Beth Cullinan's List: South Africa

General information about South Africa. Be sure to check categories for specific information.

General travel information about South Africa

Photos of events concerning apartheid from United Nations archives

Demographic / geographic facts about South Africa from PBS website

News / headlines

Recommended because this site is home to a new curriculum for teaching about Africa. The Explore Africa curriculum is created by Michigan State's African Studies Center. The curriculum is divided into five units. Each unit covers a major theme in the study of Africa. The units each have modules and learning activities. Each module will take between two and five standard 50-minute class periods to complete. Teachers are free to select one or two learning activities from a module or to complete all of the learning activities. In addition, each module and lesson includes teacher background notes, guidelines, and printable resources. A great resource for teaching and learning about Africa. Start by going to Country Overviews . Here visitors can access basic information about each African country. Also of interest to teachers is the link for Current Events . Once here, teahcers are able to click on and read about events affecting Africa. Be aware of the fact that some units/modules are still under construction and some links are not working.

Recommended because it provides the general public with a selection of images and sounds that have been contributed over the years to the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It brings together images captured on slides and in photographs as well as sound recordings on reel-to-reel and audio cassettes that have been reproduced and stored on digital files accessible by any computer of a reasonable minimum capacity. This allows for patrons of the electronic library to experience these materials directly, or to use them to create presentations using a common digital format. It enables the academic and non-academic audience alike to move beyond the blackboard and the book as the primary means of conveying information and engenders an understanding that goes beyond the printed word. There are four ways visitors can access this site. Searches can be done by (1)collection, subject or country, (2)atlas, (3)keywords, and (4)multiple fields. (Explanation from the website.)

Information about South Africa from the U.S. Department of State website.

"The most comprehensive online source of information on travel to and around South Africa." (from website)

Provides comprehensive demographic, political, and geographical information about South Africa. A publication of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Recommended because it is an online version of the South Africa-based print newspaper, the Sunday edition of Business Times, covering daily news stories of South Africa, Africa and the world in a variety of aspects and featuring sections of special interests such as business, sport, entertainment, education, careers, etc.

Recommended because News24 is Southern Africa and Africa's premier online news resource. This online resource provides news stories from major South African newspapers and South African community newspapers. In depth and special reports. From Media24 Limited, NASPERS Centre, Cape Town. The main news sections are South Africa, Africa, World, Sport, Sci-Tech and Entertainment. There is also the latest business news in the business section.

Recommended because it is an online edition of the print Sunday paper aimed at an urban black readership. Nearly half the paper's readers are from Gauteng Province. The newspaper was first established in 1982 as Golden City Press and was the first national Sunday newspaper aimed at the Black market.

Recommended because IOL is the biggest news, classifieds and info site on the Web in South Africa. With hundreds of local news items and the latest on a fast-breaking story every day, it is an online site of the print newspaper published by the Independent News and Media Group, along with 14 national and regional newspapers, including most of the country's best-known titles.

Recommended because it provides general news, business news, entertainment, classified ads, sports, entertainment news, etc. Offers a daily e-mail news service (headlines with links to stories). Partners with 702 Talk Radio, and others. Start by visiting the "Africa" section and find out more about information on African news, travel in Africa, African sites.