http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/bnc/usafrica/soafbnc.htm
Contains information about seven committees: (1) Agriculture, (2) Conservation,
Environment and Water, (3) Defense, (4) Human Resources Development and
Education, (5) Science and Technology, (6) Sustainable Energy information
about collaborative programs. Also contains list of related links.
Other U.S. Executive
Departments
Department
of Agriculture (USAID)
Department
of Commerce
Country Commercial
Guide, South Africa, Fiscal Year 1998
http://www.ita.doc.gov/uscs/ccg98/ccgosafr.html
Report on South Africa's commercial environment by the U.S. and Foreign
Commercial Service and Department of State.
U.S. - South Africa Business Development Committee
http://usiahq.usis.usemb.se/regional/bnc/usafrica/bdctext.htm
Briefly describes the Business Development Committee and its projects
to expand business opportunities for black South Africans, a legal clerkship
program to expand nontraditional access to the commercial law field in
South Africa, intellectual property law seminars, financial services trade
missions to South Africa, and enhanced market access for S.A. products
into the U.S.
Fact Sheet on the Ron Brown Commercial Center in Johannesburg
http://www.whitehouse.gov/Africa/1999980331-9503.html
Describes the Ron Brown Commercial Center, operated by the Department
of Commerce, which is one of only four U.S. Commercial Centers worldwide.
The center provides support for U.S. companies to enter or expand into
the sub-Saharan African market.
Department
of Defense
Department
of Education
U.S. - South
Africa Binational Commission (BNC)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/CCLO/safrica.html
Summarizes projects in the following areas: (1) Fulbright Commission,
(2) Mandela Economic Scholars, (3) Labor Market Policy, (4) Youth Development,
and (5) Higher Education Forum.
Department
of Energy
United States
Energy Information Administration Fact Sheet on South Africa
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/safrica.html
Describes South Africa's coal, synthetic fuels, oil and natural gas,
electricity, renewable energy, and environmental situation, January
1998. Contains links to information about the South African economy.
South Africa Data and Reports
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/safrica.html
Reports on South Africa's energy balance (production and consumption)
and additional data on coal, petroleum, natural gas, and electricity.
South Africa/United States Energy Data Exchange Home Page
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/sadex/contents.html
Provides energy statistics on the two countries.
United States Energy Information Administration Fact Sheet on
Southern African Development Community
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/sadc.html
Report on the economies and energy sectors of the countries of the Southern
Africa Development Community, August 1998.
Department
of Health and Human Services
Office of
International and Refugee Health (OIRH)
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/ophs/oirh.htm
OIRH coordinates discussion on health between the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services and the Ministry of Health of South Africa.
This health working group convenes in conjunction with the Science and
Technology Committee of the U.S.-South Africa Binational Commission.
Department of the Interior
Africa
Initiatives
http://www.doi.gov/intl/potusdoi.htm
Summarizes 13 projects supported by the Department of Interior in
the following areas: (1) water conservation, (2) management of a national
park, (3) training of game rangers and park administrators, (4) training
in environmental education, (5) anti-poaching programs, (6) conservation
of elephants, and (7) regional cooperation to protect wetlands, among
others.
Africa
Data Dissemination Service (ADDS)
http://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/adds/adds.html#adds_data_anchor
U.S. Geological Survey satellite and digital map data.
Department
of Labor
Partnerships: Department of Labor
http://www.whitehouse.gov/Africa/labor.html
Summarizes projects in the following areas: (1) employment equity (affirmative
action), (2) occupational safety and health, (3) labor market statistics,
(4) labor market research, (5) mine safety and health administration,
and (6) child labor. Press release with additional information about training
of mine inspectors in mine safety and health principles, practices, and
techniques coordinated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration is
at
http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/1998/NR980714.HTM.
Department
of State
Department
of the Treasury
"The South
African Economy - Looking Ahead and Looking Outward"
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/pr1855.htm
Speech delivered by Treasury Deputy Secretary Lawrence H. Summers at the
CSIS Investment Seminar on South Africa on 31 July 1997, New York.
Other U.S. Executive
Agencies
Agency for
International Development
USAID's 1998 and 1999 Congressional Presentations - Section on South
Africa
http://www.info.usaid.gov/pubs/cp99/afr/za.htm
(Fiscal Year 1999)
http://www.info.usaid.gov/pubs/cp98/afr/countries/za.htm
(Fiscal Yr 1998)
Describes projects in South Africa proposed by USAID to the U.S. Congress.
Includes report on the USAID program for "Transformed Education System
Based on Equity of Access and Quality."
USAID/South
Africa Funding Levels (1985 - 1997)
http://wn.apc.org/usaidsa/budget.html
Three tables about overall funding levels as well as specific projects
and bilateral agreements with various departments and ministries.
USAID South
Africa
http://wn.apc.org/usaidsa/index.html
Summarizes programs in different sectors, including education.
Annual Program
Statement for USAID/South Africa's Education Strategic Objective
http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/annual_pstatements/fy99aps.html
Health Statistics
Report: South Africa
http://www.info.usaid.gov/countries/za/sout.txt
A report prepared by the Center for International Health Information
(CIHI) for USAID as part of the Data for Decision Making Project, January
1996.
Centers
of Disease Control and Prevention
Tobacco or Health: A Global Status Report: Country Profile - South Africa
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/who/southafr.htm
Data on tobacco production, consumption, mortality from tobacco use, and
control measures. From a report of the World Health Organization Collaborating
Center for Tobacco or Health.
Environmental
Protection Agency
Activities
Underway in South Africa
http://www.epa.gov/oiamount/sa2.htm
Summarizes projects in the following areas: (1) joint strategic planning
with the Department of Environment and Tourism (DEAT) and the Department
of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF), (2) community grants program, (3)
solid waste program, (4) environmental compliance, (5) environmental impact
assessment, (6) environmental management in the mining sector, (7) cleaner
production, and (8) pollutant release and transfer register (PRTR).
National Institutes of Health
Fogarty International
Center: Regional Information - Sub-Saharan Africa
http://www.nih.gov/fic/regional/subafric.html
Summarizes projects by the following NIH agencies: (1) National Institute
of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, (2) National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
(3) National Institute of Mental Health, (4) National Heart Lung and Blood
Institute, and (5) National Institute on Drug Abuse.
National
Science Foundation
National Weather Service
International
Activities Office - Bilateral Agreements
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ia/safrica.htm
Summarizes projects in the following areas: (1) climate prediction, (2)
precipitation enhancement, (3) precipitable water vapor, (4) human resource
development, (5) environmental monitoring, and (6) weather prediction.
Overseas
Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Fund to Promote
Economic Development in Southern Africa
http://usiahq.usis.usemb.se/regional/bnc/usafrica/opicpr.htm
Describes the New Africa Opportunity Fund, L.P., which is backed with
an OPIC investment guaranty. This $120 million fund promotes U.S. investment
in South Africa and ten other Southern African countries.
Peace
Corps
White
House
African Studies Center:
Michigan State University 