South Africa

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  • Enhancing Behavioral Change Communication

    Topics: HIV/AIDS

    Approaches: HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia

  • Enhancing Youth Employability

    Topics: Education, International Education, Youth, Youth Worker Training

    Approaches: Youth Worker Training, Youth Worker Training,

    Geographic Areas: Africa, South Africa

  • Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II Project

    Topics: Health, HIV/AIDS, Maternal Health, Nutrition

    Approaches: Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition, NutritionNutrition

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Asia & the Pacific, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Latin America & the Carribean, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Zambia

  • GlobalAIDS Program GAP and Strategic Technical Assistance for a Global Epidemic STAGE

    Topics: HIV/AIDS

    Approaches: HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Botswana, South Africa

  • Health Communication Partnership HCP

    Topics:

    Approaches: HIV/AIDS

    Geographic Areas: Nigeria, Africa, Ethiopia, Honduras, Latin America & the Carribean, South Africa, Zambia

  • Kellogg Southern Africa Leadership (KSAL) Program

    Topics: Academic Partnerships, Agricultural Practices, Ecotourism, Environment, HIV/AIDS, International Health, Leadership, Leadership Development, Nutrition, Training and Technical Assistance

    Approaches: Training and Technical Assistance,

    Geographic Areas: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

  • LINKAGES

    Topics: Child Health, HIV/AIDS, Maternal Health, Reproductive Health

    Approaches: Reproductive Health,

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Jordan, Latin America & the Carribean, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania

  • Making Medical Injections Safer

    Topics: HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases

    Approaches: Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United States

  • People, Energy and Development IQC

    Topics: Efficiency, Energy, Regional Cooperation, Regulation

    Approaches: Regulation,

    Geographic Areas: Europe & Eurasia, Hungary, South Africa, Zambia

  • South Africa National Electricity Regulator Communications Strategy

    Topics: Efficiency, Energy, Regulation

    Approaches: Regulation,

    Geographic Areas: South Africa

  • The South Africa HIV and AIDS Workplace Project

    Topics: Health, HIV/AIDS, International Health, Workplace

    Geographic Areas: Africa, South Africa

  • UNDP HIV Development

    Topics: HIV/AIDS

    Approaches: HIV/AIDS

    Geographic Areas: Africa, South Africa

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South Africaat a Glance

LocationSouthern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa

Population44,344,136

Population Growth Rate-0.31%

ReligionsZion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%

LanguagesIsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%

Literacyage 15 and over can read and write
definition:  
total population:  86.4%
male: 87%
female:  85.7% (2003 est.)

Related Resources
CIA Factbook-South Africa