South Africa

US Government Reports

U.S. Department of State	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 Country Reports on Terrorism - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 International Religious Freedom Report - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
U.S. Department of Labor	Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)	Apostasy, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech - Intersection of Blasphemy and Hate Speech in Africa - Dec. 2019
CIA	Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments The World Factbook - South Africa
Congressional Research Reports (CRS)	South Africa: Current Issues, Economy, and U.S. Relations - Sept. 2020 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Impact in Africa - April 2022 South Africa: Current Issues, Economy, and U.S. Relations - July 2020 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Impact in Africa - May 2020 South Africa: Current Issues, Economy, and U.S. Relations - Sept. 2020
Library of Congress	Country Studies/Area Handbooks Program
Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)	Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)

Situation of white South Africans, including treatment by government and society; state protection available to white South African victims of violence; information on the white South African community, as well as political and/or rights groups - May 2013
Treatment by society and authorities of black Africans of foreign origin who are citizens or permanent residents; state protection available - Apr. 2018

UK Home Office

Country Background Note - Aug. 2020

Non-Government Organization Reports

Amnesty International	Southern Africa: “Cross-border is our livelihood. It is our job.” Decent work as a human right for women informal cross-border traders in Southern Africa - Mar. 2024 Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights - Mar. 2023 Southern Africa: SADC Must take decisive action on COVID-19 vaccine access at Summit - August 2021 Southern Africa needs assistance: An open call to the regional and international community - June 2021 Southern Africa: Promoting & protecting the rights of persons with albinism: A manual for national human rights institutions - June 2021 Failing to learn the lessons? The impact of COVID-19 on a broken and unequal education system - Feb. 2021 “Treated like furniture” Gender-Based Violence And COVID-19 Response In Southern Africa – Feb. 2021 The State of African Regional Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 2019-2020 - Oct. 2020 Barriers to Safe and Legal Abortion in South Africa - Jan. 2017 Smoke and Mirrors - Lonmin’s failure to address housing conditions at Marikana, South Africa – Aug. 2016
BBC	Timeline
Country Maps	University of Texas at Austin - Map Collection
Election Guide	Recent Elections
Freedom House	Freedom in the World - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 Freedom on the Net - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Human Rights Watch	World of Events: 2023 "The Forever Mines" Perpetual Rights Risks from Unrehabilitated Coal Mines in South Africa - July 2022 World Report Events of: 2021 “They Have Robbed Me of My Life” Xenophobic Violence Against Non-Nationals in South Africa - Sept. 2020 Why Sex Work Should Be Decriminalized In South Africa - Aug. 2019 (PDF) “We Know Our Lives Are in Danger” Environment of Fear in South Africa’s Mining-Affected Communities - Apr. 2019 "We'll Show You You're a Woman" Violence and Discrimination against Black Lesbians and Transgender Men in South Africa - Dec. 2011 “Stop Making Excuses” Accountability for Maternal Health Care in South Africa – Aug. 2011 Ripe with Abuse Human Rights Conditions in South Africa’s Fruit and Wine Industries – Aug. 2011 No Healing Here Violence, Discrimination and Barriers to Health for Migrants in South Africa - Dec. 2009 Unequal Protection: The State Response to Violent Crime on South African Farms - Aug. 2001 Scared at School: Sexual Violence Against Girls in South African Schools - Mar. 2001 A Question of Principle: Arms Trade and Human Rights - Oct. 2000 "Prohibited Persons": Abuse of Undocumented Migrants, Asylum-Seekers, and Refugees in South Africa - Mar. 1998 Violence against Women and the Medico-Legal System - Aug. 1997 Violence Against Women in South Africa: State Response to Domestic Violence and Rape - Nov. 1995 Threats to a New Democracy: Continuing Violence in KwaZulu-Natal - May 1995 Impunity for Human Rights Abuses in Two Homelands: Reports on KwaZulu and Bophuthatswana - Mar. 1994 Prison Conditions in South Africa - Feb. 1994 "Traditional" Dictatorship: One Party State in KwaZulu Homeland Threatens Transition to Democracy - Sept.1993 Half-Hearted Reform: The Official Response to the Rising Tide of Violence - May 1993 Accounting for the Past: The lessons for South Africa from Latin America - Oct. 1992 Ciskei: Ten Years on Human Rights and the Fiction of "Independence" - Dec. 1991 Out of Sight: The Misery in Bophuthatswana - Sept. 1991 The Killings in South Africa: The Role of the Security Forces and the Response of the State - Jan. 1991
International Crisis Group	How South Africa Can Nudge Zimbabwe toward Stability – Dec. 2020
Minority Rights Group International	State of the Worlds Minorities - 2016, 2015
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	Fact sheet on the breakdown of refugees, aslyum-seekers and IDPs in Southern Africa (as of April 2023) - July 2023
World Health Organization	Webpage

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Updated April 25, 2024