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:
 [2]
Angola Luanda Embassy [2]
Benin Cotonou Embassy
Countries:
 [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 High Commission [5]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy
Countries:
 [5][6]
Ivory Coast Abidjan Embassy [4]
Gabon Libreville High Commission [7]
Ghana Accra High Commission
Countries:
 [7]
Guinea Conakry Embassy [7]
Guinea-Bissau Bissau Embassy [7]
Kenya Nairobi High Commission [8]
Lesotho Maseru High Commission [9]
Liberia Monrovia Embassy [9]
Madagascar Antananarivo Embassy [10]
Malawi Lilongwe High Commission [10]
Mali Bamako Embassy [10]
Mauritania Nouakchott Embassy [10]
Mauritius Port Louis High Commission
Countries:
 [10]
Morocco Rabat Embassy [10]
Mozambique Maputo High Commission [10]
Namibia Windhoek High Commission [11]
Niger Niamey Embassy [11]
Nigeria Abuja High Commission [11]
Lagos Consulate-General [11]
Rwanda Kigali High Commission [12]
Senegal Dakar Embassy
Countries:
 [6]
South Sudan Juba Embassy [6]
Tanzania Dar es Salaam High Commission
International Organizations:
 [13][14]
Tunisia Tunis Embassy
Countries:
 [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:
 [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:
 [4][17][18][19]
Cuba Havana Embassy
Countries:
 [4][20]
Jamaica Kingston High Commission [21]
Mexico Mexico City Embassy [10]
United States Washington, D.C. Embassy [15]
Los Angeles Consulate-General [15]
New York City Consulate-General [15]
Venezuela Caracas Embassy
Countries:
 [22]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
China Beijing Embassy
Countries:
 [4]
Hong Kong Consulate-General [4]
Shanghai Consulate-General [4]
India New Delhi High Commission
Countries:
 [23]
Mumbai Consulate-General [23]
Indonesia Jakarta Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [23][24]
Iran Tehran Embassy [23]
Japan Tokyo Embassy [21]
Jordan Amman Embassy
Countries:
 [21]
Kazakhstan Astana Embassy [8]
Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy [8]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur High Commission
Countries:
 [6]
Pakistan Islamabad High Commission
Countries:
 [25]
Palestine Ramallah Representative office [25]
Philippines Manila Embassy
Countries:
 [25]
Qatar Doha Embassy [26]
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy
Countries:
 [6]
Jeddah Consulate-General [6]
Singapore Singapore High Commission [6]
South Korea Seoul Embassy [8]
Sri Lanka Colombo High Commission
Countries:
 [6]
Syria Damascus Embassy
Countries:
 [6]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Liaison office [2]
Thailand Bangkok Embassy
Countries:
 [13]
Turkey Ankara Embassy
Countries:
 [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:
 [2][27]
Belgium Brussels Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [3][28]
Czechia Prague Embassy [4]
Denmark Copenhagen Embassy [20]
France Paris Embassy
Countries:
 [29]
Germany Berlin Embassy
Countries:
 [7]
Munich Consulate-General [7]
Greece Athens Embassy [6][30]
Hungary Budapest Embassy
Countries:
 [30]
Ireland Dublin Embassy [23]
Italy Rome Embassy
Countries:
 [15]
Netherlands The Hague Embassy [11][31]
Norway Oslo Embassy
Countries:
 [11]
Poland Warsaw Embassy [25]
Portugal Lisbon Embassy [25]
Russia Moscow Embassy
Countries:
 [12]
Spain Madrid Embassy
Countries:
 [6]
Sweden Stockholm Embassy [6]
 Switzerland Bern Embassy
Countries:
 [6]
Ukraine Kyiv Embassy
Countries:
 [15]
United Kingdom London High Commission [15]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Australia Canberra High Commission [2][4][11]
New Zealand Wellington High Commission [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]


Closed missions


Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé Embassy 2026 [34][35]
Sudan Khartoum Embassy 2023 [6][36]

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Peru Lima Embassy 2021 [17][37]
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain High Commission 2021 [37]
United States Chicago Consulate-General 2021 [37]
Uruguay Montevideo Embassy 2016 [38]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Iraq Baghdad Embassy Unknown [39]
Israel Tel Aviv Embassy 2024 [23]
Oman Muscat Embassy 2021 [37]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Embassy 1998 [1]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Belarus Minsk Embassy 2021 [37]
Bulgaria Sofia Embassy 2025 [40][41]
Finland Helsinki Embassy 2021 [37]
Holy See Rome Embassy 2021 [37]
Italy Milan Consulate-General 2021 [37]
Romania Bucharest Embassy 2021 [37]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Fiji Suva High Commission 2021 [37]

Notes

References

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  13. 1 2 3 4 "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.
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  17. 1 2 "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.
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  21. 1 2 3 "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  22. 1 2 "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.
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  28. ↑ "South African Embassy Brussels, Belgium". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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  30. 1 2 "South African Representation Abroad (listed alphabetically)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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  32. ↑ "The High Commissioner". South Africa High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  33. 1 2 South African Representation in International Organisations Abroad
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  36. ↑ "South Africa begins evacuation of citizens trapped in Sudan". Al Jazeera. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  37. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "SA to close 10 diplomatic missions abroad". South African Government New Agency. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  38. ↑ "Uruguay (Oriental Republic of)".
  39. ↑ "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.
  40. ↑ "South Africa to maintain close ties with Bulgaria as the embassy in Sofia winds down operations". Department of International Relations & Cooperation Republic of South Africa. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
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