0000932419 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DC (Registered as a corporation in Washington DC)

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 

CIK#: 0000932419 (see all company filings)

SIC: 8888 - FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

State location: DC | Fiscal Year End: 1231

formerly: SOUTH AFRICA REPUBLIC OF (filings through 2002-04-10)

(Assistant Director Office: 99)

Business Address

EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

3051 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 

N W WASHINGTON DC 

20008

021 464 6100

Mailing Address

NATIONAL TREASURY, 

240 VERMEULEN STREET

PRETORIA 

T3 0001

18-K 1 d634562d18k.htm 

FORM 18-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 18-K

For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof

ANNUAL REPORT

OF

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

(Name of Registrant)

Date of end of last fiscal year: March 31, 2013

SECURITIES REGISTERED*

(As of the close of the fiscal year)

Title of Issue 

Amounts as to which registration is effective 

Names of exchanges on which registered

N/A N/A N/A

Name and address of person authorized to receive notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:

Sachin Davé, Esq.

Allen & Overy LLP

One Bishops Square

London E1 6AD

United Kingdom

The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis.

(1) 

In respect of each issue of securities of the registrant, a brief statement as to:

(a) The general effect of any material modifications, not previously reported, of the rights of the holders of such securities.

There have been no such modifications.

(b) The title and the material provisions of any law, decree or administrative action, not previously reported, by reason of which the security is not being serviced in accordance with the terms thereof.

There has been no such law, decree or administrative action.

(c) The circumstances of any other failure, not previously reported, to pay principal, interest or any sinking fund or amortization installment.

There has been no such failure.

(2) A statement as of the close of the last fiscal year, giving the total outstanding of:

(a) Internal funded debt of the registrant. (Total to be stated in the currency of the registrant. If any internal funded debt is payable in a foreign currency, it should not be included under this paragraph (a), but under paragraph (b) of this item.)

See “Tables and Supplementary Information,” pages 126-141 of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

(b) External funded debt of the registrant. (Totals to be stated in the respective currencies in which payable. No statement need be furnished as to intergovernmental debt.)

See “Tables and Supplementary Information,” pages 126-141 of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

(3) A statement giving the title, date of issue, date of maturity, interest rate and amount outstanding, together with the currency or currencies in which payable, of each issue of funded debt of the registrant outstanding as of the close of the last fiscal year of the registrant.

See “Tables and Supplementary Information,” pages 126-141 of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

(4) (a) As to each issue of securities of the registrant which is registered, there should be furnished a breakdown of the total amount outstanding, as shown in Item 3, into the following:

(1) Total amount held by or for the account of the registrant.

Not applicable.

(2) Total estimated amount held by nationals of the registrant.

Not applicable.

(3) Total amount otherwise outstanding.

Not applicable.

(b) If a substantial amount is set forth in answer to paragraph (a)(1) above, describe briefly the method employed to the registrant to reacquire such securities.

Not applicable.

(5) A statement as of the close of the last fiscal year of the registrant giving the estimated total of:

(a) Internal floating indebtedness of the registrant. (Total to be stated in the currency of the registrant.)

See “Tables and Supplementary Information,” pages 126-141 of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

i (b) External floating indebtedness of the registrant. (Total to be stated in the respective currencies in which payable.)

The registrant has no external floating indebtedness.

(6) Statements of the receipts, classified by source, and of the expenditures, classified by purpose, of the registrant for each year of the registrant ended since the close of the latest fiscal year for which such information was previously reported. These statements should be so itemized as to be reasonably informative and should cover both ordinary and extraordinary receipts and expenditures; there should be indicated separately, if practicable, the amount of receipts pledged or otherwise specifically allocated to any issue registered, indicating the issue.

See “Public Finance — Consolidated Government Expenditure” and “Public Finance — Consolidated Government Revenue,” pages 103-105 and pages 109-110, respectively, of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

(7) (a) If any foreign exchange control, not previously reported, has been established by the registrant, briefly describe such foreign exchange control.

See “Monetary and Financial System — Exchange Controls,” pages 77-79 of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein. No foreign exchange control not previously reported was established by the registrant during fiscal year 2013.

(b) If any foreign exchange control previously reported has been discontinued or materially modified, briefly describe the effect of any such action, not previously reported.

See “Monetary and Financial System — Exchange Controls,” pages 77-79 of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

(8) Brief statements as of a date reasonably close to the date of the filing of this report (indicating such date), in respect of the note issue and gold reserves of the central bank of issue of the registrant, and of any further gold stocks held by the registrant.

See “Monetary and Financial System — Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account,” page 80 of Exhibit 99.D, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

(9) Statements of imports and exports of merchandise for each year ended since the close of the latest year for which such information was previously reported. Such statements should be reasonably itemized so far as practicable as to commodities and as to countries. They should be set forth in terms of value and of weight or quantity; if statistics have been established only in terms of value, such will suffice.

See “The External Sector of the Economy — Foreign Trade,” pages 81-95 of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

(10) The balances of international payments of the registrant for each year ended since the close of the latest fiscal year for which such information was previously reported. The statements for such balances should conform, if possible, to the nomenclature and form used in the “Statistical Handbook of the League of Nations.” (These statements need be furnished only if the registrant has published balances of international payments.)

See “The External Sector of the Economy — Balance of Payments,” pages 86-89 of Exhibit 99.D, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

ii This annual report comprises:

(1) Pages numbered i to v consecutively.

(2) The following exhibits:

Exhibit A — None.

Exhibit B — None.

Exhibit 24 — Power of Attorney, dated December 2, 2013.

Exhibit 99.C — Republic of South Africa Budget Review 2013(1).

Exhibit 99.D — Description of the Republic of South Africa dated December 2, 2013.

This annual report is filed subject to the Instructions for Form 18-K for Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions thereof.

Note: —

(1) Incorporated by reference from the Form 18-K/A filed on June 24, 2013, file number 033-85866.

iii SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant, Republic of South Africa, has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Pretoria, South Africa, on December 2, 2013.

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

By: 

/s/ Monale Ratsoma

Attorney-in-fact for

Hon Pravin Gordhan

Minister of Finance

Republic of South Africa

iv

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 

Description

24 

Power of Attorney, dated December 2, 2013.

99.C 

Copy of the Republic of South Africa Budget Review 2013(1).

99.D 

Description of the Republic of South Africa dated December 2, 2013.

Note: —

(1) 

Incorporated by reference from the Form 18-K/A filed on June 24, 2013, file number 033-85866.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa (the ‘‘Republic”), by his execution hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Lungisa Fuzile, Monale Ratsoma and Thuto Shomang and any of them acting individually as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to execute and deliver the Republic’s Annual Report on Form 18-K (the “Form 18-K”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 and all amendments thereto, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof;

PROVIDED THAT, this Power of Attorney shall not constitute a delegation of the Minister of Finance’s powers to borrow money on behalf of the Republic in terms of section 72 of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999, as amended.

Dated: December 2, 2013 

By: 

/s/ Pravin Gordhan

Hon Pravin Gordhan

Minister of Finance

Republic of South Africa

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932419/000119312513458646/d634562dex99d.htm

(Can the government tell me why we are sending this information or selling out to the Americans? Why is South Africa registered as a corporation in Washington DC?)

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

January 28, 2002

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa (the “Republic”), by his execution hereof, does hereby constitute and appoint Maria Ramos, Brian Molefe and Phakamani Hadebe, and any of them acting individually as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, (i) to execute and deliver any and all filings and correspondence by the Republic with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including without limitation Annual Reports on Form 18-K, amendments to Annual Reports on Form 18-K/A, Reports on Form 6-K, Registration Statements under Schedule B and any Pre- and Post-Effective Amendments thereto, and (ii) to execute and deliver any and all contracts, agreements, consents, certificates and documents in relation to the Republic’s securities offerings in the United States and elsewhere outside the Republic and the listing of the Republic’s debt securities on any international stock exchange as said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or advisable, and, further, in case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to do any and all acts and things and execute and deliver any and all other documents and instruments in connection therewith as said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or advisable, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorney-in-fact and agent which he may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof;

PROVIDED THAT, this Power of Attorney shall not constitute a delegation of the Minister of Finance’s powers to borrow money on behalf of the Republic in terms of Section 72 of the Public Finance Management Act No. 1 of 1999, as amended.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand.

Date: January 28, 2002

By: /s/ Trevor Manuel 

Trevor Manuel 

Minister of Finance of the 

Republic of South Africa

Thursday, 5 December 2013

LEGAL NOTICE TO JACOB ZUMA - Incorporation of South Africa

This is a reminder of the legal notice that was served on South African president, Jacob Zuma, via the State Attorney on the 1st May 2013. We have had no response or communication whatsoever regarding this critical issue. The people should be outraged and I trust that the people of South Africa will recognise the crimes being committed against each and every one of us by an illegitimate government - using the unwitting police and military to enforce their fraudulent activity – allowing the banksters and multinational corporations to enslave the people.

LEGAL NOTICE: To the president of the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Without prejudice - All rights reserved - Non Assumpsit

(A copy of this NOTICE has been forwarded to the State Attorney)

Attention: State Attorney of the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA10 TH FLOOR NORTH STATE BUILDING, 

95 MARKET STREET, JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG, ZA 

PRIVATE BAG X9, JOHANNESBURG, 2000

Tel No : (011) 330-7600

Fax No : (011) 337-7180 Date: 1 May 2013

RE: Clarification about the registration of the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 

as a corporation.

NOTICE: 

The president of the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA is hereby granted 20 days from receipt of this letter to respond to the questions contained in this communication.

In our efforts to bring absolute freedom and liberty to all the people of South Africa, especially on the economic front, it has come to our attention that our country “REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA” is registered as a corporation on the US Securities & Exchange, among other well recognised corporations like Anglo American, Old Mutual, ABSA and Standard Bank. 

We demand an urgent response to the questions below, from the office of the president, to be able to accurately advise the people of South Africa of their rights and their relationship to this corporation, which appears to be unlawfully imposing itself as a legitimate government of the people who live in a land called South Africa.

On the 18th January 2013, we requested clarification on the same questions via email from the Minister of Arts & Culture. On the 30th of January 2013, we followed our original enquiry with a further request, which was copied to the office of the president. On the 19 February 2013, the same requests for clarification were sent to the following departments: 

• Public Services Commission; 

• Government Communications Ministry; 

• Public Services And Administration; 

• Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.

On the 4th March 2013, a further and final request for clarification on this matter was sent to the same departments, including the president’s office. To date we have not received a response of any kind. We have now exhausted all reasonable means to get clear answers to critical questions that dramatically impact the constitutional rights of every South African. 

This is our final attempt to be provided with clear and satisfactory answers by the president of the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA to the questions below, failing which we will proceed with the necessary legal action to obtain such answers. 

1. We require to view, or to obtain, for public scrutiny, a certified copy of the original registration documents, founding statement and title deeds of this corporation called the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.

2. Who authorised that the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA was to be registered as such and why?

3. Who is the CEO of this corporation?

4. Who is the accounting officer and what financial statement does it produce?

5. What are the assets of this corporation?

6. Are these assets traded by this corporation – if so, how and where, and who is accountable for trading these assets?

7. Who are the shareholders of the corporation and how are they appointed?

8. What is the relationship of the people of South Africa to this corporation called REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.

9. Is there any agreement between the people and/or citizens of South Africa and the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA? If so, where are those agreements and when were they entered into?

10. Do the people of South Africa have any obligations to this corporation, and if so do they have the right to renounce such obligation?

11. Since our BILL OF RIGHTS and our constitution, as well as the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights strictly forbids any form of slavery or forced servitude, what rights do the people who live in the land referred to as South Africa have, to cut all their ties and any responsibility to this corporation that they did not even know existed?

12. What is the relationship between this corporation called THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA and another corporation called the GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA?

You have TWENTY (20) days to respond to the questions. It is our opinion that these corporations have violated the liberties and economic freedoms of all the people who live in this land called South Africa.

In Pure Truth

Michael of the family Tellinger

Born sovereign and free of flesh and blood and infinite soul 

Founder of UBUNTU Party and UBUNTU Liberation Movement

www.ubuntuparty.org.za 

contact@ubuntuparty.org.za

Without prejudice - All rights reserved - Non Assumpsit