General Country Information
Capital: Pretoria (executive)
Population: 49,109,107 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Constitutional Parliamentary Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 4.425 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 45 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 1.73 million (2009)
Internet users: 4.187 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.42
World Rank 2005/2006: 86
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Deaf Federation of South Africa (DEAFSA)
20 Napier Road
Richmond, 2092
South Africa
http://www.deafsa.co.za
Email: deafsa@icon.co.za
Tel: +27-11-482-1610
TTY: +27-482-1610
Fax: +27-726-5873
Disabled People South Africa (DPSA) - DPI National Assembly
P.O. Box 3467
Cape Town, 80000
South Africa
http://www.dpsa.org.za
Email: info@dpsa.org.za
Tel: +27-21-4650090
Fax: +27-21-4650090
Independent Living Centre - Johannesburg
P.O. Box 248 Auckland Park
2006 Johannesburg
South Africa
Email: ilcafrica@icon.co.za
Tel: +27-11-482-5474
Fax: +27-11-482-5565
National Council for Persons with Disabilities in South Africa
P.O. Box 426, Melville
Gauteng, 2109
South Africa
http://www.ncppdsa.org.za
Email: nationaloffice@ncppdsa.org.za
Tel: +27-11-726-8040
Fax: +27-11-726-5705
Quadpara Association of South Africa
P.O. Box 2368, Pinetown
Durban 3600
South Africa
http://www.qasa.co.za
Email: info@qasa.co.za
Tel: +27-31-7670348
Fax: 27-31-7670584
South African Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH)
Private Bag X 3053
Randburg 2125
South Africa
http://www.safmh.org.za/index.htm
Email: safmh@sn.apc.org
Tel: +27-11-781-1852
Fax: +27-11-326-0625
South African Library for the Blind
P.O. Box 115, Grahamstown
South Africa
http://www.salb.org.za/
Email: director@blindlib.org.za
Tel: +27-46-6227226
Fax: +27-46-622-4645
South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB)
514 White Street, Hatfield
Pretoria, 0028
South Africa
http://www.sancb.org.za
Email: admin@sancb.org.za
Tel: +27-12-452-3811
Fax: +27-12-346-1177