South Africa

Currency: South African rand (ZAR)

Timezone: South African Standard Time (UTC+2)

South Africa is a Southern Africa country located at the tip of the continent, sharing its borders with Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe. The climate of the country is mostly sub-tropical along the coast and semi-arid inthe other parts of the country with a terrain that is mostly plateau with rugged hills. With a population of approximately 60 million people, South Africa is the most populous country in Southern Africa and contains a diverse ethnic group, including Black African, Whites, and Indian/Asian.

The official languages of the country are English, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Pedi, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Venda, Tsonga, Swazi, Southern Ndebele. The country operates a parliamentary republic system of government which is administratively divided into nine (9) provinces, and Pretoria —the country’s capital. The South Africa economy is the second-largest economy in Africa by GDP and is widely regarded as a middle-income emerging economy that is rich in natural resources. The major source of foreign exchange for the country comes from the export of gold, diamond, wines, iron ore, platinum, non-ferrous metals. The major challenges facing the country are the prevalence of HIV/AIDs and public sector corruption.

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Department of Human Settlements Revised Strategic Plan 2015-2020

Ministry of Human Settlements,Ministry of Water and Sanitation, South Africa

Part B of this document identifies four programmes and their strategic objectives. These programmes include administration, human settlements policy, strategy and planning, programme monitoring and delivery support, and housing development support.

South Africa • 2018 • Democracy and Governance

Framework on Gender-Responsive Planning, Budget, Monitoring, Evaluation and Auditing

Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, South Africa

This strategy is designed to harness the gender dividend and ensure a paradigm shift towards gender mainstreaming across the state machinery and take forward the country’s efforts in order to ensure women’s empowerment and gender...

South Africa • 2018 • Gender and Human Rights

Breast Cancer Prevention and Control Policy

Ministry of Health, South Africa

Prevention of cancer should be integrated with prevention of chronic diseases and other related areas of healthcare (such as reproductive health, hepatitis B immunization, HIV/AIDS, occupational health and environmental health). Therefore, this Breast Cancer Prevention...

South Africa • 2017 • Health

Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Policy

Ministry of Health, South Africa

This policy updates the existing strategy to take into account technological advancements in cervical cancer prevention and new evidence on screening, approaches and methods in context of the HIV epidemic. It introduces primary prevention of...

South Africa • 2017 • Health

Listeriosis: Clinical Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment

Ministry of Health, South Africa

This document introduces Listeriosis as a bacterial disease caused by the Gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes. It details number of Listeria cases and gender distribution amongst 5 categories of listeriosis patients and also the...

South Africa • 2017 • Health

National Emergency Care Education and Training Policy

Ministry of Health, South Africa

This policy applies to all current and prospective public and private emergency care personnel and EMS education and training providers. It aims to ensure the alignment of emergency care education and training with current education...

South Africa • 2017 • Health

National Emergency Care Education and Training Policy

Ministry of Health, South Africa

This policy applies to all current and prospective public and private emergency care personnel and EMS education and training providers. The aim of this policy is to ensure the alignment of emergency care education and...

South Africa • 2017 • Health

Amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

This amends the environmental impact assessment regulations of 2014; subject to the national environmental management act of 1998. The amendments relate to the appointment of environmental assessment practitioners, competent authorities’s right of access to information,...

South Africa • 2017 • Environment and Climate Change

Genetically Modified Organisms Act: Amendments

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

An amendment to the “tariffs for services” section of the genetically modified organisms act of 1997.

South Africa • 2017 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Amendment of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations Listing Notice 3

Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

The notice lists activities and identify competent authorities under sections 24(2), 24(5) and 24D of the national environmental management act of 1998, where environmental authorisation is required prior to commencement of that activity in specific...

South Africa • 2017 • Environment and Climate Change