List of diplomatic missions in South Africa

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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.

Countries with diplomatic missions in South Africa

## Diplomatic missions in Pretoria

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### Embassies and High Commissions

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Entries marked with an asterisk (*) are member-states of the Commonwealth of Nations. As such, their embassies are formally termed as "high commissions".

1. Algeria[1]
2. Angola[1]
3. Argentina[1]
4. Australia$[1]
5. Austria[1]
6. Azerbaijan[1]
7. Bangladesh[2]
8. Belarus[2]
9. Belgium[2]
10. Botswana[2]
11. Brazil[2]
12. Bulgaria[2]
13. Burkina Faso[2]
14. Burundi[2]
15. Cameroon[3]
16. Canada*[3]
17. Central African Republic[3]
18. Chad[3]
19. Chile[3]
20. China[3]
21. Colombia[3]
22. Comoros[3]
23. Congo-Brazzaville[3]
24. Congo-Kinshasa[3]
25. Croatia[3]
26. Cuba[3]
27. Cyprus*[3]
28. Czechia[3]
29. Denmark
30. Dominican Republic
31. Ecuador[4]
32. Egypt[4]
33. Eswatini*[4]
34. Equatorial Guinea[4]
35. Eritrea[4]
36. Ethiopia[4]
37. Finland[5]
38. France[5]
39. Gabon*
40. Gambia*
41. Georgia
42. Germany[6]
43. Ghana*
44. Greece
45. Guinea
46. Guyana*
47. Haiti
48. Holy See
49. Hungary
50. India*
51. Indonesia
52. Iran
53. Iraq
54. Ireland
55. Israel
56. Italy
57. Ivory Coast[3]
58. Jamaica*[7]
59. Japan[7]
60. Jordan[7]
61. Kazakhstan[8]
62. Kenya*[8]
63. Kuwait[8]
64. Lebanon
65. Lesotho*
66. Liberia
67. Libya
68. Lithuania
69. Madagascar
70. Malawi
71. Malaysia*
72. Mali
73. Mauritania
74. Mauritius
75. Mexico
76. Morocco
77. Mozambique*
78. Myanmar
79. Namibia*[9]
80. Nepal[9]
81. Netherlands[9]
82. New Zealand*[9]
83. Nicaragua[9]
84. Niger[9]
85. Nigeria*[9]
86. North Korea[8]
87. Norway[9]
88. Oman[10]
89. Pakistan*[11]
90. Palestine[11]
91. Panama[11]
92. Paraguay[11]
93. Peru[11]
94. Philippines[11]
95. Poland[11]
96. Portugal[11]
97. Qatar[12]
98. Romania[13]
99. Russia[13]
100. Rwanda*[13]
101. Sahrawi Republic[14]
102. Saudi Arabia[14]
103. Senegal[14]
104. Serbia[14]
105. Seychelles[14]
106. Singapore*[14]
107. Slovakia[14]
108. Somalia[14]
109. South Korea[8]
110. South Sudan[14]
111. Spain[14]
112. Sri Lanka*[14]
113. Sudan[14]
114. Sweden[14]
115. Switzerland[14]
116. Syria[14]
117. Tanzania*[15]
118. Thailand[16]
119. Timor-Leste[16]
120. Togo*[16]
121. Trinidad and Tobago*[16]
122. Tunisia[16]
123. Turkey[16]
124. Uganda*[15]
125. Ukraine[15]
126. United Arab Emirates[15]
127. United Kingdom*[15]
128. United States[15]
129. Uruguay[15]
130. Venezuela[17]
131. Vietnam[17]
132. Yemen[18]
133. Zambia*[19]
134. Zimbabwe[19]

### Other missions or delegations

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* European Union (Delegation)[4]
* Republic of China (Taiwan) (Liaison Office)[20]

### Gallery

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* Embassy of Algeria

* High Commission of Australia

* Embassy of Belarus

* Embassies of Brazil and Colombia

* Embassy of the Central African Republic

* Embassy of China

* High Commission of Cyprus

* Embassy of the DR Congo

* High Commission of Ghana

* Embassy of Greece

* Embassy of Guinea

* Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See

* Embassy of Hungary

* High Commission of India

* Embassy of Indonesia

* High Commission of Malaysia

* Embassy of Morocco

* High Commission of Nigeria

* Embassy of Poland

* Embassy of Russia

* High Commission of Rwanda

* Embassy of Slovakia

* Embassy of Thailand

* Embassy of the United States

* Embassy of Vietnam

* High Commission of Zambia

## Embassies and Consulates-General

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Many countries have either an embassy or high commission (used during the Parliamentary Session) or a consulate general in Cape Town.

### Cape Town

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* Austria
* Angola[1]
* Belgium
* Botswana[2]
* Brazil[2][21]
* China[3]
* Finland
* France[5][22]
* Germany (Consulate-General) [6]
* Greece
* India
* Italy (Consulate)
* Japan (Consular office)[7]
* Lesotho
* Madagascar
* Mozambique (Consulate-General)[23]
* Namibia[9]
* Netherlands[9]
* Portugal[11]
* Romania[13]
* Russia[13]
* Spain[14]
* Switzerland[14]
* Republic of China (Taiwan) (Liaison Office)
* Turkey[16]
* United Kingdom[15]
* United States[15]
* Zimbabwe (Consulate)[19]

### Durban

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* China[3]
* India
* Lesotho
* Mozambique (Consulate)[23]
* United States[15]

### Johannesburg

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* Angola[1]
* Argentina[1]
* Botswana[2]
* China[3]
* Eswatini
* France[5][24]
* Greece
* India
* Italy
* Malawi
* Mozambique (Consulate-General)[23]
* Nigeria[9]
* Portugal
* Seychelles[14]
* United States[15]
* Zimbabwe[19]

### Klerksdorp, North West

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* Lesotho (Consulate)

### Mbombela, Mpumalanga

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* Mozambique (Consulate)[23]

### Welkom, Free State

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* Lesotho (Consulate)

## Non-resident embassies and high commissions

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Resident in London unless otherwise noted.

* Armenia (Cairo)
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Bahrain (Khartoum)
* Barbados[2]
* Brunei (Singapore)
* Belize
* Bhutan (New Delhi)
* Cape Verde (Luanda)[3]
* Costa Rica (Bern)[3]
* Djibouti (Nairobi)
* Dominica
* El Salvador (Tel Aviv)
* Guinea-Bissau (Luanda)
* Guatemala (Rabat)
* Iceland (New Delhi)[25]
* Kyrgyzstan (Riyadh)
* Laos (New Delhi)
* Latvia (Bern)
* Micronesia (New York City)
* Maldives (Colombo)[26]
* Malta (Valletta)[27]
* Mongolia (Cairo)
* Papua New Guinea
* Sierra Leone (Addis Ababa)[14]
* Slovenia (Cairo)[14]
* Samoa (Canberra)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* San Marino (San Marino)[14]
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Turkmenistan (Astana)[16]
* Tajikistan (Cairo)
* Tonga (Abu Dhabi)
* Tuvalu (Wellington)
* Uzbekistan (Ankara)[15]
* Vanuatu (Canberra)

## Closed missions

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Host city  | Sending country  | Mission  | Year closed  | Ref.

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Pretoria |  Benin | Embassy  | 2020  | [28] [29]
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Embassy  | Unknown  | [30]
Fiji | High Commission  | 2015  | [31]
Guatemala | Embassy  | 2021  | [32]
Iceland | Embassy  | 2009  | [33][34]
Suriname | Embassy  | Unknown  | [35]
Cape Town |  Australia | Consulate  | 1984  | [36]
Canada | Consulate-General  | 2005  |
Indonesia | Embassy branch office  | 2011  |
Peru | Consulate  | 1985  | [37]
Uruguay | Consulate-General  | 2007  | [38]
Durban |  Angola | Consulate-General  | 2018  | [39]
Greece | Consulate  | 2011  | [40]
Italy | Consulate  | 2010  | [41]
Johannesburg |  Belgium | Consulate-General  | 2015  | [42]

## Embassies to open

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* Cambodia[43]
* Maldives[44]

## See also

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* Foreign relations of South Africa
* Visa requirements for South African citizens

## References

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44. ^ "Maldives to open embassy in South Africa".

## External links

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* South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* Diplomatic list

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List of diplomatic missions in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

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