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Capital: Pretoria
Population: 48.6 Million (2009)
Area: 1,219,090 sq km
Terrain: Plateau, savanna, desert, mountains, coastal plains.
GDP per Capita: $3,075(2008 est.)
Real GDP growth rate: 3.1%.(2008 est)
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Democracy Program Overview
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Objective:
To promote and strengthen good governance, rule of law, and human rights in South Africa.
The Democracy and Governance program currently focuses on three key areas:
1) The Women’s Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI), an $11.7 million U.S. Presidential Initiative to strengthen the capacity of the South African government to combat sexual and gender-based violence, through support for the national roll-out of the Thuthuzela Care Center model. The WJEI program is partially PEPFAR funded.
2) Local Government Support Program (LGSP) is a $9.5 million program that builds the capacity of local government to improve delivery of services. The LGSP program is partially PEPFAR funded.
3) The Criminal Justice Strengthening Program (CJSP) follow-on supports the National Prosecuting Authority and the South African Judiciary to improve the prosecution and adjudication of sexual offence cases and provides targeted technical assistance and institutional support for the newly established Judicial Education Institute (JEI).
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, Donald Gips, and his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Berry Gips, visit a Thuthuzela Care Center in Kopanong Hospital in Vereeniging, South Africa.
