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| − | [[Image:Sf-map.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Wikipedia: South Africa]]
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| − | '''Capital''' Pretoria (name may change to Tshwane.)
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| − | Cape Town is legislative capital.<br><br>
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| − | '''Languages''' 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu. <br><br>
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| − | '''Currency''' Rand <br><br>
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| − | South Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa, is the world's largest producer of platinum, gold and chromium as well as a major cultivator of marijuana.
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| − | At the Western Cape is Robben Island a former prison (now a national monument) which was home to many of South Africa’s freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela.
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| − | ==Register Office==
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| − | The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages<br>
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| − | Department of Home Affairs<br>
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| − | Private Bag X114<br>
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| − | Pretoria 0001,RSA <br><br>
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| − | Tel: 00027 123148 911/109 <br>
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| − | Fax: 0027 123148416 <br>
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| − | ==General Information==
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| − | *[http://www.genealogyworld.net/ Genealogy World] First stop for South African Research
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| − | *[http://www.cyndislist.com/soafrica.htm Cyndi's List South African Links]
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| − | *[http://www.eggsa.org/ Genealogical Society of South Africa - eGSSA Website]
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| − | *[http://www.dha.gov.za/ South African Department of Home Affairs]
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| − | *[http://www.national.archives.gov.za/ National Archives of South Africa (NARS)]
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| − | *[http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://southafricangenealogy.blogspot.com/ The South African Genealogist]
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| − | *[http://chrysalis.its.uct.ac.za/CGI/CGI_ROOTWEB.EXE South Africa Jewish Rootsbank]
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| − | *[http://www.bsap.org/ British South African Police. Includes a Memorial Roll of Deaths 1980-1989]
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| − | *[http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/ Lehmkuhl Family Home Page]
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| − | ==Cemeteries==
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| − | See [[Cemeteries Online]]
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| − | ==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
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| − | * See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
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| − | ==Military History==
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| − | *[http://www.angloboerwar.com/ The Anglo-Boer War Website]
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| − | *[http://www.icon.co.za/~dup42/war.htm Anglo-Boer War Centenary]
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| − | *[http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/ Anglo-Boer War Museum]
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| − | *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/boers.html#liberal Concentration Camps during the Boer War 1899-1902]
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| − | *[http://rapidttp.co.za/milhist/journal.html South Africa Military History Journal]
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| − | *[http://www.pinetreeweb.com/perspectives.htm The South African War. Original and Contemporary Sources]
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| − | *[http://www.lighthorse.org.au/histbatt/elands.htm The Siege at Elands River Post]
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| − | *[http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/sotq/sotq_abw.cgi Index of Soldiers and Nurses of the Queen in the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902]
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| − | *Also see [[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
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| − | *Also see [[War_Memorials#South_Africa|'''War Memorials: South Africa ''']]
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