List of high commissioners of South Africa to Australia

The high commissioner of South Africa to Australia is an officer of the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation and the head of the High Commission of the Republic of South Africa to the Commonwealth of Australia. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation as Ambassador to the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. The high commissioner is based with the High Commission in Yarralumla in Canberra.

The high commissioner is currently Beryl Sisulu, a career diplomat, and South Africa and Australia have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1949. On South Africa's departure from the Commonwealth of Nations in 1961, the High Commission became an Embassy. Following the end of Apartheid and South Africa's return to the Commonwealth on 1 June 1994, the High Commission was re-established to replace the former Embassy.

Office-holders

High commissioners from the Union of South Africa, 1949–61

IncumbentStart of termEnd of termDr. Philip Rudolph Viljoen"SOUTH AFRICAN REPRESENTATIVE." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 25 Mar 1949: 5. Web. 14 Nov 2015. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27579155"SOUTH AFRICA." Cootamundra Herald (NSW : 1877 - 1954) 16 Feb 1949: 1. Web. 14 Nov 2015. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143552110February 194914 November 1951G. C. Neil (acting)15 November 195120 February 1954Johann Kunz Uys21 February 195410 June 1957Anthony M. Hamilton10 September 195727 March 1961

Ambassadors from the Republic of South Africa, 1961–94

IncumbentStart of termEnd of termHerbert Hans Woodward31 May 19618 October 1964 - also served as the last High Commissioner from the Union of South Africa from 8 April to 30 May 1961.Johan Christiaan Holm Maree24 June 196514 January 1969Johann Kunz Uys3 February 19691971John Brent Mills19711977Alan John Oxley19771983Denis Worrall19831984Cornelius A. Bastiaanse13 August 19841988Francis David Tothill19881992Naudé Steyn8 September 19921 June 1994

High commissioners from the Republic of South Africa, 1994 to date

IncumbentStart of termEnd of termNaudé Steyn1 June 19941996Bhadra RanchodJune 19962003Anthony Mongalo20032009Lenin Magigwane Shope26 February 20092010Mauritz C. Lindeque21 November 20102011Koleka Anita Mqulwana17 February 20112015S'bu Ndebele13 May 2015February 2017Beryl Sisulu1 March 201714 April 2019Marthinus van Schalkwyk15 April 2019

See also

Australia–South Africa relations Foreign relations of South Africa List of high commissioners of Australia to South Africa

References

External links South African High Commission, Canberra