Appendix
Table 1. Metric Conversion Coefficients and Factors

Table 2. Population by Province, 1994

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 5-21.

Table 3. Number of Pupils and Teachers by Province, 1995

Source: Based on information from Jacob P. Strauss, Hendrik van der Linde, et al., Education and Manpower Development, 1995, Bloemfontein, 1996, 6-10.

Table 4. Major Institutions of Higher Learning and Research, 1995

Source: Based on information from The World of Learning, 1995, London, 1995, 1348-75; and South Africa, Department of Education, Annual Report, June 1994-December 1995, Pretoria, 1996, Appendix.

Table 5. Real Gross Domestic Product by Sector, Selected Years, 1948-93 (in millions of rands)

Source: Based on information from South African Institute of Race Relations, Race Relations Survey, 1994-95, Johannesburg, 1995, 379-80.

Table 6. Key Economic Indicators, 1991-95 (in billions of United States dollars unless otherwise indicated)

Source: Based on information from Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Report: South Africa [London], No. 1, 1996, 3, 5.

Table 7. Sources of Government Revenue, 1994, 1995, and 1996 (in millions of rands)

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 239.

Table 8. Government Expenditures, 1995 and 1996

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 238.

Table 9. Major Imports, 1992, 1993, and 1994 (in millions of rands)

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 224; and Africa South of the Sahara, 1997, London, 1996, 908.

Table 10. Major Exports, 1992, 1993, and 1994 (in millions of rands)

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 223; and Africa South of the Sahara, 1997, London, 1996, 908.

Table 11. Distribution of Employment in the Formal Economy, 1994 (in percentages)

Source: Based on information from South African Institute of Race Relations, Race Relations Survey, 1994-95, Johannesburg, 1995, 473.

Table 12. Selected Mining Production, 1992, 1993, and 1994 (in thousands of tons unless otherwise indicated)

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1994, Pretoria, 1995, 59; and South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 122, 125.

Table 13. Selected Agricultural Production, 1992, 1993, and 1994 (in thousands of tons)

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 108; and Africa South of the Sahara, 1997, London, 1996, 905.

Table 14. Selected Industrial Production, 1992-95

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 124; and Africa South of the Sahara, 1997, London, 1996, 906.

Table 15. Foreign Tourist Arrivals, 1991-95

Source: Based on information from Africa South of the Sahara, 1996, London, 1995, 882.

Table 16. Political Party Representation in National Government, 1995

Table 17. Political Party Representation in Provincial Government: Executive Officials, 1995

Table 18. Political Party Representation in Provincial Government: Legislative Assemblies, 1995

Table 19. Major Newspapers, 1995

Source: Based on information from South Africa, South African Communication Service, South Africa Yearbook, 1995, Pretoria, 1996, 296; and Financial Mail [Johannesburg], February 23, 1996, 85.

Table 20. Composition of South African National Defence Force, 1996

Source: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1996-1997, London, 1996, 264-65.

Table 21. Major Army Equipment, 1996

Source: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1996-1997, London, 1996, 264; and Jane's Defence Weekly [London], 23, No. 17, April 29, 1995, 23-41.

Table 22. Major Air Force Equipment, 1996

Source: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1996-1997, London, 1996, 241, 265; and A.D. Baker, comp., Combat Fleets of the World, 1995: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, 676-79.

Table 23. Major Naval Equipment, 1996

Source: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1996-1997, London, 1996, 264-65.

Table 24. Defense Budget, 1995 and 1996 (in millions of rands)

Source: Based on information from Helmoed-Römer Heitman, "R2.9b Defence Budget Marks End to Decline," Jane's Defence Weekly [London], 23, No. 12, March 25, 1995, 5.

1. Estimated.

2. Persons per square kilometer.

3. n.a.--not available.

4. Postsecondary technical training.

5. --not applicable.

6. Mineral science and mining technology.

7. For value of the rand--see Glossary. Figures at factor cost and in constant 1990 prices.

8. Includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, and quarrying.

9. Includes construction, electricity, gas, manufacturing, and water.

10. Includes accommodations, business services, catering, communications, community services, finance, insurance, real estate, social and personal services, storage, transport, and wholesale and retail trade.

11. Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.

12. In billions of rands at current market prices; for value of the rand--see Glossary.

13. In percentages.

14. In billions of rands at constant 1990 prices.

15. f.o.b.--free on board.

16. c.i.f.--cost, insurance, and freight.

17. Includes gold.

18. In rands per United States dollar; annual average.

19. In millions.

20. For years ending March 31.

21. For value of the rand--see Glossary.

22. Estimated.

23. For years ending March 31. Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.

24. In millions of rands; for value of the rand--see Glossary.

25. Includes sewage and sanitation services.

26. For value of the rand--see Glossary.

27. Preliminary figures.

28. For value of the rand--see Glossary.

29. Preliminary figures.

30. Total labor force estimated at 12.5 million, excluding agriculture, forestry, and fishing.

31. In thousands of carats.

32. In tons.

33. n.a.--not available.

34. Initial estimates.

35. In millions of tons.

36. In millions of cigarettes.

37. n.a.--not available.

38. In millions of kilowatt-hours.

39. In millions of liters.

40. In thousands.

41. In thousands of tons.

42. In thousands of hectoliters.

43. Plus one nonpartisan portfolio.

44. African National Congress.

45. National Party.

46. Inkatha Freedom Party.

47. Freedom Front.

48. African National Congress.

49. National Party.

50. Inkatha Freedom Party.

51. Freedom Front.

52. Democratic Party.

53. Pan-Africanist Congress.

54. African Christian Democratic Party.

55. Minority Front.

56. Some articles are in English.

57. Reorganization incomplete.

58. Excluding Commandos (estimated 76,000).

59. n.a.--not available.

60. Olifant 1A and 1B manufactured in South Africa; derived from Centurion (Britain).

61. n.a.--not available.

62. Some captured in regional conflicts.

63. Some on order.

64. Some acquired from former "independent" homelands.

65. n.a.--not available.

66. Modified.

67. n.a.--not available.

68. Construction to begin late 1990s.

69. Years ending March 31.

70. For value of the rand--see Glossary.

71. GDP--gross domestic product.

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