Guides and Directories

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: South Africa - Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019745081555

BBC News - Country Profile: South Africa - Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1071886.stm

The Index on Africa - South Africa - Extensive set of categorized and annotated links to web resources from the Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA).
http://www.afrika.no/index/Countries/South_Africa/

US Department of State - South Africa - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.
http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/sf/

Clipps - South Africa directory service and search engine.
http://www.clipps.co.za/

Aardvark - South African search engine and web directory.
http://www.aardvark.co.za/

South African Search Engine - Searchable database of South African sites.
http://www.searchengine.co.za/

Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: South Africa - Annotated directory of links to web resources.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/rsa.html

Susy Search - South African search engine.
http://www.susysearch.com/

University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: South Africa  - Annotated directory of links to resources.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/S_Africa.html

Southafricanonline.com - Insight view on South Africa, with reports on people, travel, politics.
http://www.southafricanonline.com/

NationMaster - South Africa - Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/sf-south-africa

Esouthafrica.com - Portal providing links to South African sites sorted by category.
http://www.esouthafrica.com/

South Africa's White Pages - Residential telephone listings.
http://196.15.219.249/

Jonga - Search engine searching numerous website pages and other content from South Africa.
http://www.jonga.co.za

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: South Africa - Annotated directory of selected online resources.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/southafrica/southafrica.html

SA Web - Information and business portal. Incorporates SA Building, SA Tourism and SA Automotive.
http://www.saweb.co.za

CIA - The World Factbook: South Africa - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html

Igloo - South African web directory and link search.
http://www.igloo.co.za/

RSA-Overseas - Buy SA goods, sell goods, interact with fellow S.Africans, participate in discussions and surveys and gather information .
http://www.rsa-overseas.com

South Africa Online - Includes currency rates, weather forecast, humour, surveys and site listings.
http://www.southafrica.co.za/

Wikipedia - South Africa - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture of the Southern African country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

Ananzi Search Engine - South Africa specific search engine.
http://www.ananzi.co.za/

Southafrican.za.net - South African web directory with news, weather and traditional South African recipies.
http://www.southafrican.za.net/

Columbia University Libraries - African Studies: South Africa - Directory of categorized and annotated links.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/SAfr.html