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 Embassy [5]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [5][6]
 Ivory Coast Abidjan Embassy [4]
 Gabon Libreville High Commission [7]
 Ghana Accra Embassy
Countries:
 [7]
 Guinea Conakry Embassy [7]
 Guinea-Bissau Bissau Embassy [7]
 Kenya Nairobi High Commission
International Organizations:
 [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:
 [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:
 [6]
 South Sudan Juba Embassy [6]
 Sudan Khartoum 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
Countries:
 [21]
 Mexico Mexico City Embassy
Countries:
 [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]
 Israel Tel Aviv Closed November 2023 [23]
 Japan Tokyo Embassy [21]
 Jordan Amman Embassy
Countries:
 [21]
 Kazakhstan Astana Embassy
Countries:
 [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]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Liaison office [2]
 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]
 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:
International Organizations:
 [2][27]
 Belgium Brussels Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [3][28]
 Bulgaria Sofia Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
 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
Countries:
 [30]
 Hungary Budapest Embassy
Countries:
 [30]
 Ireland Dublin Embassy [23]
 Italy Rome Embassy
Countries:
 [15]
 Netherlands The Hague Embassy [11]
 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
Countries:
 [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
Countries:
 [2][4][11]
 New Zealand Wellington High Commission [11]

Multilateral organizations

Organization Host city Host country Mission Ref.
 United Nations
New York City United States Permanent Mission [31]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission [31]
  • Embassy in Beijing
    Embassy in Beijing
  • Embassy in Berlin
    Embassy in Berlin
  • Embassy in Bissau
    Embassy in Bissau
  • Embassy in Buenos Aires
    Embassy in Buenos Aires
  • High Commission in Canberra
    High Commission in Canberra
  • Embassy in Copenhagen
    Embassy in Copenhagen
  • Building hosting the Embassy in Dublin
    Building hosting the Embassy in Dublin
  • High Commission in Gaborone
    High Commission in Gaborone
  • Embassy in The Hague
    Embassy in The Hague
  • Embassy in Kyiv
    Embassy in Kyiv
  • High Commission in London
    High Commission in London
  • High Commission in Mbabane
    High Commission in Mbabane
  • Building hosting the Embassy in Mexico City
    Building hosting the Embassy in Mexico City
  • Embassy in Moscow
    Embassy in Moscow
  • Embassy in Oslo
    Embassy in Oslo
  • High Commission in Ottawa
    High Commission in Ottawa
  • Embassy in Paris
    Embassy in Paris
  • Embassy in Prague
    Embassy in Prague
  • Embassy in Seoul
    Embassy in Seoul
  • Building hosting the Embassy in Sofia
    Building hosting the Embassy in Sofia
  • Embassy in Stockholm
    Embassy in Stockholm
  • Building hosting the Embassy in Tokyo
    Building hosting the Embassy in Tokyo
  • Embassy in Vienna
    Embassy in Vienna
  • Embassy in Warsaw
    Embassy in Warsaw
  • Embassy in Washington, D.C.
    Embassy in Washington, D.C.
  • Building hosting the High Commission in Wellington
    Building hosting the High Commission in Wellington

Closed missions

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Peru Lima Embassy 2021 [17][32]
 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain High Commission 2021 [32]
 United States Chicago Consulate-General 2021 [32]
 Uruguay Montevideo Embassy 2016 [33]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Iraq Baghdad Embassy Unknown [34]
 Oman Muscat Embassy 2021 [32]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Embassy 1998 [1]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Belarus Minsk Embassy 2021 [32]
 Finland Helsinki Embassy 2021 [32]
 Holy See Rome Embassy 2021 [32]
 Italy Milan Consulate-General 2021 [32]
 Romania Bucharest Embassy 2021 [32]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Fiji Suva High Commission 2021 [32]

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

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See also