Resources
The Reserve Bank The South African
Reserve Bank (the SARB) is the central
bank of the Republic of South Africa.
The web site provides a wealth of
downloadable resources, including
the Quarterly Bulletins
http://www.reservebank.co.za/
Statistics South Africa
http://www.statssa.gov.za/
The Banks
ABSA
The "ABSA Library" contains
downloadable reports and forecasts
on the SA economy
http://www.absa.co.za
Standard Bank
The "Research" section
of the website includes economic
indicators, forecasts and commentaries.
http://www.stanbic.co.za/
Nedcor
The "Economic Comment"
section of the website includes
economic indicators, forecasts and
commentaries.
http://www.nedcor.co.za/contentpages/econ/econ.asp
First National Bank / Rand Merchant
Bank
The FNB Economics website includes
economic indicators, forecasts and
commentaries.
http://www.fnb.co.za/economics/
Research
Bodies
TIPS (Trade and Industrial Policy
Strategies)
The TIPS web site covers trade and
industrial research which will strengthen
and enhance the capacity for policy
analysis in South and Southern Africa
Registered researchers can access
the TIPS standardized SA industrial
database and international trade
data. A range of research papers
and publications are also downloadable
from the site.
http://www.tips.org.za
The Southern African Regional Poverty
Network (SARPN) provides information,
research and opinion on the many
dimensions of poverty to provide
a better analysis and understanding
of poverty and options for its reduction
http://www.sarpn.org.za
Research
on Companies in South Africa
Foreign Companies Yearbook South
Africa
http://www.businessmonitor.com/ybsouthafrica.html
Published annually by the Commercial
Intelligence Service, corporate
research division of Business Monitor
International, the Foreign Companies
Yearbook South Africa offers
fully researched corporate data
on thousands of American, Japanese,
German, British, French, Dutch,
Swiss, Australian and many other
foreign subsidiary, joint venture
and associate companies doing business
in SA. Companies are said to be
"fully researched at source
by questionnaire, fax, email and
telephone."
Company Searching on the Web
The JSE Securities Exchange
http://www.jse.co.za
provides address information for
listed companies.
Mbendi
http://www.mbendi.co.za
provides information on a wide range
of companies in Africa.
If you know the name of the company
you are seeking details on, it is
often easiest just to enter it into
your favourite search engine
http://www.google.com
Company information from the Online
Press
South Africa has a varied and vibrant
press which includes excellent trade
journals, many of which have an
increasing web presence. Here are
five examples
Business Day
http://www.bd.co.za
- one of the best online archives
of information on individual companies
Engineering News
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/
The best trade publication in SA
by vote of the dti's foreign economic
representatives - and an excellent
web site.
Mining Weekly
http://www.miningweekly.co.za/
Computing SA
http://www.ictworld.co.za/csa/
Getaway magazine
http://www.getawaytoafrica.com/
- for information on companies in
tourism!
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