Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Open tasks
Article Requests
These article request should be of notability to South Africa. Once an article has been created and assessed, it should be removed from the list. If you wish to improve an existing article, please look at the assessments.
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| Puppetry in South Africa | Arts | No Article | Park3r (talk) | 24 February 2019 | "Die poppe gaan dans" shows involving dancing puppets/dolls are a form of folk entertainment in South Africa (see numerous YouTube videos). There is a rich tradition of puppetry in South Africa, and an article on this topic would be informative, with a section on folk puppetry. It would involve some digging for source material, which is why I haven't created the article myself. |
| Anant Singh | Public figure | No Article | Samvoigt (talk) | 18 February 2020 | Anant Singh is one of the most famous film producers from South Africa, producing films such as Sarafina!, Cry, the Beloved Country, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Mr Bones, Yesterday, and Pulse. |
| Koelbaai | No Article | Popular beach/surfing spot near Cape Town. I can't find a reliable third-party source. | |||
| International sanctions against apartheid | No Article | ||||
| Makhonjwa Mountains | Place | Partial | 1 November 2014 | please see this project for context | |
| Kaditshwene | 
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1 November 2014 | please see this project for context. Stone-walled town. | ||
| Demographic history of South Africa | No Article | ||||
| Fashion in South Africa | No Article | ||||
| Folklore of South Africa | No Article | ||||
| Dance in South Africa | No Article | ||||
| South African philosophy | No Article | ||||
| South African theatre | No Article | ||||
| Affirmative action in South Africa |
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| Transformation (racial) | No Article | ||||
| Society of South Africa | No Article | ||||
| Banking in South Africa | No Article | ||||
| Economy of Cape Town | No Article | ||||
| Economy of Johannesburg | No Article | ||||
| Economy of Gauteng |
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| Department of Economic Development (South Africa) | Partial | ||||
| Department of Energy (South Africa) | Partial | ||||
| Department of Labour (South Africa) | Partial | ||||
| Department of Transport (South Africa) | Partial | ||||
| Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa) | Partial | ||||
| Department of Human Settlements (South Africa) | Partial | ||||
| Department of Public Service and Administration (South Africa) | No Article | ||||
| Department of Social Development (South Africa) | No Article | ||||
| Department of Sport and Recreation (South Africa) | Partial | ||||
| Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities | No Article | ||||
| Public Service Commission (South Africa) | No Article | ||||
| Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy | No Article | ||||
| List of tourist attractions in South Africa | List | Partial | important, considering the growth of this industry in South Africa | ||
| Land reform in South Africa |
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This is a rather important part of South Africa's post-apartheid history and should have an article detailing the land claims process with statistics of transferred land etc. | |||
| Joe Nzingo Gqabi | No Article | (1929–1981)[1], namesake of Joe Gqabi District Municipality | |||
| Russel M. Loubser | No Article | CEO of JSE Limited | |||
| Nicky Newton-King |
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Female CEO of JSE Limited | |||
| Allan Gray (investor) |
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Founder of Allan Gray Limited, one of the largest investment management companies in South Africa. | |||
| Allan Gray Investment Management |
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One of the largest investment management companies in South Africa. The article for this company was deleted by the administrator, 5_albert_square. | |||
| ATKV |
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| Afrikaans Language and Culture Society |
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| Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuurvereniging |
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| Arthur Johnstone | No Article | ||||
| Vukile Mehana | No Article | ||||
| Elkin Sithole | No Article | ethnomusicologist | |||
| Maria Stein-Lessing | No Article | art collector[2] | |||
| SANJAMB | No Article | ||||
| 2006 Security Officers strike (South Africa) | No Article | this was a major 3 month long event and should have an article | |||
| Cecil Compton Paterson | No Article | South African aviation pioneer | |||
| Joel Carlson | No Article | South African lawyer and attorney of N. Mandela (de:Joel Carlson), deported in 1971 on the basis of apartheid laws | |||
| American International School of Johannesburg | Partial | ||||
| Freedom_Towers | No Article | ||||
| Voortrekker (yacht) | No Article | ||||
| Piet Byleveld | No Article | ||||
| E-Toll |
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| Sarah Lotz | No Article | Personal Website | |||
| List of towns in South Africa | List | Partial | Pages referencing large numbers of non-existent pages | ||
| List of rivers of South Africa | List | Partial | Pages referencing large numbers of non-existent pages | ||
| List of South African lakes | List | Partial | Pages referencing large numbers of non-existent pages | ||
| List of Acts of the Parliament of South Africa | List | No Article | Pages referencing large numbers of non-existent pages. These acts are grouped by decade, and most are red-linked. | ||
| Cinema of South Africa | List | Partial | Pages referencing large numbers of non-existent pages | ||
| South African literature | List | Partial | Pages referencing large numbers of non-existent pages | ||
| Music of South Africa | List | Partial | Pages referencing large numbers of non-existent pages | ||
| Ministers of the South African Government | List | Partial | Quite a few ministers and ministries are still red-linked, contributions would be appreciated. | ||
| Category:South African media | Category | Partial | I've started the Category, with an accompanying list, but I haven't even started on the newspapers and radio stations. | ||
| Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife | Partial | If someone could put more detailed information, especially on conservation in KZN in general (eg: Rhino projects) | |||
| Category:South African singers | Category | Partial | Most of the pages in this category are still stubs, any artists (especially from the 60s and 70s) do not have pages. | ||
| Adam's Calendar | No Article | Historical/archeological Stone Age site in Mpumalanga | |||
| Naima Kay | Musician |
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30 March 2016 | Won best Newcomer at SAMAs 2014 | |
| Lost in Time | Album | No Article | 30 March 2016 | This Khuli Chana album won best album at SAMAs 2013. | |
| Professor | Musician |
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30 March 2016 | Won the most awards at the SAMAs 2011. | |
| Fabrics of the Heart | Album | No Article | 30 March 2016 | A platinum album and awarded Album of the Year at SAMAs 2011. | |
| Loyiso Bala | Comedian | 31 March 2016 | Well known South African personality and comedian | ||
| Big Nuz | Group |
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31 March 2016 | A hip-hop trio who've been nominated for a SAMA. | |
| Undisputed | Album | 31 March 2016 | Awarded Album of the Year at SAMAs 2010. | ||
| Tshepo Mngoma | Musician | No Article | 31 March 2016 | A jazz violinst, who won best Newcomer at SAMAs 2010. | |
| Jaziel Brothers | Group | No Article | 31 March 2016 | An afro-pop duo, who won best Duo at SAMAs 2010. | |
| Soul in Mind | Album | No Article | 31 March 2016 | Awarded Album of the Year at SAMAs 2009. | |
| Isaac Mutant | Rapper | No Article | 7 April 2016 | Important rap artist from the Cape Flats. Some references: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/cape-rappers-shrug-off-charge-of-racism-1781889, http://africasacountry.com/2013/10/cape-town-hip-hop-just-got-interesting-again/, http://www.theconmag.co.za/2014/02/18/boom-isaac-mutant-drops-boef/, http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/rap-song-full-of-hate-speech---afriforum-1765753, https://undertheculture.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/isaac-mutant-straight-vannie-cape-flats/, http://www.news24.com/Archives/City-Press/Why-is-Dookoom-so-angry-20150429, http://www.mahala.co.za/culture/who-is-isaac-mutant/ | |
| Africa Health Research Institute | Health Research | No Article | 20 October 2017 | This organisation is an amagamation of twp existing health research organisations already on Wikiepdia. https://www.santheafrica.org/about/partners/main-santhe-sites/africa-health-research-institute-ahri , http://www.hhmi.org/news/africa-health-research-institute-launches-south-africa, https://www.purcosa.co.za/category/news/k-rith-now-africa-health-research-institute |
Disambiguation
Why not be the first to start a list?
Expand
A list of articles in Category:WikiProject South Africa articles that contain template {{expand section}} using CatScan and articles in Category:South Africa that contain template {{expand section}} using CatScan
Here are some more that need to be expanded:
- Economy of the Western Cape
- Taxation in South Africa
- Science and technology in South Africa
- South African Poetry
- South African Army
- Independent Party (South Africa)
- Mandela: The Authorised Biography
- Protection of Information Bill
- 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott
- List of World Heritage Sites in South Africa
Done --User:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 19:45, 8 June 2011 (UTC) - List of heritage sites in South Africa. Add geographical co-ordinate data, add references, or expand the list with links or new entries.
- Internet censorship in South Africa. Add 'Protection of Information Bill' and expand on campaign by 'Justice Alliance of South Africa'.
- Stellenbosch University Choir: Needs more references. ✗ Not done
- Bush Telegraph
- Wikipedia:South African Collaboration of the Week
Improve
A list of articles in Category:WikiProject South Africa articles that contain template {{refimprove}} using CatScan and articles in Category:South Africa that contain template {{refimprove}} using CatScan
Languages
All eleven official languages, and also all sorts of non-official languages. Very little is published on most of the unofficial ones (and even many of the official ones). But readers who are mother-tongue speakers/native speakers of English, Afrikaans, any of the nine official African languages, any of the Indian languages, South African Sign Language and all of the other non-standard varieties/dialects, and especially those who may have direct experience of non-standard dialects (e.g. who know about speech communities embedded within other communities): these would ALL be welcome to contribute to the SA languages pages. Their knowledge is invaluable, especially if it has no published source. Of course, all such claims would have to be verified later, but in the meantime, such first-hand experience will push forward the boundaries of linguistic knowledge in South Africa.
Merge
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References
A list of articles from Category:WikiProject South Africa articles on the Unreferenced BLPs subpage and articles in Category:South Africa that contain template {{unreferenced}} using CatScan
South African Portal
There is very little activity on the South Africa Portal. The following should be updated on a regular basis:
Split Proposed
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Stubs
A large number of South African articles are still just stubs and should be expanded. Have a look through Category:Stub-Class South Africa articles, for articles to work on.
To Do Lists
Some South African articles have To Do lists on their talk pages, these indicate work to be done:
What Else
Look for articles that are SA-related, they can often turn up as uncategorised articles. Categorising them (even simply as Category:South Africa for now) will put them somewhere where they can be accessed for improvement.