Doing Business in South Africa / Africa

Acts Online - SA Legislation
www.acts.co.za

Africa Institute - doing business in Africa and related articles
www.ai.org.za

AllAfrica.com - news and views about Africa
www.allafrica.com

Braby's Directory - directory of SA companies and address details 
www.brabys.co.za

Business Action for Africa
www.businessactionforafrica.org

Business iAfrica
http://business.iafrica.com

Business Leadership - South Africa
www.businessleadership.org.za

CCMA - Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration
www.ccma.org.za

Chamber of Mines - Mining economics and stats
www.bullion.org.za

Competition Commission - Mergers and Acquisition Watchdog
www.compcom.co.za

COSATU - Congress of South African Trade Unions
www.cosatu.org.za

Cape Gateway - info about setting up a tourism business entrepreneurship non profit organisations
www.capegateway.gov.za

Cape Town Chamber of Commerce  to search for businesses click on Members
www.capetownchamber.com

Centre for Conflict Resolution
http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za

Centre for Development and Enterprise
www.cde.org.za

Currency Converter
www.xe.net/currency

DataFirst - is a resource unit at the University of Cape Town. It is a survey research facility where clients can access data from surveys on South and Southern Africa. The unit provides information and training related to these social surveys.
www.datafirst.uct.ac.za

Department of International Relations and Cooperation - SA Govt
www.dfa.gov.za

Doing Business - benchmarking business regulations and economy rankings
www.doingbusiness.org

Doing Business - Trade with South Africa
www.southafrica.info/doing_business/sa_trade

Doing business with the IFC - promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries
www.ifc.org/proserv

Development Policy Research Unit  (DPRU) specialises in socio-economic research with a focus on labour markets poverty and inequality
www.dpru.uct.ac.za

DFA - Dept of International Relations and Cooperation - Trade Agreements BRICS
www.dfa.gov.za

DTI - Dept of Trade and Industry - Export & Import info Trade statistics BEE info
www.dti.gov.za/trade_investment/trade_investment.jsp

Economic research South Africa
www.econrsa.org.za

Finforum - SA economy and finance information
www.finforum.co.za

Government Policy and Law Online news (includes Acts Bills and Speeches) 
www.polity.org.za

Government info - Speeches and Statements and Documents
www.gov.za

Idasa - The Institute for Democracy in South Africa 
www.idasa.org.za

IT Web - technology news site - register up for free newsletter
www.itweb.co.za

Industrial Development Corporation - promotes economic growth and industrial development
www.idc.co.za

Innovations and business - SA
www.southafrica.info/doing_business/trends/innovations

Institute for Security Studies - researching human security in Africa
www.iss.co.za

JSE - Johannesburg Stock Exchange
www.jse.co.za

LSM - Living Standards Measures - South African Advertising Research Foundation
www.saarf.co.za

Mbendi - information for Africa
www.mbendi.com

National Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov.za/

NEDLAC - National Economic Development and Labour Council
www.nedlac.org.za

Nepad - New Partnership for Africa's Development
www.nepad.org

Polity - SA Policy and Law Online news (includes Acts Bills and Speeches)
- also Opinion - Africa at Work Global Account Look South   
www.polity.org.za

Prodder - directory of development organisations in Southern Africa
www.prodder.org.za

SADC - Southern African Development community
www.sadc.int

SANGONET  - info for NGO's in SA (include internet / technology info)
http://sangonet.org.za

SARS - SA Revenue Service
www.sars.gov.za

SEDA - Small Enterprises Development Agency
- starting (business plans) financing and managing your business
www.seda.org.za

SICC Codes - Industrial Classification Codes - SA Industry - from Stats SA
www.statssa.gov.za/additional_services/code_lists.asp

South African Financial Sector Forum - economic finance property and trade conditions info
www.finforum.co.za

South Africa Info Gateway - doing business economy trade etc
www.safrica.info

South African Institute of International Affairs
www.saiia.org.za

South African Reserve Bank - Quarterly bulletin national accounts gold reserves
www.resbank.co.za

Stats SA - SA Statistics - CPI GDP trade population and financial indicators
www.statssa.gov.za

Sustainable Energy Africa
www.sustainable.org.za

TIPS - Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies
- Full text research reports and papers - Trade and Industry Monitor
- SADC Trade database - Trade Map - free registration required
www.tips.org.za

Trade Forum - international trade news
www.tradeforum.org

TRALAC - Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa
trade briefs and working papers
www.tralac.org

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Economic Development in Africa International trade statistics
www.unctad.org

WESGRO - official Trade and Investment Agency for the Western Cape
www.wesgro.co.za

World Trade Organisation
www.wto.org

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

CIPC - Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
http://www.cipc.co.za/

CSIR - Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research - committed to innovation research and supporting sustainable and economic growth
www.csir.co.za

DST - Dept of Science and Technology - funding innovation and research info
www.dst.gov.za

HBD Venture Capital - Mark Shuttleworth
http://www.hbd.com/

HSRC - Human Sciences Research Council
www.hsrc.ac.za

HSRC Press
www.hsrcpress.ac.za

IFC - International Financial Corporation - project funding
www.ifc.org

Innovation Fund - promote economic competitiveness of SA by investing in near market technological innovations
http://www.innovationfund.ac.za/

SEDA Technology Programme - technology transfer and incubation - technology business centre and incubators info
www.stp.org.za

South african Innovations 
www.southafrica.info/doing_business/trends/innovations

UCT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
www.gsb.uct.ac.za/cie

HIV/AIDS

AfroAIDSinfo
www.afroaidsinfo.org

Health-e (Aids and SA health stats)
www.health-e.org.za

IFC against AIDS - Business Case and Research Material
www.ifc.org/ifcext/aids.nsf

Red Ribbon
www.redribbon.co.za

UNAIDS - Joint UN program on HIV/AIDS
www.unaids.org

World Bank Aids info
www.worldbank.org/aids

News

Business Day
www.bday.co.za

Business iAfrica
http://business.iafrica.com

Business Report
www.busrep.co.za

Cape Business News
www.cbn.co.za

Mail and Guardian
www.mg.co.za

Sunday Times
www.sundaytimes.co.za

Wine

South African Wine Industry Information and Systems (SAWIS)
www.sawis.co.za

South African Wine Statistics - Grape Prices Harvests and Market Forecasts etc  
www.sawis.co.za/info/statistics.php

South African Wind Industry Trust (SAWIT) - transformation for growth
www.sawit.co.za

WIETA - Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association
www.wieta.org.za

Wines of South Africa
www.wosa.co.za

Wine@biz - news and information for the Australian Wine Industry
www.winebiz.com.au

Wine Business Online - news and info for wine industry professionals
www.winebusiness.com

Wine Institute - the voice for California Wine
www.wineinstitute.org

updated November 2012