South African wanting to adopt...

In all my communications with the Central Authority over the past 3 1/2 years, they have insisted that they cannot assist with a foreign adoption without there being a bilateral agreement between "sending" and "receiving" country. As I stated before, they have ignored all my attempts at contact so far this year. The one time they did send me an email, it was a brief one stating that they were aware of a need for foreign adoption agreements and would look into it after the implementation of the Children's Act. Although I do not believe that they can prevent a foreign adoption, they can stall and waste a lot of your time. So far, it's been much easier for South Africans living outside of South Africa to adopt internationally than for those of us resident in South Africa. If you do succeed in getting a straight answer, I would appreciate it very much if you would contact me.