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This is a list of diplomatic missions in South Africa. There are 134 embassies and high commissions in Pretoria, and many countries maintain either an embassy, high commission or consulate in Cape Town and consulates in other major cities. Trade missions and honorary consulates are omitted from this listing.
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 ...
The position of South African ambassador to the United States is the most prestigious and top diplomatic post in South Africa. The position was first held in March 1949, following the upgrade of South Africa's diplomatic mission to an embassy. The post has been held by many important politicians and was most recently held by Nomaindia Mfeketo.
France has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town. South Africa has an embassy in Paris. Germany: 14 August 1951 ( before from 1933 to 6 September 1939 were diplomatic relations) See Germany–South Africa relations. Germany has an embassy in Pretoria. South Africa has an embassy in Berlin. Greece: 2 September 1941
The Cape Town Office [9] has responsibility for the provinces of Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape as well as Namibia. [6] There was also previously an office in Johannesburg, formerly the Consulate-General of the Republic of China. [10] [11] However, owing to financial considerations and the city's proximity to Pretoria, it was ...
The United States appointed its first envoy to South Africa, Ralph J. Totten, in 1929. He was appointed as Minister Resident/Consul General and promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary the following year. South Africa was renamed the Republic of South Africa on May 31, 1961, after links to the British crown were severed.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [15] [16] [17] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...
Besides the high commission in Pretoria, the UK maintains a consulate-general in Cape Town. [1] The high commissioner to South Africa is also accredited to the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), but a resident high commissioner to Eswatini has been appointed and is expected in post in summer 2019. [2] From 2005 to 2019 the high ...