reform initiative. These include the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994, the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, 1996 and the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, 1997." |
| Land for Agricultural Development Grant.(LADG) |
| Proactive Land Acquistion Strategy (PLAS) |
| SAFLI. South Africa: Land Claims Court. Decisions listed alphabetically and chronologically. |
| Settlement and Land Acquisition Grant (SLAG) |
| Land tenure - South Africa |
| Dept. of Land Affairs |
| Dept. of Land Affairs. Tenure Reform Home Page |
| National Land Allocation and Recapitalisation Control Committee (NLARCC) |
| Land tenure - South Africa - Congresses |
| Land Tenure Summit 2014 |
| Land Transport Co-ordinating Committee (LTCC). Provincial co-ordinating body. |
| National Transport Master Plan (NATMAP 2050) |
| Transnet Major public entity. |
| Land trusts - South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal |
| Ingonyama Trust Fund Board Statutory body established by the Kwazulu-Natal Ingonyama Trust Amendment Act 9 of 1997, to administer Ingonyama Trust land in the former KwaZulu. National public entity. |
| Land use - South Africa - Cape Town - Maps |
| Planning and Building Development Management Zoning Viewer |
| Land use - South Africa - Cape Town |
| Cape Town Zoning Scheme (CTZS) Includes the 2012 Regulations, the Zoning Viewer and 27 superseded schemes. |
| Land use - South Africa - Geographic information systems |
| LaPSIS (Land and Property Spatial Information System) |
| Land use - South Africa - Maps |
| Agricultural Research Council. Land Cover Maps. Available: 1994, 2000, 2005 & 1994-2005 changes. |
| Land use - South Africa - Planning |
| Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) 16 of 2013 Non-government. |
| Land use, Rural - South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal |
| Ingonyama Trust Fund Board Statutory body established by the Kwazulu-Natal Ingonyama Trust Amendment Act 9 of 1997, to administer Ingonyama Trust land in the former KwaZulu. National public entity. |
| Land use, urban - South Africa - Environmental aspects |
| Urban Environmental Management Programme (UEMP). "a collaboration between at least eleven partners from different spheres of the South African government which will work together to improve service delivery to the citizens of South Africa." |
| Land valuation See: Real property - Valuation |
| Language and languages - Computer network resources |
| ESCALATOR "In order to bring large scale adoption of digital research methodologies and practices to the Social Sciences and Humanities the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) established the ESCALATOR project." |
| South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) "a national centre supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). SADiLaR has an enabling function, with a focus on all official languages of South Africa, supporting research and development in the domains of language technologies and language-related studies in the humanities and social sciences." |
| Language and languages - South Africa |
| Afrikaanse Taalmuseum (Paarl) Cultural institution/National public entity. |
| Language Resource Management Agency RMA Index. |
| South African Language Practitioners’ Council "a juristic person for the protection and promotion of language practice " Established by the South African Language Practitioners’ Council 8 of 2014. |
| Language technology See:Computational linguistics |
| Large astronomical telescopes - South Africa |
| Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) |
| Law - Cape of Good Hope |
| Statutes of the old South African Colonies : 1714 to 1910 Digital versions of Statutes. |
| Law - South Africa |
| High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change Appointed by Parliament in 2016. |
| Laws of South Africa: Consolidated Legislation (University of Pretoria) |
| SA Statutes (Sabinet subscription database). Consolidated current set of acts. for single acts See: Session laws |
| Statutes of SA (LexisNexis Butterworths subscription database). Consolidated current set of acts. |
| Law reform - South Africa |
| Leadership - Study and teaching - South Africa |
| Local Government Leadership Academy (LOGOLA). Programme of the Dept. of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs. |
| Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (PALAMA) Succeeds the South African Management Development Institute. Succeeded by the National School of Government with effect from 21 October 2013. |
| Leather workers - Training of - South Africa |
| Clothing, Textiles, Footwear and Leather Sector Education and Training Authority. Statutory body established in terms of the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998, by the Department of Labour. National public entity. |
| Leeuw River Water User Association. (Water Management Area Number 13, Free State Province). Formerly: Leeuw River Irrigation Board |
| Lepelle Northern Water National Government business enterprise. |
| Magalies Water Formerly the Vaalkop Water Board, established on 6 Jan. 1970. National Government business enterprise. |
| Legal aid - South Africa |
| Legal Aid South Africa. Formerly: Legal Aid Board. Statutory body established in terms of the Legal Aid Act 22 of 1969). National public entity. |
| Legal practice See: Practice of law |
| Legislative bodies - South Africa - Eastern Cape |
| Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature |
| Legislative bodies - South Africa - Free State |
| Free State Legislature |
| Legislative oversight - South Africa |
| Legislative Sector South Africa "The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa and the nine Provincial Legislatures form the South African Legislative Sector (SALS) in accordance with the formally adopted Memorandum of Understanding." |
| Legislatures See: Legislative bodies |
| LGBTI See: Sexual minorities |
| Libraries - Cape Town - Maps |
| Distribution of libraries in the City of Cape Town |
| Libraries and the blind |
| South African Library for the Blind (Grahamstown) National public entity, statutory body established in terms of the South African Library for the Blind Act 91 of 1998. |
| Libraries, Public See: Public libraries |
| Limpopo (South Africa) - Economic policy |
| Limpopo Economic Development Enterprise (LimDev) An agency of the Limpopo Provincial Government. |
| Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) Agency of the Limpopo Provincial Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET). Formerly: Limpopo Development Corporation (LimDev) |
| Limpopo (South Africa) - Government policy |
| Limpopo Policy Research Repository |
| Linguistic technology - South Africa |
| South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) "The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is a national centre supported by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) as part of the new South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR)." |
| Liquid fuels |
| Dept. of Energy. Liquid fuels-related documents and legislation |
| Liquid fuels See also: Petroleum products |
| Liquor industry - South Africa - Mpumalanga |
| Mpumalanga Liquor Authority Public entity in terms of Schedule 3 Part C of the Public Finance Management Act. |
| Liquor industry - South Africa - Western Cape |
| Western Cape Liquor Authority Established by the Western Cape Liquor Amendment Act 10 of 2010. Replaces the Western Cape Liquor Board. |
| Liquor laws - South Africa |
| National Gambling and Liquor Policy Council Constituted by the Minister of Trade and Industry, and the provincial MECs of Economic Development. |
| Liquor policy See: Liquor laws |
| Literacy - South Africa |
| Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign Campaign of the Department of Basic Education. |
| Literary museums |
| National English Literary Museum (Grahamstown) Cultural institution/National public entity. Mission "is to promote the reading and appreciation of all forms of imaginative South African literature in English." |
| Little Karoo (South Africa) - Maps |
| Western Cape. Dept. of Agriculture. A vegetation map for the Little Karoo |
| Local energy development See: Energy development |
| Local finance - South Africa |
| Local finance - South Africa - Auditing |
| Municipal Audit Consistency Barometer: Audit consistency as a measure of resilience in local government By the Multi-level Government Initiative. |
| Operation Clean Audit 2014: why it failed and what can be learned By the Multi-level Government Initiative. |
| Local government - Climate change See: See: Local government and environmental policy |
| Local government - Law and legislation - South Africa - Limpopo |
| Limpopo. Dept. of Local Government and Housing. Municipal By-laws |
| Local government - South Africa |
| Australia-South Africa Local Governance Partnership (ASALGP). Completed project. |
| Knowledge Sharing Programme for Local Government (KSP) Joint initiative of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG). |
| Local Government Capacity Programme (LGCP) "The Local Government Capacity Programme, implemented by VNG International, aims to develop the capacity of local governments and local government associations in nine countries, in order to contribute to sustainable local economic development and the four prioritised themes of the Dutch international cooperation policy. The programme is largely financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs." |
| Local Government Knowledge Hub SALGA site. |
| Local Government Leadership Academy (LOGOLA). Programme of the Dept. of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs. |
| Multi-level Government Initiative Part of the Community Law Centre of the University of the Western Cape. |
| Municipal Demarcation Board Juristic person. |
| Municipal Infrastructure Investment Unit (MIIU) Section 21 company. |
| National Strategic Hub. "The National Strategic Hub is in pursuit of fostering co-governance and positioning data as critical infrastructure and a strategic asset for improved governance, operational efficiencies, and service delivery in local government." Launched October 2024. |
| SALGA. Local Government Knowledge Hub |
| South African Local Government Association (SALGA) Entity reporting to the CoGTA Minister."SALGA is governed by its constitution as adopted in May 2000. The objectives and principles are in the context of the Constitution of the Republic, Act 108 of 1996, the White Paper on Local Government and within the parameters of the Organised Local Government Act 52 of 1997." |
| Local government - South Africa - Congresses |
| Local Government Summit 2014 |
| Local government - South Africa - Data processing |
| Local Government ICT Network (LGICT Network) "knowledge sharing portal for ICT in Local Government." Hosted by SALGA. |
| Local government - South Africa - Management |
| Capable Cities Index: The Capacity of Cities By the Multi-level Government Initiative. |
| Local Government Management Improvement Model (LGMIM) "an analytical framework for municipal leadership to reflect on what the organisation does and how it approaches its tasks so as to improve the quality of service delivery and productivity." |
| Local government - South Africa -North West |
| North West (South Africa). Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs |
| Local government - Study and teaching |
| Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA) Statutory body established in terms of the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998, by the Department of Labour. National public entity. |
| Local government and environmental policy - South Africa |
| Local Government Climate Change Support Program (LGCCSP) "an initiative of the Department of Environmental Affairs and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. A number of tools have been developed through the LGCCSP to assist stakeholders to respond to climate change." |
| Local government services See: Municipal services |
| Local mass media |
| Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Juristic person established by Act 14 of 2002 "to enable "historically disadvantaged communities and persons not adequately served by the media" to gain access to the media." |
| Local officials and employees - South Africa |
| Local See also: Municipal |
| Logistics See: Business logistics |
| Lotteries - South Africa |
| National Lotteries Commission Public entity. Formerly National Lotteries Board. |
| Low-income housing - South Africa |
| Enhanced People's Housing Process (EPHP) |
| Madulamoho Housing Association. Section 21 company that operates in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Registered social housing institution. |
| National Association of Social Housing Organisations (NASHO). Non-profit organisation. |
| Social Housing Foundation Section 21 company, mandated by the Dept. of Housing to develop the social housing sector. To be replaced by the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) |
| Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) Public entity established in August 2010 by the Minister of Human Settlements in terms of the Social Housing Act No. 16 of 2008 |
| SOHCO Amalinda Housing/Social Housing Company "Section 21 non-profit distributing company committed to the development and management of social housing in the Buffalo City, Cape Town and Durban Metropolitan areas." |
| Support Programme for Social Housing (SPSH) Joint programme, funded by the European Union. Archive. |
| Low-income housing - South Africa - Cape Town |
| Cape Town Community Housing Company (CTCHC) "affordable housing institution funded and wholly owned by the National Housing Finance Corporation." |
| N2 Gateway "national government-led priority project" |
| Low-income housing - South Africa - Eastern Cape |
| Zanemvula "Section 29 National Department of Human Settlements project" |
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