The list of German ambassadors in South Africa contains all charge d'affaires of the German Empire and the Federal Republic of Germany in South Africa.
An envoy, as chargé d'affaires, was sent for the first time in 1955, previously Consuls general, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The ambassador also has jurisdiction over Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Lesotho. The current headquarters of the embassy is in Pretoria. [1] Before 1928, the headquarters of the Consulate General was Cape Town.
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst Bieber | 1885 | 1888 | ||
| Ernst Heinrich von Treskow |  | 1889 | 1895 | |
| Bruno von Schuckmann |  | 1895 | 1899 | |
| Heinrich Johann Focke | 1899 | 1901 | ||
| Friedrich von Lindequist |  | 1901 | 1905 | |
| Hans Paul von Humboldt-Dachroeden | 1905 | 1914 | ||
| Alex Bernhard Tigges | 1928 | 1929 | ||
| Paul Roh | 1929 | 1933 | Consul General 1st Class | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm von Keßler | 1931 | 1933 | Consul General, Chargé d’Affaires [2] | |
| Emil Wiehl |  | 1933 | 1937 | [3] |
| Rudolf Leitner | 1937 | 1939 | ||
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Holzhausen | 1951 | 1954 | 1951: Consul General; 1952: Envoy; 1954: Ambassador | |
| Gustav Strohm | 1955 | 1957 | ||
| Hans Ulrich Granow | 1958 | 1961 | ||
| Karl Overbeck | 1961 | 1963 | ||
| Werner Junker | 1963 | 1967 | ||
| Gustav Adolf Sonnenhol |  | 1968 | 1971 | |
| Erich Strätling | 1971 | 1976 | ||
| Hans-Joachim Eick | 1976 | 1980 | ||
| Ekkehard Eickhoff | 1980 | 1983 | ||
| Carl Lahusen | 1985 | 1986 | ||
| Fritz Ziefer | 1987 | 1987 | Counselor, Chargé d'Affaires | |
| Immo Stabreit | 1987 | 1992 | ||
| Hans-Christian Ueberschaer |  | 1992 | 1995 | |
| Uwe Kaestner | 1995 | 1998 | ||
| Harald Ganns | 1998 | 2000 | ||
| Anna-Margareta Peters | 2000 | 2003 | ||
| Harro Adt | 2004 | 2007 | ||
| Dieter W. Haller | 2007 | 2011 | ||
| Horst Freitag | 2011 | 2015 | ||
| Walter Johannes Lindner | 2015 | 2017 | ||
| Martin Schäfer | 2017 | 2021 | ||
| Andreas Peschke | 2021 | Present | [4] [5] |
Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa. It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and good governance.
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Lesotho's geographic location makes it extremely vulnerable to political and economic developments in South Africa. Its capital is the small city of Maseru. It is a member of many regional economic organizations including the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Lesotho also is active in the United Nations, the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, and many other international organizations. In addition to the Republic of Korea, the United States, South Africa, Ireland, People's Republic of China, Libya, and the European Union all currently retain resident diplomatic missions in Lesotho. Foreign relations of Lesotho are administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations.
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The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Pretoria is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of South Africa and concurrently accredited to the Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Eswatini, and the Kingdom of Lesotho. The embassy is located at 949 Francis Baard Street in the suburb of Arcadia, Pretoria. Indonesia also has a consulate general in Cape Town and an honorary consulate in Mbabane, Eswatini.
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