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.
Current missions
Africa Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Algiers Embassy Luanda Embassy Cotonou Embassy Gaborone High Commission Ouagadougou Embassy Bujumbura Embassy Yaoundé High Commission Bangui Embassy N'Djamena Embassy Moroni Embassy Brazzaville Embassy Kinshasa Embassy Lubumbashi Consulate-General Cairo Embassy Malabo Embassy Asmara Embassy Mbabane High Commission Addis Ababa Embassy Abidjan Embassy Libreville High Commission Accra High Commission Conakry Embassy Bissau Embassy Nairobi High Commission Maseru High Commission Monrovia Embassy Antananarivo Embassy Lilongwe High Commission Bamako Embassy Nouakchott Embassy Port Louis High Commission Rabat Embassy Maputo High Commission Windhoek High Commission Niamey Embassy Abuja High Commission Lagos Consulate-General Kigali High Commission Dakar Embassy Juba Embassy Dar es Salaam High Commission Tunis Embassy Kampala High Commission Lusaka High Commission Harare Embassy
Americas Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Buenos Aires Embassy Brasília Embassy São Paulo Consulate-General Ottawa High Commission Toronto Consulate-General Santiago de Chile Embassy Havana Embassy Kingston High Commission Mexico City Embassy Washington, D.C. Embassy Los Angeles Consulate-General New York City Consulate-General Caracas Embassy
Asia Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Beijing Embassy Hong Kong Consulate-General Shanghai Consulate-General New Delhi High Commission Mumbai Consulate-General Jakarta Embassy Tehran Embassy Tokyo Embassy Amman Embassy Astana Embassy Kuwait City Embassy Kuala Lumpur High Commission Islamabad High Commission Ramallah Representative office Manila Embassy Doha Embassy Riyadh Embassy Jeddah Consulate-General Singapore High Commission Seoul Embassy Colombo High Commission Damascus Embassy Taipei Liaison office Bangkok Embassy Ankara Embassy Abu Dhabi Embassy Dubai Consulate-General Hanoi Embassy
Europe Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Vienna Embassy Brussels Embassy Prague Embassy Copenhagen Embassy Paris Embassy Berlin Embassy Munich Consulate-General Athens Embassy Budapest Embassy Dublin Embassy Rome Embassy The Hague Embassy Oslo Embassy Warsaw Embassy Lisbon Embassy Moscow Embassy Madrid Embassy Stockholm Embassy Bern Embassy Kyiv Embassy London High Commission
Oceania Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Canberra High Commission Wellington High Commission
Multilateral organizations Organization Host city Host country Mission New York City United States Permanent Mission South African Representation in International Organisations Abroad Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission
Closed missions
Africa Host country Host city Mission Year closed São ToméEmbassy2026 Khartoum Embassy 2023
Americas Host country Host city Mission Year closed Lima Embassy 2021 Port of Spain High Commission 2021 Chicago Consulate-General 2021 Montevideo Embassy 2016
Asia Host country Host city Mission Year closed Baghdad Embassy Unknown Tel Aviv Embassy 2024 Muscat Embassy 2021 Taipei Embassy 1998
Europe Host country Host city Mission Year closed Minsk Embassy 2021 SofiaEmbassy2025 Helsinki Embassy 2021 Rome Embassy 2021 Milan Consulate-General 2021 Bucharest Embassy 2021
Oceania Host country Host city Mission Year closed Suva High Commission 2021
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References
See also Foreign relations of South Africa List of diplomatic missions in South Africa
External links Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa Details of diplomatic missions of South Africa