For More Information about South Africa
Let’s Look at a Map
You can get more maps of South Africa here.
Check out some Late Breaking News Articles about South Africa
Google News Articles about South Africahere, and recent blog postings about South Africa
Read some Provocative Articles
- A review of Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa by Martin Meredith. [another review, and another, and another]
- The rise of the buppies: An article on the economic and political consequences of the black middle class in South Africa.
- As the presidential contenders squabble over the leadership of the scandal-hit ANC, an Aids-ravaged South Africa is left to wonder what happened to the dream of the Rainbow Nation.
- A review of Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred, by Mark Gevisser
- A review of When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of Aids in South Africa by Didier Fassin
- South Africa has made great progress in recent years, but with Mbeki a lame duck its leadership is faltering dangerously
- South Africa’s President Mbeki may be in trouble now, but it’s nothing compared to what the future holds.
Recommended Reading, New Books and Classics
- Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin
- Voices of Protest: Social Movements in Post-apartheid South Africa by Richard Ballard, Adam Habib, and Imraan Valodia
- Political Forgiveness: Lessons from South Africa by Russell Daye
- Narrating Political Reconciliation: South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Claire Moon
- A History of South Africa, by Leonard Thompson
Thought-Provoking Blogs about South Africa
Commentary South Africa – A weblog focussing on political, social, economic and technological issues both in South Africa and globally. Written from a moderate conservative-…
Blog from the Foreign Policy Great Decisions South Africa series
Talk to Central Indiana Experts
- Kelly Campbell of The Village Experience has lived in South Africa and takes groups of volun-tourists to work with kids: kescampb@yahoo.com
- Prof. Margereta Geertsema, Butler’s Journalism Department, is an Afrikaaner native of South Africa: mgeertse@butler.edu
- Patrick O’Meara of Indiana University is one of the world’s leading experts on South Africa: omeara@indiana.edu
