S-B

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2013

Registration No. 333-

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

SCHEDULE B

OF

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Republic of South Africa

(Name of Registrant)

Name and address of Authorized Agent of the Registrant in the United States:

Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa

Embassy of the Republic of South Africa

3051 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008

It is requested that copies of notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission be sent to:

Sachin Davé, Esq.

Allen & Overy LLP

One Bishops Square

London E1 6AD

United Kingdom

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

The securities being registered hereby are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Release Nos. 33-6240 and 33-6424 under the Securities Act of 1933.

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class of securities to be registered	Amount to be registered	Proposed maximum offering price per unit(1)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1)(2)	Amount of registration fee(3)
Debt Securities and Warrants	$10,000,000,000	100%	$10,000,000,000	$1,246,150

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.

(2) Exclusive of accrued interest, if any.

(3) In accordance with Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, the registration fee of $41,850 relating to unsold debt securities and/or warrants having an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 (registered under the Registrant’s Registration Statement No. 333-163821 under Schedule B, filed on December 18, 2009) is being transferred to this Registration Statement and offset against $1,288,000, the amount of registration fee required to be paid in respect hereof.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933, the prospectus contained herein also relates to debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities having an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000,000 or its equivalent in other currencies or currency units, registered under the Registrant’s Registration Statement No. 333-163821 under Schedule B and not previously sold in the United States. In the event any previously registered debt securities are offered prior to the effective date of this Registration Statement, they will not be included in any prospectus hereunder.

CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

Between Schedule B of the Securities Act of 1933

and the Prospectus

Schedule B Item	Headings in Prospectus
1.	Cover Page
2.	Use of Proceeds
3.	Description of Debt Securities; Description of Warrants*
4.	*
5.	*
6.	**
7.	Authorized Representative
8.	Cover Page; Use of Proceeds**
9.	Cover Page**
10.	Cover Page**
11.	***
12.	Validity of the Securities
13.	***
14.	***

* Additional information included or to be included in the Republic’s Annual Report on Form 18-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended from time to time and incorporated by reference herein.

** Information to be provided from time to time in prospectus supplements to be delivered in connection with the offering of debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities.

*** Information included in Part II to this Registration Statement or as an exhibit hereto or to be provided from time to time by one or more amendments to this Registration Statement.

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Explanatory Note

This Registration Statement contains a Prospectus, consisting of front and back cover pages and numbered pages 2 through 17, relating to the debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities of the Republic of South Africa with a maximum aggregate principal amount of up to US$10,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more other currencies or currency units.

The debt securities and/or warrants may be offered from time to time pursuant to Release Nos. 33-6240 and 33-6424 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) as separate issues of debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities on terms and in the manner to be specified in Prospectus Supplements to be delivered in connection with each such offering.

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The Republic of South Africa may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion, dated December 13, 2013

PROSPECTUS

Republic of South Africa

Debt Securities

and/or

Warrants to Purchase

Debt Securities

By this prospectus, the Republic of South Africa may offer debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities with a maximum aggregate principal amount of up to US$10,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies or composite currencies).

The Republic of South Africa may offer from time to time as separate issues one or more series of unsecured debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities which will rank equally, without any preference among themselves, with all present and future unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations of the Republic of South Africa for moneys borrowed and guarantees given by it in respect of money borrowed from others. The Republic of South Africa may offer debt securities in exchange for other debt securities or that are convertible into new debt securities.

The Republic of South Africa will provide specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, or into any prospectus supplement carefully before you make any decision to invest in the debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities. This prospectus may not be used to make offers or sales of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this Prospectus is             , 2013.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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About this Prospectus		3
Forward-Looking Statements		3
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference		3
Use of Proceeds		4
Description of Debt Securities		4
General		4
Currency Transfer Guarantee		5
Nature of the Obligations of the South African Government		5
Negative Pledge		6
South African Taxation		6
United States Taxation		7
Events of Default		9
Redemption		9
Governing Law; Consent to Service		9
Collective Action Clauses		10
Acceleration of Maturity of the Securities		10
Amendments to the Terms of the Securities		11
Description of Warrants		12
General		12
Governing Law; Consent to Service		13
United States Taxation		13
Plan of Distribution		13
Official Statements		14
Validity of the Securities		15
Authorized Representative		15
Further Information		16
EX-1
EX-5
EX-8
EX-23.1
EX-24
EX-99

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that the Republic of South Africa filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process the Republic of South Africa may sell, from time to time, any of the debt securities or warrants described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total U.S. dollar equivalent amount of $10,000,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the debt securities and warrants the Republic of South Africa may offer under this shelf process. Each time the Republic of South Africa sells securities under this shelf process, it will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain updated information about the Republic of South Africa, if necessary, and specific information about the terms of that offering.

Any information contained in this prospectus may be updated or changed in a prospectus supplement, in which case the more recent information will apply. You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements with respect to certain of the expectations, plans and objectives of the Republic of South Africa and the economic, monetary and financial conditions of the Republic of South Africa, are forward-looking in nature. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on them. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date that they are made, and the Republic of South Africa undertakes no obligation to publicly update any of them in light of new information or future events.

Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. The Republic of South Africa cautions you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Such factors include, but are not limited to:

• external factors, such as interest rates in financial markets outside the Republic of South Africa and social and economic conditions in the Republic of South Africa’s neighbors and major export markets; and

• internal factors, such as general economic and business conditions in the Republic of South Africa, present and future exchange rates of the rand, foreign currency reserves, the ability of the South African government to enact key reforms, the level of domestic debt, domestic inflation, the level of foreign direct and portfolio investment and the level of South African domestic interest rates.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Republic of South Africa files Annual Reports on Form 18-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a voluntary basis. The Republic’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 filed with the Commission on December 2, 2013, is hereby incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement. Each Annual Report on Form 18-K (including all exhibits to the Annual Report) and any amendments to the Form 18-K on Form 18-K/A (including all exhibits) filed with the Commission by the Republic on or subsequent to the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of any offering of the debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and into any accompanying prospectus supplement and to be a part of this prospectus and of any prospectus supplement from the date of the filing of the Form 18-K or Form 18-K/A and will supersede and replace any prior Form 18-K. As used in this prospectus, the term “Annual Report” will refer to any Form 18-K incorporated in this prospectus not superseded or replaced by operation of the preceding sentence.

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Any statement in this prospectus or contained in a document that is incorporated by reference into this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement to the extent that a statement contained in the accompanying prospectus supplement or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded by a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus, to constitute a part of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.

Any person receiving a copy of this prospectus may obtain, without charge, upon request, a copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, except for the exhibits to documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus (other than exhibits expressly incorporated by reference into those documents). Requests for documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus should be directed to the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, 3051 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise specified in an applicable prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities will be used for the general purposes of the South African government. South Africa may also issue securities in exchange for any of its outstanding securities.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions common to all series of the debt securities and the fiscal agency agreement (copies of which are or will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement). This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to these exhibits and all provisions of the fiscal agency agreement and the debt securities.

General

The South African government may issue one or more series of debt securities as it chooses to authorize.

The accompanying prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of the debt securities:

• the title;

• the price or prices at which we will issue the debt securities;

• any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities or the series of which they are a part;

• the currency or currency units for which the debt securities may be purchased and in which payments of principal and interest will be made;

• the date or dates on which principal and interest will be payable;

• the rate or rates at which any of the debt securities will bear interest, the date or dates from which any interest will accrue, the record dates for payment of interest and interest payment dates;

• the place or places where principal and interest payments will be made;

• the time and price limitations on redemption of the debt securities;

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• our obligation, if any, to redeem or purchase the debt securities at the option of the holder;

• if the amount of principal or interest on any of the debt securities is determinable according to an index or a formula, the manner in which these amounts will be determined;

• whether and under what circumstances the South African government will issue the debt securities as global debt securities; and

• any other specific terms of the debt securities.

Any debt securities offered by the South African government that are exchangeable for other debt securities or for equity securities of entities owned by South Africa will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such debt securities. Any special United States federal income tax and other considerations applicable to any debt securities (i) issued with original issue discount, (ii) denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar or (iii) payments on which are determined by reference to any index also will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such debt securities.

There will be a fiscal agent or agents for the South African government in connection with the debt securities whose duties will be governed by the fiscal agency agreement. The South African government will appoint a fiscal agent for each series of debt securities, which may or may not be the same fiscal agent. So long as no conflict of interest arises, the fiscal agent may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the South African government. The fiscal agent is the agent of the South African government. The fiscal agent is not a trustee for the holders of debt securities and does not have a trustee’s responsibilities or duties to act for the holders of debt securities.

The South African government may issue debt securities that bear no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates to be sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount. Special considerations applicable to any debt securities sold at a discount will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the debt securities.

The South African government will make payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the debt securities at the place or places and in the currency or currencies it designates and sets forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, interest on fully registered debt securities will be paid by check mailed to the persons in whose names the debt securities are registered at the close of business on the record dates designated in the applicable prospectus supplement at the person’s address that appears on the register of the debt securities.

Currency Transfer Guarantee

Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will benefit from a currency transfer guarantee of the South African Reserve Bank, under which the South African Reserve Bank, in its capacity as the agent for the Minister of Finance for purposes of enforcement of South African Exchange Control Regulations, will irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee that the transfer to the fiscal agent of all sums in the amount and in the currency required for the fulfilment of the financial obligations arising from the debt securities and the fiscal agency agreement will be authorized in good time, under all circumstances and without any limitations, notwithstanding any restrictions that may be in force at that time in South Africa and without any obligation of a holder of debt securities or the fiscal agent to submit an affidavit or to comply with any other formality.

Nature of the Obligations of the South African Government

The debt securities will constitute direct, unconditional, general and unsecured obligations of South Africa and will rank equally, without any preference among themselves, with all present and future unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations of South Africa for moneys borrowed and guarantees given by it in respect of money borrowed from others. The full faith and credit of South Africa will be pledged for the due and punctual payment of, and the due and timely performance of all of South Africa’s obligations relating to, the debt securities. Amounts payable in respect of principal of and interest on the debt securities will be

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charged upon and be payable out of the National Revenue Fund of the South African government, where the public revenues of the South African government are deposited, equally and ratably with all other amounts so charged and amounts payable in respect of all other general loan obligations of the South African government.

Negative Pledge

So long as any debt security remains outstanding, the South African government will not create any mortgage, pledge, lien or other arrangement creating security upon any of its present or future revenues or assets to secure any present or future debt of the South African government, including:

• moneys borrowed by the South African government, and

• guarantees given by the South African government of debts incurred by other parties which are denominated or payable in a currency other than the South African rand,

without equally and ratably securing the outstanding debt securities. The South African government may, however, create security on goods or other assets provided to or acquired by it and securing a sum not greater than the purchase price, including interest and other related charges, of these goods or assets and related services.

South African Taxation

Under existing South African law, all payments of principal and interest in respect of the debt securities will be exempt from any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings or other charges, of whatsoever nature, imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by the South African government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (all of which are referred to herein as “South African Taxes”) so long as the beneficial owner of the relevant debt security is either:

(1) a natural person who is not a tax resident in South Africa as defined in the South African Income Tax Act, No. 58 of 1962, unless:

• that person carries on business in South Africa through a permanent establishment; and

• that person was physically present in South Africa for a period exceeding 183 days in aggregate during the relevant year of assessment, or

(2) a company, incorporated association, corporation or other body corporate which is not a resident as defined in the South African Income Tax Act, No. 58 of 1962 who does not carry on business in South Africa through a permanent establishment.

A natural person will be a tax resident of South Africa if he or she is:

• ordinarily resident in South Africa; or

• physically present in South Africa for a period or periods exceeding 91 days in aggregate during the relevant year of assessment, as well as for a period or periods exceeding 91 days in aggregate during each of the preceding five years and for more than 915 days in the aggregate during those five preceding years of assessment.

A company, incorporated association, corporation or other body corporate will be a resident of South Africa if it is incorporated, established or formed in South Africa or if it is effectively managed in South Africa unless it is considered exclusively a resident of another country for purposes of the application of any agreement entered into between the governments of the Republic of South Africa and that other country for the avoidance of double taxation.

Without prejudice to the foregoing, if any payment of principal or interest is not exempt as aforesaid, the South African government has agreed to pay, to the extent permitted by law, such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment, after the imposition of any South African Taxes, will not be less than the amount the holder would have received in the absence of South African Taxes, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable in respect of:

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(a) any South African Taxes that are imposed by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of the debt security to make a declaration of non-residence or other similar claim for exemption to the relevant tax authority; or

(b) any Debt Security presented for payment more than 30 days after:

(i) the date on which such payment first becomes due, or

(ii) if the full amount of the money payable has not been received by the fiscal agent on or prior to such due date, the date on which the full amount of such money having been so received that notice to that effect shall have been duly given in the manner provided in the fiscal agency agreement, except to the extent that the holder thereof would have been entitled to additional amounts on presenting the same for payment on the expiration of such period of 30 days.

Any reference herein to principal and/or interest shall be deemed also to refer to any additional amounts which may be payable hereunder.

United States Taxation

In the opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, special United States tax counsel for the South African government, the following is a summary of material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of debt securities. This summary does not address the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of every type of debt security which may be issued by South Africa, and the relevant prospectus supplement will contain additional or modified disclosure concerning the material U.S. federal income tax consequences relevant to the type of debt security as appropriate. This summary deals only with initial purchasers of debt securities at the issue price that will hold the debt securities as capital assets. The discussion does not cover all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to, or the actual tax effect that any of the matters described herein will have on, the acquisition, ownership or disposition of debt securities by particular investors, and does not address any U.S. federal estate, gift or alternative minimum tax considerations or any state, local, foreign or other tax laws. This summary also does not discuss all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to certain types of investors subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws (such as financial institutions, insurance companies, individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferred accounts, tax-exempt organizations, dealers in securities or currencies, investors that will hold the debt securities as part of straddles, hedging transactions or conversion transactions for U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar or U.S. expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States.

As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of debt securities that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation created or organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax without regard to its source or (iv) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or the trust has elected to be treated as a domestic trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The term “Non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of debt securities that is, for United States federal income tax purposes, (i) a non-resident alien individual, (ii) a corporation not created or organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, (iii) a foreign estate or trust, or (iv) a partnership all of whose partners are Non-U.S. Holders.

The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in a partnership that holds debt securities will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Prospective purchasers that are partnerships should consult their tax advisers concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences to their partners of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of debt securities by the partnership.

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Any special U.S. federal income tax considerations which apply to debt securities issued in a currency other than U.S. dollars or issued with more than de minimis original issue discount, and any limitations on sales of debt securities in bearer form, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The summary is based on the tax laws of the United States, including the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations thereunder, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect and all subject to change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect.

U.S. Holders

Payments of Interest

Interest on a debt security, including the payment of any additional amounts, will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as ordinary income at the time it is received or accrued, depending on the holder’s method of accounting for tax purposes. Interest paid on the debt securities constitutes income from sources outside the United States. Prospective purchasers should consult their tax advisers concerning the applicability of the foreign tax credit and source of income rules to income attributable to the debt securities.

Sale and Retirement of the Debt Securities

A U.S. Holder will generally recognize gain or loss on the sale or retirement of a debt security equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale or retirement and the tax basis of the debt security. A U.S. Holder’s tax basis in a debt security will generally be its U.S. dollar cost. The amount realized does not include the amount attributable to accrued but unpaid interest, which will be taxable as interest income to the extent not previously included in income. Gain or loss recognized by a U.S. Holder on the sale or retirement of a debt security will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the debt security was held by the U.S. Holder for more than one year. Gain or loss realized by a U.S. Holder on the sale or retirement of a debt security generally will be U.S. source. The ability of a U.S. Holder to deduct capital losses is subject to limitations.

Non-U.S. Holders

A Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to United States federal income or withholding taxes on payments of interest or gain realized on the sale or exchange of the debt securities, unless (i) such payment or gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the holder of a trade or business in the United States or (ii) in the case of gain realized by an individual Non-U.S. Holder, the Non-U.S. Holder is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale, and certain other conditions are met.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

Payments of principal and interest on, and the proceeds of sale or other disposition of debt securities by a U.S. paying agent or other U.S. intermediary will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service and to the U.S. Holder as may be required under applicable regulations. Backup withholding may apply to these payments if the U.S. Holder fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number or certification of exempt status or otherwise fails to comply with the applicable backup withholding requirements. Certain U.S. Holders (including, among others, corporations), are not subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a U.S. Holder generally may be claimed as a credit against such U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisers as to their qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining an exemption.

Certain U.S. Holders are subject to reporting requirements on their ownership of certain foreign financial assets, including debt of foreign entities, if the aggregate value of all of these assets exceeds $50,000 at the end of the taxable year (or $75,000 on any day during the taxable year). The debt securities are expected to constitute foreign financial assets subject to these requirements unless the debt securities are held in an account at a financial institution. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of any reporting requirements to their ownership of the debt securities.

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Non-U.S. Holders may be required to comply with applicable certification procedures to establish that they are not United States persons in order to avoid the application of these information reporting requirements and backup withholding tax.

Events of Default

The events of default are:

(1) default in any payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any of the debt securities of such series and the continuance of the default for a period of more than 30 days after the due date; or

(2) failure to perform or observe any other obligation under the debt securities of such series and the continuance of the default for a period of 60 days following written notice of the default to the South African government at the office of the fiscal agent by any holder (except where the failure is not capable of remedy, in which event no notice is required); or

(3) if:

(a) any other present or future external indebtedness becomes due and payable prior to its stated maturity by reason of default, or any such external indebtedness is not paid at its maturity as extended by any applicable grace period, or any external indebtedness in the form of a guarantee is not honored when due and called upon or within any applicable grace period, or

(b) the South African government declares a general moratorium on the payment of any external indebtedness.

Redemption

If the debt securities of a series provide for mandatory redemption by the South African government, or redemption at the election of the South African government, redemption shall be on not more than 60 nor less than 30 days’ notice and, in the event of redemption in part, the debt securities to be redeemed will be selected by lot by the fiscal agent. Unless all the debt securities of a series to be redeemed are registered debt securities or bearer debt securities registered as to principal, notice of redemption will be published at least twice prior to the redemption date in a newspaper printed in the English language and of general circulation in Europe and at such other places, if any, as are set forth in such debt securities.

Additionally, notice of such redemption will be mailed to holders of registered debt securities of such series, and to those holders of bearer debt securities of such series who have registered the principal of their debt securities, to their last addresses as they appear on the register for the debt securities of such series. Under United States income tax regulations, special rules will apply to debt securities that can be redeemed prior to maturity if the yield on the redeemed debt securities would be lower than the yield on the debt securities if outstanding to stated maturity.

Governing Law; Consent to Service

The fiscal agency agreement and the debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except with respect to all matters governing South Africa’s authorization of issuance and execution of any debt securities and any other matters required to be governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, which will be governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa.

The South African government will accept the jurisdiction of any State or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in respect of any action arising out of or based on the debt securities that may be maintained by any holder of those securities. The South African government will appoint the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, 3051 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008 to be its authorized agent upon whom process in any such action may be served. The South African government will irrevocably waive any immunity to which it might otherwise be entitled

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in any action arising out of or based upon the debt securities brought in any State or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. The South African government is also subject to suit in competent courts in the Republic of South Africa to the extent permitted by South African law.

This appointment of an agent for service of process will be irrevocable until all amounts in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any), and any interest due and to become due on or in respect of all of the debt securities have been provided to the fiscal agent pursuant to the terms of the fiscal agency agreement and either paid or returned to the South African government as provided in the fiscal agency agreement, except that, if for any reason, the authorized agent ceases to be able to act as such authorized agent or ceases to have an address in the United States, the South African government will appoint another person in Washington, D.C. or The City of New York, selected in its discretion, as its authorized agent.

Neither the appointment of an authorized agent for service of process nor the waiver of immunity includes actions brought under the United States federal securities laws. In the absence of a waiver of immunity by the South African government with respect to such actions it would not be possible to obtain a United States judgment in such an action against the South African government unless a court were to determine that the South African government is not entitled under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 to sovereign immunity with respect to such action.

Collective Action Clauses

The fiscal agency agreement described in this prospectus contains provisions, commonly known as “collective action clauses,” regarding future modifications to the terms of, or other actions taken in respect of, the Securities issued thereunder. Under these provisions, modifications or other actions affecting the “reserved matters” listed (defined below and in the fiscal agency agreement), including, but not limited to, modifications to payment and other important terms, may be made to a single series of debt securities issued under the fiscal agency agreement with the consent of the holders of 75% in aggregate principal amount outstanding of that series.

Acceleration of Maturity of the Securities

If any of the events of default described in “—Events of Default” above occurs and is continuing with respect to any series of securities, the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the securities outstanding (as defined below) of that series may, by notice to the fiscal agent, declare all the securities of that series to be due and payable immediately.

Upon any declaration of acceleration, the principal, interest and all other amounts payable on the securities of that series will become immediately due and payable on the date South Africa receives written notice of the declaration, unless South Africa has remedied the event or events of default prior to receiving the notice. The holders of more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series may rescind a declaration of acceleration if the event or events of default giving rise to the declaration have been cured or waived.

If prior to receipt of a demand by the fiscal agent all defaults have been cured, the securities may not be declared due and payable immediately. Because each series of securities is independent of each other series, a default with respect to one series of securities will not, in itself, constitute a default with respect to, or permit the acceleration of the maturity of, securities of a different series except as provided in clause (3) of “—Events of Default” above.

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Amendments to the Terms of the Securities

The Fiscal Agency Agreement contains provisions for convening meetings of the holders of a given series of securities to consider matters relating to the securities in that series, including, without limitation, the modification of any provision of the terms of the securities in that series.

South Africa, the fiscal agent and the holders may generally modify or take actions with respect to the fiscal agency agreement or the terms of any series of securities:

• with the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 66 ²⁄₃% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series that are represented at a meeting, or

• with the written consent of the holders of not less than 66 ²⁄₃% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series.

However, the holders of not less than 75% of the aggregate principal amount of any series of the outstanding securities, voting at a meeting or by written consent, must consent to any amendment, modification, change or waiver with respect to the securities of that series that would:

• change the due dates for the payment of principal of or interest on the securities of that series,

• reduce any amounts payable on the securities of that series,

• reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the securities of that series,

• reduce the interest rate of the securities of that series,

• change the payment currency or places of payment for the securities of that series,

• permit early redemption of the securities of that series or, if early redemption is already permitted, set a redemption date earlier than the date previously specified or reduce the redemption price,

• reduce the percentage of holders of the securities of that series whose vote or consent is needed to amend, supplement or modify the fiscal agency agreement (as it relates to the securities of that series) or the terms and conditions of the securities of that series or to take any other action with respect to the securities of that series or change the definition of “outstanding” with respect to the securities of that series,

• change South Africa’s obligation to pay any additional amounts in respect of the securities of that series,

• change the governing law provision of the securities of that series,

• change the courts to the jurisdiction of which South Africa has submitted, South Africa’s obligation to appoint and maintain an agent for service of process in Washington, D.C. or The City of New York or South Africa’s waiver of immunity, in respect of actions or proceedings brought by any holder based upon the securities of that series, as described herein,

• in connection with an exchange offer for the securities of that series, amend any event of default under the securities of that series, or

• change the status of the securities of that series, as described under “—Nature of the Obligations of the South African Government” above.

South Africa refers to the above subjects as “reserved matters”. A change to a reserved matter, including the payment terms of any series of the securities, can be made without the consent of individual holders of the securities of that series, as long as a supermajority of the holders (that is, the holders of at least 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series) agree to the change.

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South Africa and the fiscal agent may, without the vote or consent of any holder of any series of the securities, amend the fiscal agency agreement or any series of securities for the purpose of:

• adding to South Africa’s covenants for the benefit of the holders,

• surrendering any of South Africa’s rights or powers,

• providing collateral for the securities of that series,

• curing any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any defective provision, or

• making any other change that (a) is not inconsistent with the securities of that series and (b) does not adversely affect the interest of any holder of the securities of that series in any material respect.

For purposes of determining whether the required percentage of holders of any series of the securities has approved any amendment, modification or change to, or waiver of, the securities of that series or the fiscal agency agreement, or whether the required percentage of holders has delivered a notice of acceleration of the securities of that series, securities of that series owned, directly or indirectly, by South Africa or any public sector instrumentality of South Africa will be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that in determining whether the fiscal agent shall be protected in relying upon any amendment, modification, change or waiver, or any notice from holders, only securities of that series that the fiscal agent knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. As used in this paragraph, “public sector instrumentality” means the South African Reserve Bank, any department, ministry or agency of the South African government or any corporation, trust, financial institution or other entity owned or controlled by the South African government or any of the foregoing, and “control” means the power, directly or indirectly, through the ownership of voting securities or other ownership interests or otherwise, to direct the management of or to elect or appoint a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions in lieu of, or in addition to, the board of directors of a corporation, trust, financial institution or other entity.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the warrants and the warrant agreement (copies of which are or will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement). This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to these exhibits and all provisions of the warrant agreement and the warrants.

General

The South African government may issue, together with any debt securities offered by any prospectus supplement or separately, warrants for the purchase of other debt securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a warrant agreement to be entered into between the South African government and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, all as set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular issue of warrants.

Each prospectus supplement that provides for the issuance of warrants will describe the following terms:

• the terms referred to above under “Description of Debt Securities—General” as they relate to the particular series of debt securities that may be purchased by holders of the warrants;

• the principal amount of debt securities that may be purchased by a holder of one warrant;

• the purchase price of debt securities to someone exercising a warrant;

• the procedures of and conditions that must be followed to purchase debt securities by exercising the warrant;

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• the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants shall begin and end;

• whether and under what conditions the warrants may be terminated or cancelled by the South African government;

• the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and debt securities issued together may be separately transferred;

• whether the warrants represented by the warrant certificates will be issued in registered or bearer form, whether they will be exchangeable between such forms and, if registered, where they may be transferred and registered; and

• other specific provisions.

Governing Law; Consent to Service

The warrants will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York except with respect to their authorization and execution and any other matters required to be governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. The South African government will accept the jurisdiction of any State or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in respect of any action arising out of or based on the warrants that may be maintained by any holder of those warrants. The South African government will appoint the warrant agent as its authorized agent upon which process in any such action may be served. The South African government will irrevocably waive any immunity to which it might otherwise be entitled in any action arising out of or based upon the warrants brought in any State or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. The South African government is also subject to suit in competent courts in the Republic of South Africa to the extent permitted by South African law.

Neither the appointment of an authorized agent for service of process nor the waiver of immunity includes actions brought under the United States federal securities laws. In the absence of a waiver of immunity by the South African government with respect to such actions it would not be possible to obtain a United States judgment in such an action against the South African government unless a court were to determine that the South African government is not entitled under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 to sovereign immunity with respect to such action.

United States Taxation

Information with respect to the United States tax consequences of the issuance, purchase, exercise and expiration of warrants, including possible original issue discount on debt securities issued with warrants, will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to any particular issue of warrants.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

South Africa may sell debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities to or through underwriters, and also may sell debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities directly to other purchasers or through agents. Only agents or underwriters named in the prospectus supplement are deemed to be agents or underwriters, as the case may be, in connection with the debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities offered thereby.

The distribution of the debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

In connection with the sale of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities, underwriters may receive compensation from the South African government or from purchasers of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities for whom they may act as agents in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions

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from the underwriters and/or commissions for the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discount or commission received by them from the South African government and any profit on the resale of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Any such underwriter or agent will be identified, and any such compensation received from the South African government will be described, in the prospectus supplement.

The debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities will be a new issue of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities with no established trading market. Underwriters and agents to whom debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities are sold by the South African government for public offering and sale may make a market in such debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities, but such underwriters and agents will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market-making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities.

Under agreements which may be entered into by the South African government, underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities may be entitled to indemnification by the South African government against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

South Africa may offer the securities of any series to holders of other South African securities as consideration for the purchase or exchange by South Africa of these other outstanding securities. This offer may be in connection with a publicly announced tender, exchange or other offer for these securities or in privately negotiated transactions. This type of offering may be in addition to or in lieu of sales of securities directly or through underwriters or agents as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

If so indicated in the prospectus supplement, the South African government will authorize underwriters or other persons acting as the South African government’s agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities from the South African government pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. Institutions with which such contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and others, but in all cases such institutions must be approved by the South African government. The obligations of any purchaser under any such contract will be subject to the condition that the purchase of the debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which such purchase is subject. The underwriters and such other agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of such contracts.

OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

Information included in this prospectus, or in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus, that is identified as being derived from a publication of, or supplied by, the South African government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities is included herein on the authority of such publication as a public official document of the South African government. All other information in this prospectus, or in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, other than that included under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus, or in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus, is included as a public official statement made on the authority of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa.

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VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES

Except as may otherwise be indicated in any prospectus supplement, the validity of each series of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities will be passed upon on behalf of the South African government by the Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa, and, as to U.S. and New York State law, by Allen & Overy LLP, London, United Kingdom. As to all matters of South African law, Allen & Overy LLP may rely upon the opinion of the Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa. All statements with respect to matters of South African law in this prospectus have been passed upon by the Chief State Law Adviser, and are made upon his authority. Allen & Overy LLP may act from time to time on behalf of the South African government.

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

The Authorized Representative of the Republic of South Africa in the United States of America is the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the United States, whose address is:

Embassy of the Republic of South Africa

3051 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008

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FURTHER INFORMATION

The issue and terms of debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities will be authorized by the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa pursuant to the authority conferred upon him by the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999) of the Republic of South Africa.

A registration statement with respect to South Africa and the debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C., 20549, under the Securities Act. Additional information concerning South Africa and the debt securities or warrants to purchase debt securities is to be found in the registration statement, any pre- or post-effective amendment to the registration statement and any document incorporated by reference into the registration statement, including the various exhibits to these documents, which may be inspected at the office of the Commission.

The Republic of South Africa, although not subject to the reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) files Annual Reports on Form 18-K with the Commission on a voluntary basis. These Annual Reports include certain material statistical and other information concerning the Republic of South Africa. The Republic of South Africa may also include exhibits to its Annual Report on Form 18-K and file amendments on Form 18-K/A, for the purpose of filing with Commission information that has not been included in the registration statement to which this prospectus and any related prospectus supplement relate, which information would thereby be incorporated by reference into the registration statement. Annual Reports on Form 18-K and amendments on Form 18-K/A of the Republic of South Africa may be inspected at the office of the Commission, or reviewed on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. This site contains reports and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Commission.

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No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representations. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the debt securities or warrants to purchase offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.

Republic of South Africa

PROSPECTUS

Dated             , 2013

PART II

(That required by Items (11), (13) and (14) of Schedule B

of the Securities Act of 1933.)

The following are the estimated expenses of the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered:

Registration fee	$	1,246,150	*
Blue Sky fees and expenses		*	*
Printing expenses		*	*
Fiscal Agent fees and expenses		*	*
Miscellaneous expenses, including legal fees and reimbursements of expenses of the underwriters		*	*
Total		*	*

* Represents the $1,288,000 registration fee less $41,850, which has previously been paid.

** To be filed concurrently with the appropriate prospectus supplement, either in an amendment to the Republic’s Annual Report on Form 18-K or in a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement.

Agreement to Provide Legal Opinions

The Registrant hereby agrees to furnish copies of such legal opinions (including the opinion and consent of the Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa), as required with any issue of debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities under this Registration Statement, in a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement or in an amendment to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 18- K or in any report filed under the Exchange Act, that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

Undertakings

The Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and

(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that the Registrant shall not be required to file a post-effective amendment otherwise required by clauses (i) or (ii) above, if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is contained in any report filed under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of a registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(5) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 18-K or of amendments thereto under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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CONTENTS

This Registration Statement consists of:

(1) Facing sheet.

(2) Cross Reference sheet.

(3) Part I, consisting of the Prospectus.

(4) Part II, consisting of pages numbered II-1 through II-6.

(5) The following exhibits:

(1) Form of Underwriting Agreement.

(5) Opinion of the Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa.

(8) Tax Opinion of Allen & Overy LLP.

(23.1) Consent of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa.

(23.2) Consent of the Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa.*

(23.3) Consent of Allen & Overy LLP.**

(24) Power of Attorney for the Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa.

(99) Fiscal Agency Agreement, including the form of Note.

* Included in Exhibit 5.

** Included in Exhibit 8.

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SIGNATURES

Of the Issuer:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Pretoria on December 13, 2013.

By:	/s/ Pravin Gordhan
	Hon. Pravin Gordhan
	Minister of Finance
	Republic of South Africa

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SIGNATURES

Of the Duly Authorized Representative in the United States:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of the Republic of South Africa, has signed this Registration Statement in Washington, D.C. on December 13, 2013.

By:	/s/ Ebrahim Rasool
	H.E. Mr. Ebrahim Rasool
	Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa Authorized Representative in the United States

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibits		Description
	(1)	Form of Underwriting Agreement.
	(5)	Opinion of the Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa.
	(8)	Tax Opinion of Allen & Overy LLP.
	(23.1)	Consent of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa.
	(23.2)	Consent of the Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa.*
	(23.3)	Consent of Allen & Overy LLP.**
	(24)	Power of Attorney for the Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa.
	(99)	Fiscal Agency Agreement, including the form of Note.

* Included in Exhibit 5.

** Included in Exhibit 8.

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EX-1

Exhibit 1

EXECUTION VERSION

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Republic of South Africa

Debt Securities

December 13, 2013

To the Representatives of

the Several Underwriters

named in the respective Pricing

Agreements hereinafter described.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

From time to time the Republic of South Africa (“South Africa”) proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule II to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the “Underwriters” with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities specified therein) certain of its debt securities (the “Securities”) specified in Schedule III to such Pricing Agreement (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the “Designated Securities”).

The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Securities shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and in or pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013 (the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”), between, among others, South Africa and Citibank London, N.A., as fiscal agent (the “Fiscal Agent”).

1 Pricing Agreement. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to time to the Underwriters of such securities, for whom the firms designated as representatives of the Underwriters of such securities in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto will act as representatives (the “Representatives”). The term “Representatives” also refers to a single firm acting as sole representative of the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act without any firm being designated as their representative. This Underwriting Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation of South Africa to sell any of the Securities or as an obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities. The obligation of South Africa to issue and sell any of the Securities and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Securities shall be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities specified therein. Each Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities, the initial public offering price of such Designated Securities, the purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Representatives of such Underwriters and the principal amount of such Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter and shall set forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such Designated Securities and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall also specify (to the extent not set forth in the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the registration statement and prospectus with respect thereto) the terms of such Designated Securities. A Pricing Agreement shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic communications or any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a written record of communications transmitted. The obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be several and not joint.

2 Representations and Warranties of South Africa. South Africa represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:

(a) South Africa meets the requirements for use of Schedule B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and is a “seasoned foreign government” within the meaning of Release no. 33-6424 under the Act related to delayed offerings by foreign governments or political subdivisions thereunder. A registration statement in respect of the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); such registration statement and anypost-effective

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amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to the Representatives and, excluding exhibits to such registration statement, but including all documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained therein, to the Representatives for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the registration statement at the time such part of the registration statement becomes effective, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement becomes effective, being hereinafter called the “Registration Statement”; the prospectus relating to the Securities, in the form in which it has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, being hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus (defined below), together with the Base Prospectus included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, being hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the final prospectus supplement relating to the Designated Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the date this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto (the “Execution Time”), together with the Base Prospectus, being hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus”; any reference herein to any Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, as of the date of such Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as applicable, and incorporated by reference in such Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of South Africa on Form 18-K (including any amendments thereto on Form 18-K/A) filed after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such filing;

(b) The (i) Base Prospectus, as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, used most recently prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Applicable Time, (iii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (as hereinafter defined in Section 2(f)), if any, listed on Schedule IV to the applicable Pricing Agreement and as of the Applicable Time, (iv) any other “free writing prospectus” (as defined by Rule 405 under the Act) that the parties hereto shall expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package ((ii) to (iv) herein being, collectively, the “Disclosure Package”) as of the Applicable Time, and (v) each electronic roadshow or other supplemental issuer information listed on Schedule IV to the applicable Pricing Agreement (the “Supplemental Issuer Information”), when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and as at the Applicable Time, each do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in the Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to South Africa by or on behalf of any Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use therein (“Underwriter Information”); and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule IV to such Pricing Agreement (if any) does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time (as defined below); for the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” shall mean the date and time specified in the applicable Pricing Agreement;

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(c) Any documents filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conforms or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statement or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to South Africa by or on behalf of an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus relating to such Designated Securities;

(d) The Registration Statement, including the Base Prospectus, conforms, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus will conform, in all material respects, to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; the Registration Statement does not, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement will not, as of the applicable effective date and as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; the Final Prospectus does not, and any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus will not, as of the date thereof and as of the Time of Delivery (as defined below), contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to South Africa by or on behalf of an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus relating to such Designated Securities;

(e) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition, financial, economic, political or other, of South Africa, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (notwithstanding any subsequent amendment or supplement thereto);

(f) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Securities (an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with any Underwriter Information;

(g) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of filing the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, if any, (iii) at the earliest time that South Africa or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) and (iv) as of the date hereof, South Africa was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without taking into account any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that South Africa be considered an “ineligible issuer”;

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(h) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized, and, when Designated Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities, such Designated Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding direct, general and unconditional obligations of South Africa enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits provided by the Fiscal Agency Agreement, subject, as to enforcement, to legal and equitable limitations relating to or affecting enforceability applicable generally to obligations of sovereigns; the Fiscal Agency Agreement has been duly authorized and, at the Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 below) for such Designated Securities, the Fiscal Agency Agreement will constitute a valid and legally binding, direct and unconditional obligation of South Africa, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to legal and equitable limitations relating to or affecting enforceability applicable generally to obligations of sovereigns; and the Fiscal Agency Agreement conforms, and the Designated Securities will conform, to the descriptions thereof contained in the Preliminary and Final Prospectuses as amended or supplemented with respect to such Designated Securities;

(i) All authorizations, approvals or consents of any court, ministry, government department, branch of government, or regulatory body required by South Africa for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Pricing Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the offer, execution, issue, sale and delivery of the Designated Securities and the performance of the terms of the Designated Securities, this Agreement and any Pricing Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement have been obtained or (as to any Pricing Agreement) will be obtained prior to the execution and delivery of such Pricing Agreement and are or will be in full force and effect;

(j) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which South Africa is a party or of which any of its properties is the subject which, if determined adversely to South Africa, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the transactions herein contemplated or on South Africa’s ability to perform its obligations under the Securities, this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement or the Fiscal Agency Agreement; and, to the best of South Africa’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated;

(k) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus, South Africa is not in default under the provisions of any agreement or instrument evidencing or relating to any outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money, and neither the execution and delivery of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the Securities, this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein contemplated, nor compliance with the terms and provisions of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the Securities, this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement, including performance of each of the obligations contained in the Securities (i) will conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any of the Constitution of South Africa or any law or administrative regulation of or applicable to South Africa, (ii) will conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any treaty, convention, material agreement or material debt instrument to which South Africa is a party or of which South Africa is bound or constitute a default thereunder or (iii) will result in the creation of any mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the revenues or assets of South Africa under any such agreement or instrument;

(l) The Securities will constitute direct, unconditional, general and unsecured obligations of South Africa and will rank equally, without any preference among themselves, with all present and future unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations of South Africa for moneys borrowed and guarantees given by it in respect of money borrowed from others. The full faith and credit of South Africa has been pledged for the due and punctual payment of, and the due and timely performance of all of South Africa’s obligations relating to, the Securities;

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(m) Other than as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, under the laws of South Africa in force as at the Time of Delivery, there is no tax, levy, deduction, charge or withholding imposed by South Africa or any political subdivision thereof either (i) on or by virtue of the execution, delivery or enforcement of the Securities, this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement or the Fiscal Agency Agreement or (ii) on any payment to be made by South Africa hereunder, under any Pricing Agreement, under the Fiscal Agency Agreement or under the Designated Securities;

(n) This Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement are, and any Securities and Pricing Agreement will be, in proper legal form under the laws of South Africa for enforcement thereof against South Africa under the laws of South Africa;

(o) To the best of its knowledge, no official, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of South Africa (other than the Underwriters and their Representatives, as to whom no representation is made) is currently identified on the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” list maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) and South Africa is not otherwise subject to any sanctions (collectively, “Sanctions”) administered by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, Her Majesty’s Treasury, the E.U. or the U.N.; and South Africa will not use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any Sanctions; and

(p) A currency transfer guarantee by the South African Reserve Bank (the “Currency Transfer Guarantee”) has been obtained, constitutes a valid authorization on behalf of South Africa, and is in full force and effect.

3 Purchase and Sale. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated Securities and authorization by the Representatives of the release of such Designated Securities, the several Underwriters shall purchase from South Africa and offer for sale such Designated Securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented, as the case may be. Each Underwriter with respect to any Designated Securities severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, South Africa to the effect of the provisions, if any, set forth under “Selling restrictions” in the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities.

4 Delivery and Payment. Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement relating thereto, either in definitive global or in definitive certificated form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to South Africa, shall be delivered by or on behalf of South Africa to the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by certified or official bank check or checks, or by wire transfer (or in such other manner as may be specified in the applicable Pricing Agreement) payable to the order of South Africa in the funds specified in such Pricing Agreement, all at the place and time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other place and time and date as the Representatives and South Africa may agree upon in writing, such time and date being herein called the “Time of Delivery” for such Securities.

5 Agreements. South Africa agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities:

(a) To prepare the Final Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, as the case may be, in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented after such filing and prior to the Time of Delivery for such Securities which shall be disapproved by the Representatives for such Securities promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Securities, and during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice

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thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Base Prospectus or any amended Base Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Base Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;

(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the applicable Designated Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of such Designated Securities, provided that in connection therewith South Africa shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or similar entity or to file a general or unlimited consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to take any action which would subject it to general or unlimited services of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction;

(c) To (i) not make any offer relating to the applicable Designated Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) required to be filed by South Africa with the Commission under Rule 433 under the Act unless the Representatives approve its use in writing prior to first use (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) listed on Schedule IV to the applicable Pricing Agreement, (ii) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to concurrent or prior delivery of a prospectus, timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (iv) not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Issuer being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder;

(d) To file the applicable Pricing Agreement, the form of which is attached as Annex I hereto, as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York time) two business days after the execution of any such Pricing Agreement;

(e) If any part of the Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Designated Securities at a time when the Preliminary Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which, in the opinion of internal or external counsel to the Underwriters or South Africa, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission, promptly either (i) prepare and file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package so that in the case of either (i) or (ii) above the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then on file, or so that the Disclosure Package will comply with the Act, the Exchange Act and/or the rules and regulations of the Commission;

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(f) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus or to file under the Act or the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of such amended prospectus or a supplement to such prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;

(g) To make generally available to its security holders in the United States and to the Representatives as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than twenty-four months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, a statement in the English language of revenues and expenditures of South Africa (which need not be audited) covering the first full fiscal year of South Africa commencing after the date hereof that will satisfy Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

(h) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to and including the later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such Designated Securities, as notified to South Africa by the Representatives and (ii) the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose outside of South Africa of any debt securities of South Africa with a maturity of one year or more and which are substantially similar to such Designated Securities, without the prior written consent of the Representatives;

(i) So long as any Securities are outstanding and unless otherwise publicly available, to furnish to the Representatives, upon request, as soon as practicable after the determination thereof, copies of all reports and financial statements (in each case which need not be audited) filed with the Commission or any securities exchange on which Designated Securities are listed;

(j) So long as any Securities are outstanding, to obtain and maintain in full force and effect all governmental approvals (including but not limited to the Currency Transfer Guarantee) which may be necessary under the laws of South Africa for the performance of South Africa’s obligations under the Securities or for the validity or enforceability thereof or hereof and duly take all necessary and appropriate governmental and administrative action in South Africa in order to permit all payments to be made under the Securities in accordance with their terms; and

(k) To apply for listing of the Designated Securities on each securities exchange, if any, listed in the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities, and to use its reasonable best efforts to cause each such listing to be approved and, if required in connection with any such listing, to register such Designated Securities under the Exchange Act as soon as practicable after the applicable Time of Delivery.

6 Expenses. South Africa covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that South Africa will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel to South Africa and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Final Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing, preparing and/or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale

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and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under State securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to any required review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Fiscal Agent and any agent of the Fiscal Agent and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Fiscal Agent in connection with the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Securities; (viii) the fees and expenses of counsel to South Africa; (ix) any fees and expenses in connection with any listing of the Securities; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. To the extent provided in any Pricing Agreement, South Africa also agrees to pay such sum as may be therein provided in partial reimbursement of the Representatives’ expenses and to reimburse the Underwriters for any intra-day interest cost incurred by the Underwriters at the Time of Delivery under such Pricing Agreement in connection with the purchase of the applicable Designated Securities. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, Section 8 and Section 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel, the transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

7 Conditions. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be subject, in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of South Africa in or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities are, at and as of the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, true and correct, the condition that South Africa shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Preliminary Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Representatives’ reasonable satisfaction;

(b) U.S. counsel for the Underwriters shall have furnished to the Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, with respect to this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the Designated Securities, the Registration Statement, including the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, the Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

(c) South African counsel for the Underwriters and the Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinions, dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

(i) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by South Africa and, assuming that this Agreement and such Pricing Agreement constitute valid and legally binding agreements under New York law, this Agreement and such Pricing Agreement constitute valid and legally binding agreements of South Africa;

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(ii) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized and executed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa and, assuming due authentication by the Fiscal Agent, have been duly and validly issued and delivered and constitute the valid, legally binding, direct, unconditional and general obligations of South Africa enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, subject, as to enforcement, to laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; the Designated Securities constitute direct, unconditional, general and unsecured obligations of South Africa and rank equally, without any preference among themselves, with all present and future unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations of South Africa for moneys borrowed and guarantees given by it in respect of money borrowed from others; and the full faith and credit of South Africa has been pledged for the due and punctual payment of, and the due and timely performance of all of South Africa’s obligations relating to, the Designated Securities;

(iii) The Fiscal Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by South Africa and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Fiscal Agent, will constitute a valid and legally binding, direct and unconditional obligation of South Africa, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;

(iv) The Currency Transfer Guarantee has been obtained, constitutes a valid authorization on behalf of South Africa and is in full force and effect;

(v) Neither the execution and delivery of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the Designated Securities, this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities, nor the consummation of the transactions therein or herein contemplated nor compliance with all the terms and provisions thereof or hereof, including performance of each of the obligations contained in the Designated Securities (A) will conflict with, violate or result in a breach of the Constitution of South Africa or any law or administrative regulation of or applicable to South Africa, (B) will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any treaty, convention, material agreement or material instrument (including but not limited to any of the Debt Arrangements) to which South Africa is a party or by which South Africa is bound or constitute a default thereunder or (C) will result in the creation or imposition of any mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the revenues or assets of South Africa under any such agreement or instrument;

(vi) The Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other documents incorporated by reference in such prospectus as amended or supplemented and their filing with the Commission have been duly authorized by and on behalf of South Africa, and the Registration Statement has been duly executed by and on behalf of South Africa; the information in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other documents incorporated by reference in such prospectus as amended or supplemented stated on the authority of public officials of South Africa has been stated in their official capacities thereunto duly authorized by South Africa; all statements with respect to or involving matters of South African law set forth in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other document incorporated by reference in such prospectus as amended or supplemented are true and correct in all material respects; and such counsel has no reason to believe that (A) as of its effective date, the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made by South Africa prior to the applicable Time of Delivery contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) as of its respective date, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, each as amended or supplemented and any other documents incorporated by reference in such prospectuses as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made

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by South Africa prior to the applicable Time of Delivery, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; (C) as of the applicable Time of Delivery, none of the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any document incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by South Africa prior to the applicable Time of Delivery contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; or (D) as of the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading (such statement need not express any opinion or belief as to the statistical, accounting or financial data contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any other documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented);

(vii) All authorizations, approvals and consents (which shall be specified in such opinion and certified copies of which shall be furnished to U.S. counsel for the Underwriters) of any court, ministry, government department, branch of government or other regulatory body required for South Africa for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities and the Fiscal Agency Agreement, and for the execution, issuance, sale and delivery of the Designated Securities hereunder and thereunder and the performance of the terms of the Designated Securities, this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities and the Fiscal Agency Agreement have been obtained and are in full force and effect;

(viii) Under the laws of South Africa, South Africa would not be entitled to plead, or cause to be pleaded on its behalf, immunity from the jurisdiction of the South African courts in respect of any action arising out of or relating to its obligations under this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Designated Securities, and such courts would have jurisdiction in respect of such actions; and under the laws of South Africa, except to the extent described in such opinion, neither South Africa nor any of its property has any immunity from set-off or any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise);

(ix) The choice of New York law in this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities, the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Designated Securities is a valid choice of law under the laws of South Africa and, accordingly, would be applied by the courts of South Africa if this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or any of the Designated Securities or any claim made thereunder is brought before any such court upon proof of the relevant provisions of New York law and provided that such provisions are not contrary to the public policy of South Africa; no provision in this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Designated Securities conflicts with the public policy of South Africa; the irrevocable submission of South Africa pursuant to Section 17 hereof, Section 12 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Securities to the jurisdiction of any State or Federal court in The City of New York and the waiver by South Africa of any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any such court are legal, valid and binding; the waiver by South Africa pursuant to Section 17 hereof, Section 12 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Securities of any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled (including sovereign immunity) or to any right to which it may be entitled based upon place of residence or domicile, is legal, valid and binding; service of process effected in the manner set forth in Section 17 hereof, Section 13 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Securities, assuming its validity

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under New York law, will be effective, insofar as South African law is concerned, to confer valid personal jurisdiction over South Africa; any judgment obtained in a New York State or Federal court sitting in The City of New York arising out of or in relation to the obligations of South Africa under this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities would be enforceable against South Africa in the courts of South Africa, provided that such judgment is not in conflict with public policy in South Africa;

(x) To ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Designated Securities, it is not necessary that this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Designated Securities or any other document be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in South Africa, or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Designated Securities;

(xi) There is no tax, levy, deduction, charge or withholding imposed by South Africa or any political subdivision thereof either (A) on or by virtue of the execution, delivery or enforcement of the Designated Securities, this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities or the Fiscal Agency Agreement or (B) on any payment to be made by South Africa hereunder or under the Designated Securities;

(xii) This Agreement, the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities, the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Designated Securities are in proper legal form under the laws of South Africa for the enforcement thereof against South Africa under the laws of South Africa; and

(xiii) The statements in the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented, as the case may be, under the caption “Description of Debt Securities — South African Taxation” fairly summarize the provisions of South African tax law therein described.

Such counsel may rely as to all matters of New York and United States federal law upon the opinion or opinions referred to under subsection (b) above;

(d) South Africa shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate in English, dated the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities, of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa or a Director-General of the Department of Finance of the Republic of South Africa, in which such official shall state that, to the best of his knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) the representations and warranties of South Africa in this Agreement are true and correct with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made at and as of such Time of Delivery, (ii) South Africa has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Time of Delivery, (iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, (iv) no proceeding has been initiated or threatened to restrain or enjoin the issuance or delivery of the Designated Securities by South Africa or in any manner to question the laws, proceedings, directives, resolutions, approvals, consents or orders under which the Designated Securities have been issued or to question the validity of the Designated Securities and none of said laws, proceedings, directives, resolutions, approvals, consents or orders have been repealed, revoked or rescinded in whole or in part, (v) the Currency Transfer Guarantee is in full force and effect, and (vi) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition, financial, economic, political or other, of South Africa, except as set forth in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package;

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(e) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package there shall not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition, financial, economic, political or other, of South Africa, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any such case, is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Disclosure Package;

(f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded South Africa’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of South Africa’s debt securities;

(g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on or by the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) trading of any securities of South Africa shall have been formally suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or South Africa declared by either United States or New York State authorities or authorities of South Africa, respectively; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or South Africa or the declaration by the United States or South Africa of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus as amended or supplemented;

(h) Each securities exchange (if any) listed in such Pricing Agreement shall have approved such Designated Securities for listing; and

(i) South Africa shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as they may reasonably request.

8 Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) South Africa agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Final Prospectus, and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, the applicable Pricing Agreement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (as defined by Rule 433(h)(2) under the Act) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that South Africa shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with any Underwriter Information.

(b) Each Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless South Africa against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which South Africa may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Final Prospectus, and

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any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with any Underwriter Information; and will reimburse South Africa for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by South Africa in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) above, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, (iii) the indemnifying parties do not diligently defend such action after the assumption thereof, or (iv) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if a proceeding is settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could have been sought under this Section 8 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (A) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim, (B) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party, and (C) the indemnifying parties reaffirm their obligations to the indemnified parties to indemnify such parties pursuant to this Section 8.

(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to

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reflect the relative benefits received by South Africa on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Securities on the other from the offering of the Designated Securities to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of South Africa on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Securities on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by South Africa on the one hand and such Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by South Africa bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by South Africa on the one hand or such Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. South Africa and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the applicable Designated Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters of Designated Securities in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such Securities and not joint.

(f) The obligations of South Africa under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which South Africa may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person who has signed the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto.

9 Underwriter Default.

(a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Designated Securities which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to purchase such Designated Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Designated Securities, then South Africa shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Designated Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify South Africa that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, or South Africa notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, the Representatives or South Africa shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may

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thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and South Africa agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and South Africa as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities, then South Africa shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Designated Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and South Africa as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Designated Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if South Africa shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or South Africa, except for the expenses to be borne by South Africa and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

10 Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of South Africa and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, South Africa, or any person on behalf of South Africa, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

11 Reimbursement of Expenses. If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, South Africa shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Designated Securities covered by such Pricing Agreement except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason Designated Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of South Africa as provided herein, South Africa will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such Designated Securities, but South Africa shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Securities except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof.

12 Free Writing Prospectuses.

(a)            (i) South Africa and each Underwriter agree that the Underwriters may prepare and use one or more preliminary or final term sheets relating to the Securities containing customary information;

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(ii) South Africa represents and agrees that it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Designated Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior consent of the Representatives and that each Pricing Agreement will contain a complete list of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses for which South Africa has received such consent; and

(iii) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that (A) except for any “free writing prospectus” (as defined by Rule 405 under the Act) containing customary information and prepared by the Underwriters for use by the Underwriters on Bloomberg screens or similar communications and which is not (x) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or (y) a free writing prospectus containing “issuer information” (as defined by Rule 433(h)(2) under the Act), it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus without the prior consent of South Africa, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and (B) that each Pricing Agreement will contain a complete list of any free writing prospectuses for which the Underwriters have received such consent;

(b) South Africa has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission, retention where required and legending; and

(c) South Africa agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, or the Final Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, South Africa will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with any Underwriter Information.

13 Notices. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of Designated Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the Pricing Agreement; and if to South Africa shall be delivered or sent by mail, facsimile transmission or telex to Director-General: National Treasury, Foreign Debt Management, Private Bag X115, Pretoria 0001, Fax No. +2712 315 5314; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in the respective Pricing Agreement, which address will be supplied to South Africa by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

14 Successors. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, South Africa and, to the extent provided in Section 8 and Section 10 hereof, each person who controls any Underwriter and any person who signed the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

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15 Arms-Length Transaction. South Africa hereby acknowledges that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between South Africa, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any Representative through which it may be acting, on the other, (ii) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of South Africa and (iii) South Africa’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, South Africa agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising South Africa on related or other matters). South Africa agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to South Africa, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

16 Currency. The obligation of the parties to make payments hereunder is in U.S. dollars (the “Obligation Currency”) and such obligation shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in any currency other than the Obligation Currency or any other realization in such other currency, whether as proceeds of set-off, security, guarantee, distributions, or otherwise, except to the extent to which such tender, recovery or realization shall result in the receipt by the party which is to receive such payment of the full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable hereunder. The party liable to make such payment agrees to indemnify the party which is to receive such payment for the amount (if any) by which such receipt shall exceed the full amount of the Obligation Currency, and, in each case, such obligation shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sums due under this Agreement. The parties agree that the rate of exchange which shall be used to determine if such tender, recovery or realization shall result in the receipt by the party which is to receive such payment of the full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable hereunder shall be the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers in such foreign currency as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the business day preceding that on which the judgment becomes a final judgment or, if such noon buying rate is not available, the rate of exchange shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriters could purchase United States dollars with such foreign currency on the business day preceding that on which the judgment becomes a final judgment.

17 Agent. South Africa hereby appoints the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, 3051 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008 as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement with respect to any Designated Securities which may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York by any Underwriter or by any persons controlling such Underwriter, and South Africa hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action. South Africa hereby irrevocably waives any immunity to service of process and any objection to venue in respect of any such action to which it might otherwise be entitled in any action arising out of or based on this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement which may be instituted by any Underwriter or by any persons controlling such Underwriter in any such court or in any competent court in South Africa, and South Africa waives any right to which it may be entitled on account of residence or domicile. Such appointment shall be irrevocable until all amounts in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest due and to become due on or in respect of all the Securities have been provided to the Fiscal Agent pursuant to the terms of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and either paid or returned to South Africa as provided in the Fiscal Agency Agreement, except that, if for any reason, the Ambassador ceases to be able to act as Authorized Agent or ceases to have an address in the United States, South Africa will appoint another person in Washington, D.C., or The City of New York, selected in its discretion, as such Authorized Agent. Prior to the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, South Africa shall obtain the acceptance of the Ambassador to his or her appointment as such Authorized Agent, a copy of which acceptance it shall provide to you. South Africa shall take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment or appointments in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent at the address indicated above, as such address may be changed within Washington, D.C., or The City of New York by notice given by the Authorized Agent to each party hereto, shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon South Africa. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based on the Securities may be instituted by any Underwriter or any persons controlling such Underwriter in any competent court in South Africa. South Africa hereby irrevocably waives any immunity from jurisdiction (including sovereign immunity but not any immunity from execution or attachment or process in the nature thereof) to which it might otherwise be entitled in any action arising out of or based on this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement which may be instituted by any Underwriter or any persons controlling such Underwriter in any State or Federal court in The City of New York or in any competent court in South Africa.

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18 Time of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used herein, “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

19 Governing Law. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

20 Counterparts. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of original or facsimile counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

21 Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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Very truly yours,

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

By:	/s/ Monale Ratsoma
	Name: Monale Ratsoma
	Title:   Chief Director: Liability Management
	National Treasury
	Republic of South Africa

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ANNEX I

Pricing Agreement

[Names of Representatives]

As Representatives of the several

Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto,

c/o [Representative]

[DATE]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The Republic of South Africa (“South Africa”) proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated December 13, 2013 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule I, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”) the Securities specified in Schedule III hereto (the “Designated Securities”).

Except as set forth herein, each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty which refers to the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation to the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Securities which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement.

Each reference to the [Representatives][Underwriters][delete Representatives if only using Underwriters] herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to you.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. [The Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant to Section 13 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to in such Section 13 are set forth at the end of Schedule III hereto.][delete if not using Representatives] An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the Commission.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, South Africa agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from South Africa, at the offices of U.S. counsel to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule V on [insert settlement date] or such other time and place as may be agreed by South Africa and the Representatives (such time and date being the “Time of Delivery” for purposes of the Underwriting Agreement) and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule III hereto, the principal amount of Designated Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule II hereto.

Set forth in Schedule IV hereto is a complete list of Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses used in connection with offers relating to the Designated Securities.

Set forth in Schedule V hereto are the addresses of the Underwriters for notices pursuant to this Pricing Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement.

The term “Applicable Time,” as used in the Underwriting Agreement, shall mean [•] [a.m.][p.m.] [New York City] time on the date of this Pricing Agreement.

Each reference to U.S. counsel to the Underwriters shall mean [•].

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Each reference to South African counsel to the Underwriters shall mean [— and —].

[The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference are hereby amended as follows: [insert if applicable]

1. [[—]]

2. [[—]]]

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us [•] counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof, including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and South Africa. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to South Africa for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.

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Very truly yours,

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

By:
	Name:
	Title:

Accepted as of the date hereof:

[Names of Representatives]

On behalf of each of the Underwriters

By:
	Name:
	Title:

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SCHEDULE I

[Insert Underwriting Agreement]

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SCHEDULE II

Underwriter(s)	Principal Amount of Designated Securities to be Purchased
[Names of Underwriters]	$
Total	$

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SCHEDULE III

[Insert pricing term sheet]

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SCHEDULE IV

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses

[List to be inserted]

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SCHEDULE V

Additional Information

Names and addresses of underwriters

[to be inserted]

Closing location

[to be inserted]

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EX-5

Exhibit 5

DEPARTMENT: JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE LAW ADVISER

Private Bag X9069, Cape Town 8000

12th Floor, Atterbury House, 9 Riebeeck Street, Cape Town, 8001

Tel (021) 441 4900 — Fax (021) 421 7996

The Minister of Finance

Private Bag X115

PRETORIA

0001

Republic of South Africa

December 13, 2013

Dear Minister Gordhan

As Chief State Law Adviser of the Republic of South Africa (the “Republic” or “South Africa”), I have acted as counsel for the Republic in connection with the filing of a shelf registration statement for the Republic with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States on or about December 13, 2013.

I have examined such documents and instruments as I have deemed necessary to give this opinion, including, but not limited to, sections 66(2), 71 and 72 of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999), as amended, the Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013 between, among others, South Africa and Citibank London, N.A., as Fiscal Agent, a form of Global Note and an Underwriting Agreement, dated December 13, 2013, and hereby opine that—

1. all necessary action has been duly taken by or on behalf of South Africa, and all necessary approvals and consents required under the laws of South Africa have been obtained, for the due authorization of the debt securities (“Debt Securities”); and

2. when duly executed and delivered against payment therefore, pursuant to any relevant underwriting agreement, pricing agreement or other contractual arrangement, the Debt Securities will be duly executed and will constitute the valid, legally binding, direct, unconditional and general obligations of South Africa and will rank equally, without any preference among themselves, with all present and future unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations of the Republic for moneys borrowed and guarantees given by South Africa in respect of money borrowed from others.

I hereby consent to the use of my name and the making of the statements with respect of me that are set forth under the caption “Validity of the Securities” in the prospectus of the Republic included in the registration statement by South Africa with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Yours faithfully

By:	/s/ Enver Daniels
	Enver Daniels
	CHIEF STATE LAW ADVISER REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

EX-8

Exhibit 8

Pravin Gordhan Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa National Treasury Private Bag X115 Pretoria 0001 South Africa	Allen & Overy LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10020 Tel                     212 610 6300                  Fax                     212 610 6399
Our ref             0106463-0000003 ICM:18605446.1
December 13, 2013

Republic of South Africa Registration Statement under Schedule B – Exhibit 8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special United States tax counsel for the Republic of South Africa in connection with the preparation of the registration statement under Schedule B (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) on the date hereof, of which the prospectus (the “Prospectus”) forms a part. The Registration Statement and Prospectus relate to the registration under the Securities Act of debt securities of the Republic of South Africa up to an aggregate initial offering price of U.S. $ 10,000,000,000 (the “Securities”).

As United States tax counsel, we have advised the Republic of South Africa with respect to certain general United States tax consequences of the proposed issuance of the Securities. This advice is summarized under the heading “United States Taxation” (the “Discussion”) in the Prospectus. We hereby confirm that the statements set forth in the Discussion represent our opinions as to the matters of law covered by them, subject to the qualifications stated therein.

We are aware that we are referred to in the Discussion in the Prospectus. We hereby consent to the reference to us in that section and the filing with the Commission of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement without thereby implying or admitting that we are “experts” within the meaning of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this exhibit.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Allen & Overy LLP

Allen & Overy LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC306763. It is authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales. Allen & Overy LLP is a multi-jurisdictional law firm with lawyers admitted to practise in a variety of jurisdictions. A list of the members of Allen & Overy LLP and their professional qualifications is open to inspection at its registered office, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD and at the above address. The term partner is used to refer to a member of Allen & Overy LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications.

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EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT

I hereby consent to the use of my name and the making of the statements with respect to me that are set forth under the caption “Official Statements” in the Prospectus of the Republic of South Africa included in the Registration Statement filed by the Republic of South Africa with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States.

By:	/s/ Hon. Pravin Gordhan
	Hon. Pravin Gordhan Minister of Finance Republic of South Africa

Dated: December 13, 2013

EX-24

Exhibit 24

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 Registration Statement on Schedule B (the “Schedule B”) 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.

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

Dated: December 13, 2013	By:	/s/ Hon. Pravin Gordhan
		Hon. Pravin Gordhan
		Minister of Finance Republic of South Africa

EX-99

Exhibit 99

EXECUTION VERSION

FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT

Among

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

and

CITIBANK N.A., LONDON BRANCH

Fiscal Agent

and

BANQUE INTERNATIONALE À LUXEMBOURG, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME

Luxembourg Listing and Paying Agent

Dated as of December 13, 2013

DEBT SECURITIES

FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 13, 2013 (the “Agreement”), between the Republic of South Africa (the “Republic”), Citibank N.A., London Branch, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of The State of New York, as Fiscal Agent (defined herein), and Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, société anonyme, as Luxembourg Agent (defined herein).

1. The Securities. Pursuant to a registration statement filed on Schedule B with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Republic may issue debt securities and/or warrants to purchase debt securities (the “Securities”) in separate series from time to time (each such series of Securities being hereinafter referred to as a “Series” or the “Securities of a Series”). The Securities will constitute direct, unconditional, general and unsecured obligations of the Republic and will rank equally, without any preference among themselves, with all present and future unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations of the Republic for moneys borrowed and guarantees given by it in respect of money borrowed from others. The full faith and credit of the Republic will be pledged for the due and punctual payment of, and the due and timely performance of all of the Republic’s obligations relating to, the Securities.

The aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Agreement and which may be outstanding at any time is not limited by this Agreement.

The Securities of a Series delivered to the Fiscal Agent (as defined in Section 2 hereof) for authentication on original issuance pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be authorized by South Africa in a certificate (the “Authorization”) executed by the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa or such other official of the Republic as may be set forth in a power of attorney executed by the Minister of Finance.

The Securities are issuable in registered form, without coupons, and shall be represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto or such other form as shall be established pursuant to the Authorization and in the denominations specified in the Authorization.

All Securities shall be executed manually or electronically on behalf of the Issuer by such official or officials of the Republic as shall have been authorized by the Authorization (the “Authorized Officers” and each an “Authorized Officer”), notwithstanding that such official or officials, or any of them, shall have ceased, for any reason, to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of any such Security. The Securities of a Series may also have such additional provisions, omissions, variations or substitutions as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or of the Authorization, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements not referred to in the Authorization placed thereon as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or with the rules of any securities exchange or governmental agency or as may, consistently herewith, be determined necessary or advisable by the Authorized Officers executing such Securities, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. All Securities of a particular Series shall be otherwise substantially identical except as to denomination and as provided herein or in the Authorization.

2. Appointment of Fiscal Agent and Paying Agent. The Republic hereby appoints Citibank N.A., London Branch as fiscal agent in respect of the Securities upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth. Citibank N.A., London Branch, as such fiscal agent hereunder, until a successor fiscal agent shall have been appointed, and thereafter such successor, is herein called the “Fiscal Agent”. The Fiscal Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Securities and such

further powers and authority to act on behalf of the Republic as the parties agree in writing. Securities may be issuable pursuant to warrants (if so provided in the text of such Securities) and the Fiscal Agent, if so agreed in writing, may act as warrant agent or in any similar capacity in connection therewith. The Fiscal Agent at present has its corporate trust office at Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom (facsimile: +44 0207 508 5857/5877), Attention: Agency & Trust (the address stated in this Section 2, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Fiscal Agent, the “Corporate Trust Office”). The obligations of the Agents are several and not joint.

The Republic hereby appoints Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, société anonyme as Luxembourg listing and paying agent in respect of the Securities upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth. Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, société anonyme, as such Luxembourg listing and paying agent hereunder, and any successor Luxembourg listing and paying agent that shall be appointed by the Republic, and thereafter such successor, is herein called the “Luxembourg Agent”. The Luxembourg Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it hereby and such further powers and authority to act on behalf of the Republic as the parties agree in writing. The Luxembourg Agent at present has its principal corporate trust office at 69 route d’Esch, L 2953 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (the address stated in this Section 2, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Luxembourg Agent, the “Corporate Luxembourg Office”).

In addition, the Republic hereby appoints the Fiscal Agent at the Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent for it for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities pursuant to the terms thereof and the Republic hereby appoints the Luxembourg Agent at the Corporate Luxembourg Office as Paying Agent for it for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities in Luxembourg. The Republic may at any time or from time to time appoint additional Paying Agents for such payment and vary the terms of or terminate any such appointment (all such Paying Agents appointed and acting as such at any given time, including the Fiscal Agent at the Corporate Trust Office and the Luxembourg Agent at the Corporate Luxembourg Office, being herein called, collectively, “Paying Agents” and, individually, a “Paying Agent”); provided, however, that as long as there shall be a Fiscal Agent hereunder, the Fiscal Agent at the Corporate Trust Office shall remain a Paying Agent and provided further, that, so long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange so require, the Republic will maintain a Paying Agent in Luxembourg. The Republic shall give to the Fiscal Agent prompt notice in writing of the appointment of any additional Paying Agent, of the terms of such appointment, of any variation of the terms of or termination of the appointment of any Paying Agent and of the location of all Paying Agents and any change in the location of any Paying Agent.

3. Execution; Authentication and Delivery; Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Republic by such official or officials of the National Treasury of the Republic, whose signatures may be manual or electronic, as shall be properly authorized by the Republic. In the event that any of the authorized signatories of the Republic who shall have signed or whose electronic signatures shall appear upon any of the Securities shall cease to be an official before the Securities so signed shall actually have been authenticated and delivered, such Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered with the same force and effect as though the person or persons who signed such Securities had not ceased to be such official or officials of the Republic.

The Fiscal Agent is authorized, upon receipt of Securities duly executed on behalf of the Republic for the purpose of the original issuance of Securities and the written order of an Authorized Officer (defined herein), to authenticate by its manual signature the Securities in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of the aggregate principal amount specified in the Securities and to deliver such Securities to or upon the written order of an authorized officer of the Republic (the “Authorized Officer”), registered in

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the names and in the denominations as requested by the underwriters named in the pricing agreement executed in relation to such series of Securities (the “Underwriters”). Thereafter, the Fiscal Agent is authorized to authenticate and to deliver Securities in accordance with the provisions therein or hereinafter set forth. The Securities shall be dated the date of their authentication by the Fiscal Agent. The Republic may amend its Authorized Officer from time to time by delivering a certificate of incumbency to the Fiscal Agent relating to such Authorized Officer. In the event that Securities are issued in definitive form, the certificates therefor representing individual securities, the Fiscal Agent is hereby authorized (at the expense of the Republic) to appoint authenticating agents to authenticate such Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

4. Payment. The Republic will pay to the Fiscal Agent the amounts, at the times, and for the purposes, set forth herein and in the Securities. The Republic hereby authorizes and directs the Fiscal Agent, from funds so paid to it, to make payment through the Paying Agents of principal of and interest on the Securities as set forth in the Securities. The principal of and interest on the Securities shall be payable in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. The Fiscal Agent shall arrange with all Paying Agents for the payment, from funds furnished by the Republic to the Fiscal Agent, (i) of principal of and interest on the Securities in the manner provided for in the Securities, and (ii) of the agreed compensation of such Paying Agents for their services as such.

All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Securities are subject in all cases to any applicable fiscal or other laws and regulations of the Republic. The Fiscal Agent shall be entitled to make payments net of any taxes or other sums required by any applicable law to be withheld or deducted.

5. DTC Book Entry Provisions. Interests in a registered global Security (a “Global Security”) deposited with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee will be transferable in accordance with the rules and procedures established for that purpose by DTC. Members of, or participants in, DTC shall have no rights hereunder with respect to any Global Security, and DTC or its nominee may be treated by the Republic, any agent hereunder and any agent of the Republic as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Republic, any agent hereunder or any agent of the Republic from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and its participants, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of the Securities (a “Holder”).

6. Redemption. Unless otherwise specified in the text of the Securities, the Securities are not redeemable at any time prior to maturity.

7. Limitation Period. The Securities will be subject to a three year limitation period with respect to claims for principal and interest under the Prescription Act 68 of 1969 (the “Prescription Act”).

8. Duties, Responsibilities and Rights of the Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent accepts its obligations set forth herein and in the Securities, upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the Republic agrees and to all of which the rights and obligations of the Holders of the Securities are and shall be subject:

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(a) The Fiscal Agent shall be entitled to compensation to be agreed upon from time to time by the Fiscal Agent and the Republic in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder, and the Republic agrees (i) to pay such compensation and (ii) to reimburse the Fiscal Agent for its properly incurred out-of-pocket expenses (including properly incurred counsel fees) incurred in connection with the services rendered hereunder, promptly after receipt by the Republic of a statement in the form customarily provided by the Fiscal Agent, setting forth in reasonable detail the computation of the amounts of compensation and expenses. The Republic also agrees to indemnify the Fiscal Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Fiscal Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as such Fiscal Agent hereunder, as well as the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim or liability in the premises. This indemnity shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. In no circumstances shall the Fiscal Agent be liable to the Republic or to any other party to this Agreement for losses which are not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of an act or omission of the relevant Fiscal Agent or Paying Agent (for illustrative purposes only, such losses may include loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit). The Indemnity set out herein shall survive the termination or expiry of the Agreement and the resignation and/or removal of the Fiscal Agent.

(b) The Fiscal Agent shall maintain, as agent of the Republic, at the Corporate Trust Office, a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Fiscal Agent may prescribe, the Republic shall provide for the registration of, and the registration of transfers of, and exchanges of, the Securities (the “Security Register”).

(c) In acting hereunder and in connection with the Securities, the Fiscal Agent is acting solely as agent of the Republic and does not assume any responsibility for the correctness of the recitals in this Agreement or in the Securities (except for the correctness of the statement in its certificate of authentication thereon) or any fiduciary duty, obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the owners or Holders of the Securities, except that all funds held by the Fiscal Agent for payment of principal of or interest on the Securities shall be held as a banker and are not subject to the UK FCA Client Money Rules (money held by the Fiscal Agent need not be segregated by it from its other funds; provided, however, that such amounts remaining unclaimed at the end of two years shall (i) be identified in a notice provided, upon request, by the Fiscal Agent to the Republic and (ii) be repaid to the Republic upon the Republic’s written request at the end of two years after such principal shall have become due and payable or after such interest shall have become due and payable, as the case may be (whether at scheduled maturity of such Security or otherwise), and upon any such repayment the aforesaid trust shall terminate with respect to such monies and all liability of the Fiscal Agent or any Paying Agent with respect to such monies shall thereupon cease.

(d) The Republic shall, not later than by 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the day prior to the date of an interest payment or the day prior to the date of maturity of the Securities, transfer to an account specified by the Fiscal Agent an amount, in immediately available funds, sufficient for the full amount of the purpose of such payment in funds settled through such payment system as the Fiscal Agent may designate. If such amount shall not have been received by the Fiscal Agent, the Fiscal Agent shall give telephonic or telecopied notice of such fact to the Republic and the Paying Agent. The Republic shall, on or prior to the business day preceding the day on which such transfer is to be made, procure that the bank making such transfer shall confirm the details of such transfer to the Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent shall not be bound (but shall be entitled) to make payment if it has not received the full amount of any payment made in accordance with Section 4 above.

(e) The Fiscal Agent and any Paying Agent may consult as to legal matters with counsel satisfactory to it, and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by it hereunder in good faith and without negligence and in accordance with such opinion of counsel.

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(f) The Fiscal Agent and any Paying Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by it in reliance in good faith and without negligence or willful misconduct upon any Security, instruction, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement, telex, cablegram, telecopy or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper parties. The Fiscal Agent shall be entitled, without liability, to not take any action if conflicting, unclear or equivocal instructions are received by it.

(g) The Fiscal Agent and any Paying Agent, and any of their respective officers, directors and employees may become the owner or Holder of, or acquire any interest in, any Securities, with the same rights that it or they would have if the Fiscal Agent or such Paying Agent were not the Fiscal Agent or a Paying Agent, and may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Republic or any agency thereof, and may act on behalf of, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any Holders of the Securities or holders of other obligations of the Republic, the Republic or any agency thereof, or any committee or body of any thereof, as freely as if the Fiscal Agent or such Paying Agent were not the Fiscal Agent or a Paying Agent.

(h) Instructions, consistent herewith, concerning the operation of the provisions of this Agreement and the duties to be carried out by the Fiscal Agent hereunder may from time to time be issued by the Republic, and the Fiscal Agent shall at all times comply with all such instructions as are for the time being in force.

(i) Upon request, the Fiscal Agent shall furnish to the Republic such information by the Fiscal Agent as may be reasonably required by the Republic. The Republic may, upon request and reasonable notice during the normal business hours of the Fiscal Agent, inspect any Securities held by the Fiscal Agent, the Security Register, and any other books and records maintained by the Fiscal Agent hereunder.

(j) If the Fiscal Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Republic by any Holder of a Security, the Fiscal Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Republic.

(k) The Fiscal Agent shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Securities, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing between the Republic and the Fiscal Agent.

(l) The Fiscal Agent agrees that the Republic shall, upon delivery to the Fiscal Agent of any payment of principal, interest or other payment under the Securities, be relieved, pro tanto, of its obligation to make such payment to the Fiscal Agent which thereafter shall be responsible therefor; provided, however, that this subsection relates only to the obligations of the Republic in relation to the Fiscal Agent and shall not relieve the Republic of any obligation to make such payment to the Holders of any Security.

(m) At the expense of the Republic, the Fiscal Agent shall send notices provided to it by the Republic to Holders of the Securities at the times specified in writing by the Republic upon 15 days written notice to the Fiscal Agent and, at the request of and for the period specified by the Republic, the Fiscal Agent shall provide such notice to each subsequent Holder of a Security at the time of registration of transfer of such Security.

(n) Any notice to a Holder of a Security required hereunder or under any of the Securities to be given by the Fiscal Agent shall be sufficient if given in writing by first class mail (air mail in the case of Holders whose addresses appearing in the Security Register are in a country other than the United States of America), postage prepaid, to such Holder at his last address appearing in the

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Security Register; notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Holder of a Global Security notice by the Fiscal Agent shall be sufficient once made to DTC as is customary in arrangements between the Fiscal Agent and DTC. Such notices shall be given at the expense of the Republic. In addition, so long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange so require, any notice to a Holder of a Security required hereunder or under any of the Securities to be given by the Fiscal Agent shall be published in a local newspaper with a daily circulation in Luxembourg or may be posted on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at www.bourse.lu. While the notes are held through DTC, a notice will be deemed to have been given to holders if such notice is sent to DTC for publication to holders.

(o) All Securities (i) surrendered to the Fiscal Agent for exchange or transfer or (ii) paid by the Fiscal Agent, as the Paying Agent, shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Fiscal Agent and, upon request, a certificate of destruction shall be forwarded by the Fiscal Agent to the Republic upon request.

(p) Whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Fiscal Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Fiscal Agent (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith or negligence on its part, rely upon a certificate signed by any authorized official of the Republic and delivered to the Fiscal Agent.

(q) The duties and obligations of the Fiscal Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, and the Fiscal Agent shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Fiscal Agent.

9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. The Republic agrees that there shall at all times be a Fiscal Agent hereunder which shall be a bank or trust company, organized or licensed and doing business under the laws of the United States or the State of New York, is in good standing and has an established place of business in London, United Kingdom, and is authorized under such laws to act as Fiscal Agent hereunder and, so long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange so require, the Republic will maintain a Paying Agent in Luxembourg until the earlier of (i) the first date on which all the Securities are no longer outstanding and (ii) two years after the principal of all the Securities shall have become due and payable and monies for the payment in full of such principal of, and all accrued interest on, the Securities shall have been made available at the Corporate Trust Office of the Fiscal Agent.

The Fiscal Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Republic of its resignation, specifying the date on which its resignation shall become effective (which shall not be less than 90 days after the date on which notice is given, unless the Republic shall agree to a shorter period); and the Republic may remove the Fiscal Agent at any time by giving notice to the Fiscal Agent specifying the date on which such removal shall become effective, but in each case only in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) any resignation or removal of the Fiscal Agent shall be effective only upon appointment by the Republic of a qualified successor Paying Agent and the latter’s acceptance thereof;

(b) if the Fiscal Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Paying Agent for any cause, the Republic shall promptly appoint a successor Paying Agent;

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(c) any successor Paying Agent appointed by the Republic shall be a bank or trust company legally qualified to act as such successor and having an established place of business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York;

(d) every successor Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall execute and deliver to the Republic and to the retiring Paying Agent an instrument accepting such appointment, which shall set forth its agreement to be bound by the terms hereof, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Paying Agent shall become effective and the successor, without further act or deed, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Paying Agent. Such retiring Paying Agent shall, at the direction of the Republic and upon payment of its compensation and expenses then unpaid, promptly deliver to its successor all sums held hereunder together with all records, unissued Security certificates and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Paying Agent hereunder; and

(e) the Republic shall give, or cause to be given, notice of each resignation and each removal of the Paying Agent and each appointment of a successor Paying Agent by mailing written notice of such event to the Holders of the Securities as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.

In the event that a successor Paying Agent is not appointed within 90 days after notice of resignation or removal (as provided in this Section 9), the Fiscal Agent may, on behalf of the Republic and subject to its approval, appoint a successor Paying Agent, which Paying Agent will be a bank or trust company legally qualified to act as such successor and having an established place of business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York.

10. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Fiscal Agent. In the event of any merger, consolidation or conversion of the Fiscal Agent into another corporation or the sale of all or substantially all the Fiscal Agent’s corporate trust business, the corporation resulting from such merger, consolidation or conversion, or the transferee in the case of any such sale, shall be the Fiscal Agent hereunder without further act or deed; provided, however, that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible hereunder.

11. Stamp Duties. The Republic will pay all stamp or other similar duties, if any, imposed by the Republic, the United States of America, the State of New York or any political subdivision of the Republic or the State of New York, to which this Agreement (or the execution and delivery hereof) or the original issuance of the Securities shall be or become subject.

12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity. The Republic irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or any United States Federal court sitting, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, United States, and to the jurisdiction of any South African court with respect to any suit, action or proceeding, and waives any immunity from the jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action or proceeding (other than a pre-judgment attachment, immunity from which is expressly not waived), that may be brought in connection with the Securities or this Agreement. The Republic irrevocably waives, in relation to any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any immunity and any objection to any such suit, action, or proceeding on the grounds of venue or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Such waiver of immunity constitutes only a limited and specific waiver for the purposes of the Securities and this Agreement and under no circumstances shall it be interpreted as a general waiver by the Republic or a waiver with respect to proceedings unrelated to the Securities or this Agreement.

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The Republic reserves the right to plead sovereign immunity under the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 with respect to actions brought against it under U.S. federal or state securities law. The Republic does not waive any immunity in respect of present or future “premises of the mission” as such term is defined in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961, or “consular premises” as such term is defined in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations signed in 1963 or military property or military assets of the Republic related thereto. Each of the Republic and the Republic agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such party and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which such party is subject by a suit upon such judgment; provided that service of process is effected upon such party in the manner provided by this Agreement.

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit the right of the registered Holders of the Securities to bring proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction; nor will the bringing of proceedings in one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not.

13. Agent for Service of Process. The Republic agrees that so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding or this Agreement shall be in effect it hereby appoints the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20008 (the “Authorized Agent”) and represents and warrants that such person has agreed to act as the Republic’s Authorized Agent upon whom process may be served in any action arising out of or based on the Securities or coupons or this Agreement which may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York by the holder of any Security or coupon. The Republic agrees that such appointment shall be irrevocable until the irrevocable appointment by the Republic of a successor as its authorized agent for such purpose and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor. The Republic further agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. If such person shall cease to act as the Authorized Agent, the Republic shall appoint without delay another such agent and provide prompt written notice to the Fiscal Agent of such appointment, of the location of such successor Authorized Agent and of any change in the location of any Authorized Agent; and the Fiscal Agent shall keep such notices on file and available for inspection by any Holder of a Security at the Corporate Trust Office. With respect to any such action in any court of the State of New York or any United States Federal court, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, service of process upon such person, as the Authorized Agent of the Republic for service of process, and written notice of such service to the Republic shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Republic.

14. Meetings. A meeting of holders of the Securities of a Series may be called, as set forth below, at any time and from time to time to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement or the Securities of such Series to be made, given or taken by holders of the Securities of such Series or to modify, amend or supplement the terms of the Securities of such Series or this Agreement as hereinafter provided. The Republic may at any time call a meeting of holders of the Securities of a Series for any such purpose to be held at such time and at such place as the Republic shall determine. Notice of every meeting of holders of the Securities of a Series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given as provided in the terms of the Securities of such Series, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. In case at any time the holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (as defined in Section 19) of a Series shall have requested the Fiscal Agent to call a meeting of the holders of the Securities of such Series for any such purpose, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, the Fiscal Agent shall call such meeting for such purposes by giving

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notice thereof not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting; provided, however, that prior to giving such notice or attending any such meeting, the Issuer or the holders requesting such meeting, as the case may be, shall have furnished to the Fiscal Agent indemnity or an advance of funds satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent from and against or for all fees, costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees or expenses of its counsel) it may incur in connection with giving such notice or attending such meeting.

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of holders of the Securities of a Series, a person shall be a holder of Outstanding Securities of such Series or, in the case of registered Securities of such Series, a person duly appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for such a holder. At any meeting of holders, other than a meeting to discuss a Reserved Matter (as defined below), the persons entitled to vote a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a Series shall constitute a quorum, and at the reconvening of any such meeting adjourned for a lack of a quorum, the persons entitled to vote 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such Series shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting. At any meeting of holders held to discuss a Reserved Matter, the persons entitled to vote 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a Series shall constitute a quorum. The Fiscal Agent may make such reasonable and customary regulations as it shall deem advisable for any meeting of holders of Securities of a Series with respect to the proof of the holding of bearer Securities of such Series and of the appointment of proxies in respect of holders of registered Securities of such Series, the record date for determining the registered owners of registered Securities of such Series who are entitled to vote at such meeting (which date shall be set forth in the notice calling such meeting hereinabove referred to and which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 90 days prior to such meeting), the adjournment and chairmanship of such meeting, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meetings as it shall deem appropriate.

15. Non-Reserved Matters. South Africa and the Fiscal Agent may modify, amend or supplement the terms of the Securities of such Series or, insofar as respects the Securities of such Series, this Agreement in any way, other than a modification, amendment or supplement constituting a Reserved Matter (as defined below):

(i) at any meeting of holders of the Securities of a Series duly called and held as specified above, upon the affirmative vote, in person or (in the case of registered owners of the Securities of such Series) by proxy thereunto duly authorized in writing, of the holders of not less than 66 ²⁄₃% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series then Outstanding represented at such meeting (or of such other percentage as may be set forth in the text of the Securities of such Series with respect to the action being taken), or

(ii) with the written consent of the owners of not less than 66 ²⁄₃% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series then Outstanding (or of such other percentage as may be set forth in the text of the Securities of such Series with respect to the action being taken),

and the holders of the Securities of such Series may make, take or give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement or the Securities of such Series to be made, given or taken by holders of the Securities of such Series, other than a waiver or other action constituting a Reserved Matter.

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16. Reserved Matters. South Africa and the Fiscal Agent may make any modification, amendment, supplement or waiver of this Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Securities of a Series that would:

(i) change the due dates for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities of such Series,

(ii) reduce any amounts payable on the Securities of such Series,

(iii) reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of such Series,

(iv) reduce the interest rate of the Securities of such Series,

(v) change the payment currency or places of payment for the Securities of such Series,

(vi) permit early redemption of the Securities of such Series or, if early redemption is already permitted, set a redemption date earlier than the date previously specified or reduce the redemption price,

(vii) reduce the percentage of holders of the Securities of such Series whose vote or consent is needed to amend, supplement or modify this Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Securities of such Series or to take any other action with respect to the Securities of such Series or change the definition of “Outstanding” with respect to the Securities of such Series,

(viii) change the Republic’s obligation to pay any additional amounts in respect of the Securities of such Series,

(ix) change the governing law provision of the Securities of such Series,

(x) change the courts to the jurisdiction of which the Republic has submitted, the Republic’s obligation to appoint and maintain an agent for service of process in Washington, D.C. or The City of New York or the Republic’s waiver of immunity, in respect of actions or proceedings brought by any holder of the Securities of such Series, as set forth in Section 12 hereof,

(xi) in connection with an exchange offer for the Securities of such Series, amend any Event of Default (as defined in the terms of the Securities of such Series), or

(xii) change the status of the Securities of such Series, as set forth in the terms of the Securities of such Series and as described under “Description of Debt Securities—Nature of the Obligations of the South African Government” in the prospectus, as amended by any prospectus supplement and any pricing supplement, applicable to the Securities of such Series,

at any meeting of holders of the Securities of a Series duly called and held as specified above, upon the affirmative vote, in person or (in the case of registered owners of the Securities of such Series) by proxy thereunto duly authorized in writing, of the holders of not less than 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series then Outstanding, or with the written consent of the owners of not less than 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series then Outstanding. Each of the actions set forth in clauses (i) through (xii) of the preceding sentence is referred to herein as a “Reserved Matter”.

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17. Immaterial Amendments. The Republic and the Fiscal Agent may, without the vote or consent of any holder of the Securities of any Series, amend this Agreement or the Securities of such Series for the purpose of:

(i) adding to the Republic’s covenants for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of such Series,

(ii) surrendering any of the Republic’s rights or powers,

(iii) providing collateral for the Securities of such Series,

(iv) curing any ambiguity correcting or supplementing any defective provision thereof, or

(v) making any other change that (a) is not inconsistent with the Securities of such Series and (b) does not adversely affect the interest of any holder of the Securities of such Series in any material respect.

18. Binding Nature of Amendments, Notice, Notations, etc. Any instrument given by or on behalf of any holder of a Security of a Series in connection with any consent to or vote for any modification or amendment of, or supplement to, the terms of the Securities of such Series or this Agreement or any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action with respect to this Agreement or the Securities of such Series will be irrevocable once given and will be conclusive and binding on all subsequent holders of such Security or any Security issued directly or indirectly in exchange or substitution therefor or in lieu thereof. Any such modification, amendment, supplement, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action given or made with respect to the Securities of a Series will be conclusive and binding on all holders of the Securities of such Series, whether or not they have given such consent or cast such vote, and whether or not notation of such modification, amendment, supplement, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action is made upon the Securities of such Series. Notice of any modification or amendment of, supplement to, or request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action with respect to the Securities of any Series or this Agreement (other than for purposes of curing any ambiguity or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision hereof or thereof) shall be given to each holder of Securities of such Series affected thereby, in all cases as provided in the Securities of such Series.

Securities of any Series authenticated and delivered after the effectiveness of any such modification, amendment, supplement, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may bear a notation in the form approved by the Fiscal Agent and South Africa as to any matter provided for in such modification, amendment, supplement, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action. New Securities of such Series modified to conform, in the opinion of the Fiscal Agent and South Africa, to any such modification, amendment, supplement, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be prepared by South Africa, authenticated by the Fiscal Agent (or any authenticating agent appointed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) and delivered in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such Series.

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It shall not be necessary for the vote or consent of the holders of Securities of a Series to approve the particular form of any proposed modification, amendment, supplement, request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but it shall be sufficient if such vote or consent shall approve the substance thereof.

The Issuer and the Fiscal Agent shall not modify, amend or supplement the terms of the Securities of any Series or this Amendment unless there shall have been delivered to the Fiscal Agent (i) a certificate of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa, or his successor, or such other official of South Africa as may be set forth in a power of attorney executed by the Minister of Finance or his successor and (ii) a written opinion or opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent (who may be counsel to the Issuer), each stating that a modification, amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted by the Securities of such Series or this Amendment.

19. “Outstanding” Defined. For purposes of the provisions of this Agreement and the Securities of any Series, any Security of such Series authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall, as of any date of determination, be deemed to be “Outstanding”, except:

(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Fiscal Agent or delivered to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation or held by the Fiscal Agent for reissuance but not reissued by the Fiscal Agent;

(ii) Securities which have been called for redemption in accordance with their terms or which have become due and payable at maturity or otherwise and with respect to which monies sufficient to pay the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and any interest thereon shall have been made available to the Fiscal Agent; or

(iii) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Agreement;

provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of a Series are present at a meeting of holders of Securities of such Series for quorum purposes or have consented to or voted in favor or any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, amendment, modification or supplement hereunder, Securities of such Series owned, directly or indirectly, by South Africa or any public sector instrumentality of South Africa shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that in determining whether the Fiscal Agent shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, amendment, modification or supplement, only Securities of such Series which the Fiscal Agent knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. As used in this paragraph, “public sector instrumentality” means the South African Reserve Bank, any department, ministry or agency of the South African government or any corporation, trust, financial institution or other entity owned or controlled by the South African government or any of the foregoing, and “control” means the power, directly or indirectly, through the ownership of voting securities or other ownership interests or otherwise, to direct the management of or elect or appoint a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions in lieu of, or in addition to, the board of directors of a corporation, trust, financial institution or other entity.

20. Governing Law. This Agreement and the Securities will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to any conflicts of laws principles thereof that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, except that all matters governing the authorization and execution of the Securities by the Republic will be governed by the laws of the Republic.

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21. Currency Transfer Guarantee. If so provided in the Authorization, the Securities of a Series will benefit from a Currency Transfer Guarantee of the South African Reserve Bank, in its capacity as the agent for the Minister of Finance for purposes of enforcement of South African Exchange Control regulations (the “Reserve Bank”), pursuant to which the Reserve Bank will irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee that the transfer to the Fiscal Agent of all sums in the amount and in the currency required for the fulfillment of the financial obligations arising from the Securities of such Series will be authorized in good time, under all circumstances and without any limitations, notwithstanding any restrictions that may in force at the time thereof in South Africa, and without any obligation to submit any affidavit or to comply with any other formality. In any such case, South Africa shall furnish to the Fiscal Agent, concurrently with the Authorization for the Securities of a Series, the Currency Transfer Guarantee provided in respect of the Securities of such Series, which such Currency Transfer Guarantee the Fiscal Agent shall make available for inspection at all reasonable times at its Corporate Trust Office by holders of such Securities or of coupons appurtenant thereto.

22. Notices. Any notices pursuant to, or communications with respect to, this Agreement or the Securities shall be sufficient if given in writing (by registered air mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) or by telegram, telex or facsimile transmission (in each case confirmed in writing, by registered air mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, provided, however, that the failure to give such confirmation shall not affect the effectiveness of such notice). Notices shall be addressed, in the case of the Republic, to the Director-General: National Treasury, Foreign Debt Management, Private Bag X115, Pretoria 0001, Republic of South Africa (facsimile: +27 12 315 5314), and in the case of the Fiscal Agent, to it at Citibank N.A., London Branch, Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom (facsimile: +44 0207 508 5857/5877), Attention: Agency & Trust; or to each such person at such other address as shall be specified from time to time in writing by the person in question to the other party hereto.

23. Survival. The Fiscal Agent’s rights to compensation, reimbursement and indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any other agreement affecting the right or duties of the Fiscal Agent or the resignation or removal of the Fiscal Agent.

24. Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreement, oral or written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

25. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, and by each party separately on a separate counterpart, each such counterpart, when so executed and delivered, to be an original. Such counterpart shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

26. Tax Disclosure. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party hereto and the Holders of the Securities (and each employee, representative or other agent of such party or such Holder) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of any transaction contemplated herein and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Holders relating to such U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure, other than any information for which nondisclosure is reasonably necessary in order to comply with applicable securities laws.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Fiscal Agency Agreement as of the date first above written.

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
By:	/s/ Monale Ratsoma
	Name: Monale Ratsoma
	Title:   Chief Director: Liability Management
	National Treasury
	Republic of South Africa

CITIBANK N.A., LONDON BRANCH
By:	/s/ Chris Hobbs
	Name: Chris Hobbs
	Title: Vice President
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE À LUXEMBOURG, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME
By:	/s/ Jean-Jacques Kinnen
	Name: Jean-Jacques Kinnen
	Title: Senior Manager
By:	/s/ Pierre-François Henrion
	Name: Pierre-François Henrion

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (“DTC”), TO THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

No. [•] US$[•]                        

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

[•]% Notes due [•]

ISIN No. [•]

CUSIP No. [•]

The Republic of South Africa (herein called the “Issuer” or “South Africa”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the face hereof on [•], and to pay interest thereon from [•] or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on [•] and [•] in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing [•], at the rate of [•]% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Fiscal Agency Agreement hereinafter referred to, be paid to the person (the “registered holder”) in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the preceding [•] or [•] (whether or not a business day), as the case may be (each a “Regular Record Date”), next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be calculated on a 360 day year, consisting of twelve 30 day months. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such interest to be fixed by South Africa, notice whereof shall be given to registered holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange.

Principal of (and premium, if any, on) this Security shall be payable against surrender hereof at the corporate trust office of the Fiscal Agent hereinafter referred to and at the offices of such other Paying Agents as South Africa shall have appointed pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement. Payments of any interest on this Security shall be made, in accordance with the foregoing and subject to applicable laws and regulations, by check mailed on or before the due date for such payment to the person entitled thereto at such person’s address appearing on the aforementioned register or, in the case of payments of principal (and premium, if any) to such other address as the registered holder may specify upon such surrender; provided, however, that any payments shall be made, in the case of a registered holder of at least US$1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities of such Series, by transfer for value on the date for such payment to an account denominated in U.S. dollars maintained by the payee with a bank, if such registered holder so elects by giving notice to the Fiscal Agent, not less than 15 days (or such fewer days as the Fiscal Agent may accept at its discretion) prior to the date of the payments to be obtained, of such election and of the account to which payments are to be made. The Issuer covenants that until this Security has been delivered to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation, or monies sufficient to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on this Security have been made available for payment and either paid or returned to the Issuer as provided herein, it will at all times maintain offices or agencies in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and elsewhere, as the Issuer may determine, for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities as herein provided. The Issuer further covenants that in the event of the issuance of Definitive Securities (the “Definitive Securities”) and for as long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange so require, it will at all times maintain a listing agent, transfer agent and paying agent in Luxembourg.

The Securities are issued pursuant to a fiscal agency agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013 (the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”), between, among others, South Africa and Citibank N.A., London Branch (the “Fiscal Agent”). The Securities will benefit from a Currency Transfer Guarantee of the South African Reserve Bank, dated [•] in its capacity as the agent for the Minister of Finance for purposes of enforcement of South African Exchange Control regulations, pursuant to which the South African Reserve Bank will irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee that the transfer to the Fiscal Agent of all sums in the amount and in the currency required for the fulfillment of the financial obligations arising from the Securities will be authorized in good time, under all circumstances and without any limitations, notwithstanding any restrictions that may be in force at the time thereof in South Africa, and without any obligation to submit any affidavit or to comply with any other formality. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Fiscal Agent or an affiliate of the Fiscal Agent by manual signature, this Security shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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In Witness Whereof, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated: [•]

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

By:
	[•]
	Chief Director: Liability Management
	National Treasury of the
	Republic of South Africa

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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Fiscal Agency Agreement.

CITIBANK N.A., LONDON BRANCH
as Fiscal Agent
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY]

1. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer consisting of US$[•] principal amount of [•]% Notes due [•] (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series in accordance with a fiscal agency agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013 (herein called the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”), between, among others, South Africa and Citibank N.A., London Branch (the “Fiscal Agent”, which term includes any successor fiscal agent under the Fiscal Agency Agreement), copies of which Fiscal Agency Agreement are on file and available for inspection at the corporate trust office of the Fiscal Agent located at Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom (the “Corporate Trust Office”). This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited initially to the aggregate principal amount of US$[•].

The Securities constitute direct, unconditional, general and unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will rank equally, without any preference among themselves, with all present and future unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations of the Issuer for moneys borrowed and guarantees given by South Africa in respect of money borrowed from others. South Africa hereby pledges its full faith and credit for the due and punctual payment of, and for the due and timely performance of all of its obligations relating to, the Securities. Amounts payable in respect of principal of and interest on the Securities will be charged upon and be payable by the Issuer, equally and ratably with all other amounts so charged and amounts payable in respect of all other general loan obligations of South Africa. The Securities will benefit from a Currency Transfer Guarantee of the South African Reserve Bank, dated [•], in its capacity as the agent for the Minister of Finance for purposes of enforcement of South African Exchange Control regulations, pursuant to which the South African Reserve Bank will irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee that the transfer to the Fiscal Agent of all sums in the amount and in the currency required for the fulfillment of the financial obligations arising from the Securities will be authorized in good time, under all circumstances and without any limitations, notwithstanding any restrictions that may be in force at the time thereof in South Africa, and without any obligation to submit any affidavit or to comply with any other formality.

South Africa hereby agrees that it will not create any Encumbrance upon the whole or any part of its present or future revenues or assets to secure any present or future External Indebtedness without securing the outstanding Securities equally and ratably with such External Indebtedness, and the instrument creating any such mortgage, pledge or charge shall expressly provide therefor. “Encumbrance” shall mean any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other arrangement creating security other than any security on goods or other assets provided to or acquired by South Africa and securing a sum not greater than the purchase price (together with interest and other related charges) of such goods or assets and any related services. “External Indebtedness” shall mean all indebtedness of South Africa in respect of moneys borrowed by South Africa and guarantees given by South Africa for moneys borrowed by others which is expressed or denominated in a currency or currencies other than South African rand or which is, at the option of the person entitled thereto, payable in a currency or currencies other than South African rand.

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2. Except as set forth in the following sentence, the Securities are issuable only as fully registered global securities, without coupons, each registered in the name of DTC, a nominee thereof or a successor to DTC or a nominee thereof (for purposes of this paragraph 2, each, a “Global Security”), and (i) no Global Security may be transferred, except in whole and not in part, and only to DTC, one or more nominees of DTC or one or more respective successors of DTC and its nominees, and (ii) no Global Security may be exchanged for any Security other than another Global Security. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Fiscal Agency Agreement or this Global Security, a Global Security may be transferred to, or exchanged for registered Securities registered in the name of, a person other than DTC, a nominee of DTC or a successor of DTC or its nominee if (i) DTC notifies South Africa in writing that it is unwilling or unable to discharge its responsibilities as depositary for such Global Security properly and a successor is not appointed by South Africa within 90 days after receiving such notice, (ii) South Africa, in its sole discretion, instructs the Fiscal Agent in writing that a Global Security shall be so transferable and exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an event of default with respect to the Securities evidenced by this Global Security (as set forth in paragraph 6). Registered Securities issued in exchange for this Global Security will be registered in such names, and issued in such denominations (of US$[•] and higher integral multiples of US$1,000 thereof), as an authorized representative of DTC shall request.

So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner of this Global Security, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner and Holder of the Securities represented by this Global Security for all purposes of the underlying Securities. Ownership of beneficial interests in this Global Security will be limited to institutions that have accounts with DTC or its nominee (“participants”) or persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in this Global Security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee (with respect to interests of participants) and on the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons other than participants). Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to have the Securities represented by this Global Security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in definitive form upon exchange or otherwise and will not be considered the owners or Holders of any Securities represented by this Global Security. Accordingly, such person owning a beneficial interest in this Global Security must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any right of a Holder of Securities. The laws of some States within the United States require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in this Global Security.

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3. The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Issuer has initially appointed the Corporate Trust Office for such purpose and has agreed to cause to be kept at such office a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, South Africa will provide for the registration of Securities and registration of transfers of Securities. In addition, South Africa has appointed the main offices of Banque Internationale à Luxembourg SA in Luxembourg as a transfer agent (together with the Corporate Trust Office, the “Transfer Agents”), where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. South Africa reserves the right to vary or terminate the appointment of the Fiscal Agent as security registrar or of any Transfer Agent or to appoint additional or other registrars or Transfer Agents or to approve any change in the office through which any security registrar or any Transfer Agent acts.

Subject to paragraph 2, the transfer of a Security is registrable on the aforementioned register upon surrender of such Security at the Corporate Trust Office of the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, the Transfer Agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Fiscal Agent, or, if applicable, the Transfer Agent, duly executed by, the registered holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Upon such surrender of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer shall execute, and the Fiscal Agent, or, if applicable, the Transfer Agent, shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities, dated the date of authentication thereof, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.

At the option of the registered holder upon request confirmed in writing, Securities may be exchanged for Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor, form and aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office of the Fiscal Agent, or, if applicable, at the office of the Transfer Agent in Luxembourg. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, the Transfer Agent, shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the registered holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Any registration of transfer or exchange will be effected upon the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, the Transfer Agent, being satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the person making the request and subject to such reasonable regulations as the Issuer may from time to time agree with the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, the Transfer Agent. In the case of a transfer of part only of a Definitive Security, a new certificate in respect of the balance not transferred will be issued to the transferor.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of South Africa, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but South Africa may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, other than an exchange in connection with a partial redemption of a Security not involving any registration of a transfer.

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Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Fiscal Agent, or, if applicable, the Transfer Agent, and any agent of the Issuer, the Fiscal Agent or the Transfer Agent may treat the person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Issuer nor the Fiscal Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Securities shall become void unless presented for payment within a period of 10 years following (i) the maturity date or (ii) if payment in full has not been received by the Fiscal Agent or a Paying Agent on or prior to such date, the date on which notice is given to holders of the Securities that payment in full has been received.

The Issuer may from time to time without notice to or the consent of the registered holders of the Securities create and issue further securities ranking equally and ratably with the Securities in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further securities or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further securities) and so that such further securities shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Securities and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Securities.

4.      (a) The Issuer shall pay to the Fiscal Agent at the Corporate Trust Office, on or prior to each Interest Payment Date and the maturity date of the Securities, in such amounts sufficient (with any amounts then held by the Fiscal Agent and available for the purpose) to pay the interest on and the principal of, the Securities due and payable on such Interest Payment Date or maturity date, as the case may be. The Fiscal Agent shall apply the amounts so paid to it to the payment of such interest and principal in accordance with the terms of the Securities. Any monies paid by the Issuer to the Fiscal Agent for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Securities and remaining unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal (or premium) or interest shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity or otherwise) shall then be repaid to the Issuer upon its written request, and upon such repayment all liability of the Fiscal Agent with respect thereto shall cease, without, however, limiting in any way any obligation the Issuer may have to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security as the same shall become due.

In the event Definitive Securities are issued in the manner described above in paragraph 2, the Issuer shall pay to the Paying Agent at its principal office in Luxembourg, on or prior to each Interest Payment Date and the maturity date of the Securities, in such amounts sufficient (with any amounts then held by the Paying Agent and available for the purpose) to pay the interest on and the principal of, the Securities due and payable on such Interest Payment Date or maturity date, as the case may be. Payment of principal on the Definitive Securities will be made only against presentation and surrender of the Definitive Securities to the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall apply the amounts so paid to it to the payment of such interest and principal in accordance with the terms of the Securities. Any monies paid by the Issuer to the Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Securities and remaining unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal (or premium) or interest shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity or

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otherwise) shall then be repaid to the Issuer upon its written request, and upon such repayment all liability of the Paying Agent with respect thereto shall cease, without, however, limiting in any way any obligation the Issuer may have to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security as the same shall become due. South Africa reserves the right to vary or terminate the appointment of the Paying Agent in Luxembourg or to appoint additional or other Paying Agents or to approve any change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts, provided that there will at all times be a Paying Agent in Luxembourg.

         (b) In any case where the date of payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest (including Additional Amounts) on the Securities shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest (including Additional Amounts) need not be made on such date at the relevant place of payment, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any payment made on a date other than the date on which such payment is due as set forth herein shall have the same force and effect as if made on the date on which such payment is due, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date. “Business Day” shall mean any day except a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York City (or in the city where the relevant paying or transfer agent is located) are required or authorized by law to close.

5.      (a) Subject to certain exceptions in current South African tax law, all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Securities will be exempt from taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings or other charges, of whatsoever nature, imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by the Republic of South Africa or any political sub-division or taxing authority thereof or therein (all of which are referred to herein as “South African Taxes”) so long as the beneficial owner of the relevant Security is:

i. a natural person who is not a tax resident in South Africa as defined in the South African Income Tax Act, unless:

A. that person carries on business in South Africa through a permanent establishment; or

B. that person was physically present in South Africa for a period exceeding 183 days in aggregate during the relevant year of assessment; or

ii. a company, incorporated association, corporation or other body corporate which is not a resident as defined in the South African Income Tax Act, who does not carry on business in South Africa through a permanent establishment.

A company, incorporated association, corporation or other body corporate will be a resident of South Africa if it is incorporated, established or formed in South Africa or if it is effectively managed in South Africa, unless it is considered exclusively a resident of another country for purposes of the application of any agreement entered into between the governments of the Republic of South Africa and that other country for the avoidance of double taxation.

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Without prejudice to the foregoing, if any payment of principal or interest is not exempt as aforesaid, South Africa shall pay, to the extent permitted by law, such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment, after the imposition of any South African Taxes in respect thereof, will not be less than the amount the holder would have received in the absence of such taxes, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable in respect of any Security:

i. on which any South African Taxes are imposed by reason of the failure of the holder or beneficial owner of such Security to make a declaration of non-residence or other similar claim for exemption to the relevant tax authority; or

ii. presented for payment more than 30 days after the Relevant Date, except to the extent that the holder thereof would have been entitled to additional amounts on presenting the same for payment on the expiry of such period of 30 days.

As used herein, the “Relevant Date” means the date on which such payment first becomes due or, if the full amount of the money payable has not been received by the Fiscal Agent on or prior to such due date, it means the date on which, the full amount of such money having been so received, notice to that effect shall have been duly given in the manner provided in the Fiscal Agency Agreement.

Any reference herein to principal and/or interest shall be deemed also to refer to any additional amounts which may be payable hereunder.

South Africa shall pay all stamp and other duties, if any (and any taxes which may replace such stamp or other duties), which may be imposed by the Republic of South Africa, the United States or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority of or in the foregoing with respect to the Fiscal Agency Agreement of the issuance of this Security.

(b) Except as specifically provided in this Security, the Issuer shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. Whenever in this Security there is a reference, in any context, to the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on, or in respect of, any Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for in paragraph 5(a) to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of such paragraph and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

6. In the event of:

(a) default in the payment of any principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on any of the Securities and the continuance of such default for a period of more than 30 days after the due date; or

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(b) in the event of failure to perform or observe any other obligation under the Securities and the continuance of such default for the period of 60 days following written notice thereof to South Africa by any holder of Securities (except where such failure is not capable of remedy, in which event no notice shall be required); or

(c) if (i) any other present or future External Indebtedness becomes due and payable prior to the stated maturity thereof by reason of default, or any such External Indebtedness is not paid at the maturity thereof as extended by any grace period applicable thereto, or any such External Indebtedness in the form of a guarantee is not honored when due and called upon or within any grace period applicable thereto, or (ii) South Africa shall declare a general moratorium on the payment of any External Indebtedness;

then, and in every such case, the Fiscal Agent shall, upon the instruction of the holders of not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding (as defined in the Fiscal Agency Agreement) at that time, by written demand given to South Africa with a copy to the Fiscal Agent, declare all the Securities to be, and [the principal amount][If OID: an amount of principal of this Security determined as hereinafter provided] of all the Securities and the accrued interest thereon shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable, unless prior to receipt of such demand by South Africa all such events of default shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied. If any and all existing events of default hereunder shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein, then, and in every such case, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, by written notice to South Africa and to the Fiscal Agent as set forth in the Fiscal Agency Agreement, by written consent or by a vote at meeting held in accordance with Section 14 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, may, on behalf of all the holders, rescind and annul any prior declaration of the acceleration of the principal of and interest accrued on the Securities and its consequences, but no such rescission and annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. This paragraph 6 shall be subject to Sections 14 to 19 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement. [The amount referred to in the preceding sentence shall be equal to—insert formula for determining the amount.]

7. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, a Paying Agent, the Issuer shall execute, and the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, the relevant Paying Agent, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there be delivered to the Issuer, the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, a Paying Agent, (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, the relevant Paying Agent, that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, the relevant Paying Agent, shall authenticate and deliver in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

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Upon the issuance of any new Security under this paragraph, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and the expenses of the Fiscal Agent or, if applicable, the Paying Agent) connected therewith.

Every new Security issued pursuant to this paragraph in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

Any new Security delivered pursuant to this paragraph shall be so dated that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange.

The provisions of this paragraph 7 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

8. As provided in the Fiscal Agency Agreement, South Africa and the Fiscal Agent may, (a) with the consent of the holders at a meeting duly called and held as specified in the Fiscal Agency Agreement, upon the affirmative vote, in person or by proxy thereunto duly authorized in writing, of the holders of not less than 66 ²⁄₃% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding represented at such meeting, or (b) with the written consent of the holders of not less than 66 ²⁄₃% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, modify, amend or supplement the terms of the Securities or, insofar as respects the Securities, the Fiscal Agency Agreement, in any way, and such holders may make, take or give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Securities to be made, given or taken by the holders; provided, however, that no such action may, without the consent of the holders of not less than 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, voting at a meeting or by written consent, (i) change the due dates for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, (ii) reduce any amounts payable on the Securities, (iii) reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the Securities, (iv) reduce the interest rate of the Securities, (v) change the payment currency or places of payment for the Securities, (vi) [permit early redemption of the Securities][If early redemption is already permitted: set a redemption date earlier than the date previously specified or reduce the redemption price], (vii) reduce the percentage of holders of the Securities whose vote or consent is needed to amend, supplement or modify the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Securities or to take any other action with respect to the Securities, or change the definition of “Outstanding” with respect to the Securities under the Fiscal Agency Agreement, (viii) change South Africa’s obligation to pay any additional amounts in respect of the Securities, (ix) change the governing law provision of the Securities, (x) change the courts to the jurisdiction of which South Africa has submitted, South Africa’s obligation to appoint and maintain an agent for service of process in Washington, D.C. or The City of New York or South Africa’s waiver of immunity, in respect of actions or proceedings brought by any holder of the Securities, (xi) in connection with an exchange offer for the Securities, amend any Event of Default (as defined herein), or (xii) change the status of the Securities, as set forth herein and as described

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under “Description of Debt Securities—Nature of the Obligations of the South African Government” in the prospectus, as amended by the prospectus supplement [and any pricing supplement], applicable to the Securities. In addition, the Fiscal Agency Agreement permits South Africa and the Fiscal Agent, without the consent of any holders of Securities, to amend the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Securities for the purpose of (i) adding to South Africa’s covenants for the benefit of the holders of the Securities, (ii) surrendering any of South Africa’s rights or powers, (iii) providing collateral for the Securities, (iv) curing any ambiguity correcting or supplementing any defective provision thereof, or (v) making any other change that (a) is not inconsistent with the Securities and (b) does not adversely affect the interest of any holder of the Securities in any material respect. This paragraph 8 shall be subject to Sections 14 to 19 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement.

9. Subject to paragraph 8, no reference herein to the Fiscal Agency Agreement and no provision of this Security or of the Fiscal Agency Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

10. South Africa may, from time to time, without the consent of the holders, create and issue additional securities having terms and conditions the same as the Securities, or the same except for the amount of the first payment of interest, which additional securities may be consolidated and form a single series with the outstanding Securities; provided that such additional securities do not have, for purposes of U.S. federal income taxation, a greater amount of original issue discount, if any, than the Securities have as of the date of the issue of such additional securities.

11. THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

12. South Africa hereby certifies and declares that all acts, conditions and things required to be done and performed and to have happened precedent to the creation and issuance of this Security, and to constitute the same and valid obligation of South Africa in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed and have happened in due and strict compliance with the applicable laws of the Republic of South Africa.

13. South Africa has appointed Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the United States, 3051 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20008, and his successors as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any action arising out of or based on the Securities which may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York by the holder of any Security, and South Africa expressly accepts the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of such action. The Issuer hereby irrevocably waives any immunity to service of process and any objection to venue in respect of any such action to which it might otherwise be entitled in any action arising out of or based on the Securities which may be instituted by the holder of any Security in any State or Federal court in The City of New York or in any competent court in the Republic of South Africa. Such appointment shall be irrevocable until all amounts in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest due and to become due on or in respect of all the Securities have been either paid or returned to the

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Issuer as provided in Section 8(c) of the Fiscal Agency Agreement. South Africa hereby waives irrevocably any immunity from jurisdiction (but not execution or attachment or process in the nature thereof) to which it might otherwise be entitled in any action arising out of or based on the Securities which may be instituted by the holder of any Security in any State or Federal court in The City of New York or in any competent court in the Republic of South Africa. Neither such appointment nor such waiver of immunity shall be interpreted to include actions brought under the United States Federal securities laws.

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