The South African Government Information portal serves as a central connection point for a number of government contact Directories.

Amongst these is the Government Communication and Information Services (GCIS) database of contact information for government bodies, media organisations, journalists, and a selection of other institutions such as political parties, foreign representatives in South Africa, tertiary and other institutions.

The database can be browsed or searched, while selected contact information is available as separate contact directories and lists that can be printed or downloaded as complete documents.

• Search on government contact information
• Parliamentary Monitoring Group
• Parliament (GCIS contact directory)
• Ministries
• Deputy Ministries
• National departments
• Provincial governments
• Municipalities
• Government bodies & institutions
• Foreign representatives in SA
• Representatives of SA abroad

• Batho Pele directory of government services (DPSA website) [PDF]
• Information Officers (in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000)
     - National government 
     - Provincial government

The Contact Trust Parliamentary Directory is a public resource aimed at empowering ordinary South Africans with knowledge about those representing them in Parliament. This Directory provides constituents and civil society organisations with a user-friendly tool for pro-active engagement with Parliament to encourage a bottom up approach to political advocacy.

Machinery of Government

This publication provides simple and useful basic information on how the government of South Africa is structured and how its components work individually and together as a system or Machinery of Government.

Its main purpose is to serve as a dummy guide for the public at large with a practical elementary perspective on how the government through its various structures function to, among other things, provide a variety of services, how these services are provided and how they can be accessed.

It is also envisaged that, through its simplicity of structure and style, this publication would provide any visitors to the country a quick and useful snapshot of the government of this country.
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