South Africa 1980/1 : official yearbook of the Republic of South Africa PDF
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• LIBRARY- PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY PittelHirg, Kansas 66762 - UBRARY South Africa 1980/1 Although the greatest care has been taken in the Official Yearbook of the compilation of the entire contents, the publishers Republic of South Africa and compilers do not accept responsibility for Seventh edition -1980/1 errors or omissions. Compiled and edited by the Department of Dust cover and preliminary pages Foreign Affairs and Information, Private Bag X152,0001 Pretoria. Front of dust cover- Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Telephone: 28-2711. Telex 3673 SA. skyline (Edwin Field). Cheetah (SATOUR). Autumn colours, Hex River (SATOUR). A section Published by Chris van Rensburg Publications of the arch bridges constructed by LTA Civil (Pty) Limited, Johannesburg. Engineering for the Johannesburg City Council’s P O Box 25272, 2048 Ferreirasdorp, Diepsloot outfall sewer, north of Johannesburg Johannesburg. (LTA). Rough diamonds and refined gold bars Telephone: 726-4350. (Anglo American). Sasol by night (SATOUR). Photosetting and reproduction by McManus Back of dust cover — Famous South African Bros. (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town. huildings (SATOUR). Printed and bound in the Republic of South Africa by Hortors Printers, Johannesburg. Spine - Union Buildings, Pretoria, with statue of General Louis Botha in the foreground Set m 9pt Melior. (SATOUR). Preliminary pages - Gulls on rocks, Seapoint, ISBN 0 908 393 51 2 Gape (SATOUR). Elephants, Kruger National ISSN 0302 0681 Park (SATOUR). Wheatfields (SATOUR). Petrol Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: refinery, Durban (SATOUR). North shaft. 57-40609 Western Areas Goldmine QCI). Ponte City, Berea, Johannesburg (Edwin Field). Harvesting Copyright reserved (SATOUR). Slimes dam, Rustenburg Platiniun All rights reserved. No part of this publication Mine (JCI). Clifton, Cape, Twelve Apostles may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, mountains in background (SATOUR). The 245m or transmitted in any form or by any means, high chimney at Sasol II, Secimda (Sasol). electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording Homestead and vineyards, Paarl (SATOUR). or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa Publishers Chris van Rensburg Publications (Pty) Limited P O Box 25272, 2048 Ferreirasdorp Johannesburg IV Preface This is the seventh edition of the Official Year¬ covers the period ending June 1980. Recent book of the Republic of South Africa. The last important developments and annoimcements official South African yearbook in the previous which could not be included in the relevant chap¬ series appeared in 1960. It was the 30th in the old ters are published as addenda. A selected biblio¬ series and was then known as the Official Year¬ graphy, as well as a suggested reading list at the book of the Union (of South Africa), and of Basuto¬ end of each chapter, have been added for the gui¬ land, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland. dance of those who wish to make a more detailed From 1961, when South Africa adopted a republi¬ study of particular subjects. All these reference can constitution, no official yearbook was pub¬ works are freely available at bookstores and South lished until 1974. African libraries. During the interval the need for a single com¬ Readers abroad in need of more general infor¬ prehensive and authoritative work of reference mation are invited to approach representatives of which would include detailed statistics, maps, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Informa¬ photographs and diagrams, was deeply felt in tion in their respective countries. South Africa and abroad. To meet this need the While the editorial staff has taken all reasonable Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa care to ensure the correctness of facts and statis¬ has been published annually since 1974. tics, any person requiring formal confirmation of The Yearbook is revised every year. This edition any specification in the Yearbook, or more V' specific, detailed information, should either con¬ sult the sources recommended in the suggested reading lists and the selected bibliography, or approach the appropriate Government depart¬ ment in South AMca. Most of the information contained in this public?' ation was derived from official and other authoritative sources. Contributions were, how¬ ever, also made by experts in various fields in both tire public and private sectors. All the work relating to the compilation of this edition was co-ordinated by the Publications DMsion of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information. Suggestions for improvements to future editions will be welcomed by the Yearbook Editor, Private Bag X152, 0001 I^toria, South Africa. .Dr,,]g,. G. Fourie Director-'General ‘Dep'artment of Foreign Affairs and Information 30 June 1980 vi South Africa 1980/1 Editor-in-Chief Gouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research Bettie van Wyk Fisheries Development Gorporation of South Africa Limited Associate Editor Human Sciences Research Gouncil Hannarie Wenhold Nederduits Gere/ormeerde Kerk Information Assistant Editors Office Lenie Goosen South African Broadcasting Gorporation Stella du Plessis South African Bureau of Standards South African Federated Ghamber of Industries Indexer South African Institute of Public Administration Marthie Boshoff South African Reserve Bank Production - Publishers Barbara Norman-Smith (Director) Universities Petro van Aswegen Ghief Librarian Jeannie van Rensburg University of the Witwatersrand Maureen Gunnell Department of Afrikaans-Nederlands Major contributors Rand Afrikaans University Department of Bantu Languages Organisations and bodies University of Pretoria Africa Institute of South Africa . Department of Development Administration Bureau for Economic Research: Go-operation and and Politics Development University of South Africa
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