This page includes links to a great video clip of a choir singing Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica (the South African national anthem), a daily South African newspaper, HIV/AIDS facts for South Africa, facts about children living in South Africa, and an official "gateway" site for information about South Africa. (Scroll Down!!)

Recommended South African Children's Literature:

*For a list of recommended African Authors for parents to read visit the "Recommended Books" page of this web site.*

South Africa - The Good News is a web page and newsletter that posts daily good news stories from and about South Africa!

Exclusive Books is the South African version of Chapters/Indigo Books. In their retail outlets in South Africa they have a section dedicated to South African children's literature and African authors.

South Africa HIV and AIDS Information: South Africa is currently experiencing one of the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world. By the end of 2005, there were five and a half million people living with HIV in South Africa, and almost 1,000 AIDS deaths occurring every day. A number of factors have been blamed for the increasing severity of South Africa’s AIDS epidemic, and debate has raged about whether the government’s response has been sufficient. This page looks at the impact that AIDS has had on South Africa, the historical context of the epidemic, and the major issues surrounding the crisis. With almost one in five adults infected, HIV is widespread in a sense that can be difficult to imagine for those living in less-affected countries.

Children Count – Abantwana Babalulekile:
Facts about children living in South Africa from the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town (2007)

This site is the official "gateway" web site to South Africa for visitors, investors and South Africans abroad. It has essential information on the economy, government, travel, South African facts, culture, weather and maps.

South African National Anthem. Listen to this Youtube video of a choir singing Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica the South African National Anthem, and read along (Karaoke style!). Great clip!

Mail and Guardian: South African daily newspaper covering national and African news.

Mnandi: Zulu for Delicious a South African- Canadian Cookbook. 100% of the proceeds go towards supporting the eSimphiwe Children's home in Richmond, South Africa.

Learn Zulu! The Zulu language is called isizulu. There are 11 official languages in South Africa. According to the 2001 census, isiZulu is the mother tongue of 23.8% of South Africa's population, followed by isiXhosa at 17.6%, Afrikaans at 13.3%, Sepedi at 9.4%, and English and Setswana each at 8.2%. Sesotho is the mother tongue of 7.9% of South Africans, while the remaining four official languages are spoken at home by less than 5% of the population each. This web site will help you learn Zulu.

Funky Munky A South African newsletter containing recipes, cooking tips and food related news designed for South African ex-pat living abroad.

Thembi's diary and blog ...a year in the life of a South African teenager living with AIDS. Thembi is 19 years old and lives in the township of Khayelitsha. For the past year she has been carrying around a tape recorder and keeping an audio diary and blog of her struggle to live with AIDS.

African Music Education: List of instructions who teach African Music and Dance in Toronto. click here


Sesame Street - African Alphabet (with South African singers Ladysmith Black Mambazo) a YouTube video.


The Africa Channel is a showcase for the African Continents most outstanding English language television series, documentaries, event specials, bios and soap operas, cultural and historic programs that reflects the people of Africa, their incredible stories, their daily lives, their success and challenges, their music and their art.


The Africa Report is a superb glossy quarterly magazine that goes beyond the western media's typical 3D's coverage (Death, Disease and Drought). It provides postive yet balanced coverage of the continents politics, business, economics, arts, culture, music and social issues. (also available in French)


South African Music: Traditional South African Music is sung in an elaborate call-response style (made famous by groups like Ladysmith Black Mambazo). Today there is a wide range of styles from Kwaito to Gospel to Jazz. This web site lists South African musicians and arts by category and alphabetically.


SABC's list of '100 Greatest South Africans'


Canadian Council of South Africans


South African Women for Women


Canada-South Africa Chamber of Commerce


South African High Commission in Canada


South African Broadcasting Corporation - Zuka Sizwe!


Southern Africa Research Centre


List of South African Movies available at the video store: