List of diplomatic missions of South Africa

South African diplomatic mission

This is a list of diplomatic missions of South Africa. South Africa dramatically expanded its diplomatic presence globally, especially in Africa, in the immediate years after the end of apartheid. It was the only country to have embassies in the various bantustan states of Transkei, Venda, Bophuthatswana and Ciskei that South Africa established. During apartheid, it was one of the few countries to recognise Taiwan as the Republic of China, when it become a democratic nation it established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 1998. ^[1]

Current missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Algeria	Algiers	Embassy	Countries: Sahrawi Republic	[2]
Angola	Luanda	Embassy		[2]
Benin	Cotonou	Embassy	Countries: Togo	[3]
Botswana	Gaborone	High Commission		[3]
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Embassy		[3]
Burundi	Bujumbura	Embassy		[3]
Cameroon	Yaoundé	High Commission		[4]
Central African Republic	Bangui	Embassy		[4]
Chad	N'Djamena	Embassy		[4]
Comoros	Moroni	Embassy		[4]
Congo-Brazzaville	Brazzaville	Embassy		[4]
Congo-Kinshasa	Kinshasa	Embassy		[4]
	Lubumbashi	Consulate-General		[4]
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy		[5]
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Embassy		[5]
Eritrea	Asmara	Embassy		[5]
Eswatini	Mbabane	Embassy		[5]
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	Countries: Djibouti Somalia International Organizations: African Union United Nations Economic Commission for Africa	[5] [6]
Ivory Coast	Abidjan	Embassy		[4]
Gabon	Libreville	High Commission		[7]
Ghana	Accra	Embassy	Countries: Sierra Leone	[7]
Guinea	Conakry	Embassy		[7]
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Embassy		[7]
Kenya	Nairobi	High Commission	International Organizations: United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme	[8]
Lesotho	Maseru	Embassy		[9]
Liberia	Monrovia	Embassy		[9]
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Embassy		[10]
Malawi	Lilongwe	Embassy		[10]
Mali	Bamako	Embassy		[10]
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Embassy		[10]
Mauritius	Port Louis	High Commission	Countries: Seychelles	[10]
Morocco	Rabat	Embassy		[10]
Mozambique	Maputo	Embassy		[10]
Namibia	Windhoek	High Commission		[11]
Niger	Niamey	Embassy		[11]
Nigeria	Abuja	High Commission		[11]
	Lagos	Consulate-General		[11]
Rwanda	Kigali	High Commission		[12]
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Embassy		[6]
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	Countries: Cape Verde Gambia	[6]
South Sudan	Juba	Embassy		[6]
Sudan	Khartoum	Embassy		[6]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	High Commission	International Organizations: East African Community	[13] [14]
Tunisia	Tunis	Embassy	Countries: Libya	[13]
Uganda	Kampala	High Commission		[15]
Zambia	Lusaka	High Commission		[16]
Zimbabwe	Harare	Embassy		[16]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	Countries: Paraguay Uruguay	[2]
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy		[3]
	São Paulo	Consulate-General		[3]
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission		[4]
	Toronto	Consulate-General		[4]
Chile	Santiago de Chile	Embassy	Countries: Ecuador Peru	[4] [17] [18] [19]
Cuba	Havana	Embassy	Countries: Dominican Republic	[4] [20]
Jamaica	Kingston	High Commission	Countries: Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Haiti Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago	[21]
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	Countries: Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama	[10]
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy		[15]
	Los Angeles	Consulate-General		[15]
	New York City	Consulate-General		[15]
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy	Countries: Colombia	[22]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
China	Beijing	Embassy	Countries: Mongolia North Korea	[4]
	Hong Kong	Consulate-General		[4]
	Shanghai	Consulate-General		[4]
India	New Delhi	High Commission	Countries: Bangladesh    Nepal	[23]
	Mumbai	Consulate-General		[23]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	Countries: East Timor International Organizations: Association of Southeast Asian Nations	[23] [24]
Iran	Tehran	Embassy		[23]
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy		[21]
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	Countries: Iraq	[21]
Kazakhstan	Astana	Embassy	Countries: Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan	[8]
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy		[8]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	High Commission	Countries: Brunei	[6]
Pakistan	Islamabad	High Commission	Countries: Afghanistan	[25]
Palestine	Ramallah	Representative office		[25]
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Countries: Palau	[25]
Qatar	Doha	Embassy		[26]
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Taipei	Liaison office		[2]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	Countries: Bahrain Oman Yemen	[6]
	Jeddah	Consulate-General		[6]
Singapore	Singapore	High Commission		[6]
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy		[8]
Sri Lanka	Colombo	High Commission	Countries: Maldives	[6]
Syria	Damascus	Embassy	Countries: Lebanon	[6]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	Countries: Cambodia Laos Myanmar	[13]
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy	Countries: Azerbaijan Uzbekistan	[13]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy		[15]
	Dubai	Consulate-General		[15]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy		[22]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	Countries: Slovakia Slovenia International Organizations: United Nations CTBTO Preparatory Commission International Atomic Energy Agency United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	[2] [27]
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	Countries: Luxembourg International Organizations: European Union	[3] [28]
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	Countries: Consular jurisdiction only: Serbia [a]	[3]
Czechia	Prague	Embassy		[4]
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy		[20]
France	Paris	Embassy	Countries: Monaco	[29]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy	Countries: Romania	[7]
	Munich	Consulate-General		[7]
Greece	Athens	Embassy	Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Montenegro Serbia	[30]
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy	Countries: Croatia	[30]
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy		[23]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Countries: Albania Malta San Marino	[15]
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	International Organizations: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	[11] [31]
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	Countries: Iceland	[11]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy		[25]
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy		[25]
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	Countries: Belarus	[12]
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	Countries: Andorra	[6]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	Countries: Estonia Finland Latvia Lithuania	[6]
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	Countries: Liechtenstein	[6]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Embassy	Countries: Armenia Georgia Moldova	[15]
United Kingdom	London	High Commission		[15]

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	High Commission	Countries: Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu	[2] [4] [11]
New Zealand	Wellington	High Commission	Countries: Cook Islands Fiji Samoa Vanuatu	[11] [32]

Multilateral organizations

Organization	Host city	Host country	Mission	Ref.
United Nations
	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission	[33]
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	[33]

Gallery

• 
  Embassy in Beijing
• 
  Embassy in Berlin
• 
  Embassy in Bissau
• 
  Embassy in Buenos Aires
• 
  High Commission in Canberra
• 
  Embassy in Copenhagen
• 
  Building hosting the Embassy in Dublin
• 
  High Commission in Gaborone
• 
  Embassy in The Hague
• 
  Embassy in Kyiv
• 
  High Commission in London
• 
  High Commission in Mbabane
• 
  Building hosting the Embassy in Mexico City
• 
  Embassy in Moscow
• 
  Embassy in Oslo
• 
  High Commission in Ottawa
• 
  Embassy in Paris
• 
  Embassy in Prague
• 
  Embassy in Seoul
• 
  Embassy in Sofia
• 
  Embassy in Stockholm
• 
  Building hosting the Embassy in Tokyo
• 
  Embassy in Vienna
• 
  Embassy in Warsaw
• 
  Embassy in Washington, D.C.
• 
  Building hosting the High Commission in Wellington

Closed missions

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Peru	Lima	Embassy	2021	[17] [34]
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	High Commission	2021	[34]
United States	Chicago	Consulate-General	2021	[34]
Uruguay	Montevideo	Embassy	2016	[35]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy	Unknown	[36]
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy	2024	[23]
Oman	Muscat	Embassy	2021	[34]
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Taipei	Embassy	1998	[1]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Belarus	Minsk	Embassy	2021	[34]
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy	2021	[34]
Holy See	Rome	Embassy	2021	[34]
Italy	Milan	Consulate-General	2021	[34]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	2021	[34]

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Fiji	Suva	High Commission	2021	[34]

Notes

1. Serbia is listed only under the consular jurisdiction of the South African Embassy in Sofia. Diplomatic relations are conducted from the South African Embassy in Athens.

References

1. "Taiwan loses a major ally". BBC News. 30 December 1997. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
2. "South African Representation Abroad". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
3. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
4. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 8 October 2024.
5. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 10 October 2024.
6. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
7. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
8. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
9. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
10. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
11. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
12. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
13. "South African Representation Abroad". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
14. "USA, Brazil, South African and Slovakia Ambassadors' present Letters of Credence to EAC Secretary General". East African Community . 16 May 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
15. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
16. "South African Representation Abroad". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
17. "Sudáfrica cerrará su embajada en Lima". La Agencia de Viajes Perú (in Spanish). 26 April 2021.
18. "Países concurrentes al Ecuador con Embajadas con sede en Chile". Embassy of Ecuador in Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
19. "Lista de Embajadas, Consulados, Organismos Internacionales y Agencias de Cooperación Internancional, Acreditados ante el Gobierno de la República del Ecuador" [List of Embassies, Consulates, International Organizations and International Cooperation Agencies, Accredited to the Government of the Republic of Ecuador](PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador (in Spanish). October 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
20. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
21. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
22. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
23. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 2 May 2025.
24. "South African Embassy:Jakarta, Indonesia". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
25. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
26. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
27. "South African Embassy and Permanent Mission in Vienna". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
28. "South African Embassy Brussels, Belgium". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
29. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
30. "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa . Retrieved 16 December 2024.
31. "Republic of South Africa". Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons . Retrieved 2 May 2025.
32. "The High Commissioner". South Africa High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
33. South African Representation in International Organisations Abroad
34. "SA to close 10 diplomatic missions abroad". South African Government New Agency. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
35. "Uruguay (Oriental Republic of)".
36. "Ambassador Of The Republic Of Iraq In Pretoria Meets The South African Deputy Minister Of International Relations And Cooperation". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

See also

• Foreign relations of South Africa
• List of diplomatic missions in South Africa

External links

• Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa
• Details of diplomatic missions of South Africa