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The British high commissioner to South Africa is the head of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission in the Republic of South Africa.. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and South Africa exchange high commissioners rather than ambassadors, and the high commissioner's office in Pretoria is the high commission rather than the embassy.
His Majesty's Diplomatic Service (HMDS) is the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dealing with foreign affairs and representing British interests overseas, as opposed to the Home Civil Service, which deals with domestic affairs.
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.
Hargeisa (British Office Hargeisa) South Africa. Pretoria (High Commission) Cape Town (Consulate-General) Johannesburg (Trade & Investment Office) South Sudan. Juba (Embassy) Tanzania. Dar es Salaam (High Commission) Dodoma (Dodoma Office) [10] Tunisia. Tunis (Embassy) Uganda. Kampala (High Commission) Zambia. Lusaka (High Commission) Zimbabwe ...
Flag used by British embassies The Union Flag, used by high commissions Flag used by British consulates and consulates-general. The heads of British diplomatic missions are persons appointed as senior diplomats to individual nations, or international organizations.
A British High Commission is a British diplomatic mission, equivalent to an embassy, found in countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Their general purpose is to provide diplomatic relationships as well as travel information, passports, dual-citizenship information, and other services between Commonwealth states.
The first British high commissioner to a dominion was appointed in 1928 to Canada. South Africa received a British high commissioner in 1930; Australia in 1936; and New Zealand in 1939. [7] The first high-ranking official envoy from one dominion to another was appointed by South Africa to Canada in 1938. [8]
The beginning of relations between South Africa and the UK began on 31 May 1910 when the Union of South Africa was founded as a Dominion of the British Empire. From 1910 until South Africa declared itself a republic on 31 May 1961, South Africa fought in support and as a part of the British Empire in both World War I and II.