FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
ANNUAL REPORT OF
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: March 31, 2009
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of the close of the fiscal year)
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| Title of Issue | | Amounts as to
which
registration
is effective | | Names of
exchanges on
which registered |
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Name and address of person authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Jeffrey C. Cohen, Esq.
Linklaters LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
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| * | | The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant, Republic of South Africa, has duly caused this amendment to the annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Pretoria, South Africa, on March 1, 2010.
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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| By | | /s/ Lungisa Fuzile | | |
| | | Lungisa Fuzile | | |
| | | Head of Asset & Liability Management | | |
| | | National Treasury | | |
| | | Republic of South Africa | | |
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Explanatory Note
The purpose of this amendment to the annual report on Form 18-K (the “Annual Report”) of the Republic of South Africa (the “Republic”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 is to file both the Quarterly Bulletin No. 254, dated December 2009, of the South African Reserve Bank and the Republic of South Africa Budget Review 2010.
This amendment to the Annual Report comprises:
| | (a) | | Pages numbered 1-4 consecutively |
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| | (b) | | The following exhibits: |
Exhibit 99.E — Quarterly Bulletin No. 254, dated December 2009, of the South African Reserve Bank.
Exhibit 99.F — Republic of South Africa Budget Review 2010.
This amendment to the annual report is filed subject to the Instructions for Form 18-K for Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions thereof.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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| Exhibit | | Description |
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| 24 | | Power of Attorney, dated December 4, 2009(1). |
| 99.E | | Quarterly Bulletin No. 254, dated December 2009, of the South African Reserve Bank. |
| 99.F | | The Republic of South Africa Budget Review 2010. |
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| (1) | | Incorporated by reference from the Form 18-K filed on December 7, 2009, file number 033-85866. |
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