Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Resources

Wiki Tools

• The CatScan tools is useful in finding articles that satisfy specific criteria within Category:WikiProject South Africa articles

English Wikipedia

• ISO 3166-2:ZA Codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of South Africa
• List of South Africa–related topics
• Category:South Africa-related lists
• Category:South Africa Wikipedia administration
• Wikipedia:South Africa Wikipedians' notice board

Online Resources

• SouthAfrica.info
• Acts online contains a large number of bills and Acts of Parliament.
• The South African Military History Society Journal (A very good source for those writing about South African military history)
• The Internet archive has a large number of online books relating to South Africa and the History of South Africa.
  • Results of South Africa search at the Internet archive.
  • The {{Internet Archive}} template can be used to link to Internet archive content as in this example from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal

    {{Internet Archive|howwekeptflagfl00macdgoog|How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith}} gives How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith at the Internet Archive

• Some major newspapers have archives dating back centuries. One example is the New York Times.
  • Search result for South Africa at the New York Times
• The Genealogical Society of South Africa maintains an digital library at http://www.eggsa.org/library and they have some documents available on CD rom that can be ordered from their store at http://www.eggsa.org/sales/eshop_e_dc.htm
• The Natal Society Foundation http://www.natalia.org.za/natalia.html
• A collection of documents (Constitution of the ZAR, text of the London Convention 1884 etc.) collected together in 1900 to provide background information to US politicians in respect of the Second Boer War

University Libraries

• University of Pretoria - https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/
• University of South Africa - http://www.unisa.ac.za/library

South African Government Sources

• South African Government
• The Official South African Geographical Names System
• Municipal Demarcations Board of South Africa
• StatsSA
• South African Heritage Resource Agency hold information on monuments, museums, and other heritage object and places.

Offline Resources

• National Archives and Records Service (NARS) Content is not available online, but searches can be done online at http://www.national.archives.gov.za/