# List of diplomatic missions of South Africa

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 |
| Algeria | Algiers | Embassy | Countries:  Sahrawi Republic |
| Angola | Luanda | Embassy | |
| Benin | Cotonou | Embassy | Countries:  Togo |
| Botswana | Gaborone | High Commission | |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Embassy | |
| Burundi | Bujumbura | Embassy | |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | High Commission | |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | Embassy | |
| Chad | N'Djamena | Embassy | |
| Comoros | Moroni | Embassy | |
| Congo-Brazzaville | Brazzaville | Embassy | |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Embassy | |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Lubumbashi | Consulate-General | |
| Egypt | Cairo | Embassy | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Embassy | |
| Eritrea | Asmara | Embassy | |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | Embassy | |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Embassy | Countries:  Djibouti  Somalia International Organizations:  African Union United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Embassy | |
| Gabon | Libreville | High Commission | |
| Ghana | Accra | Embassy | Countries:  Sierra Leone |
| Guinea | Conakry | Embassy | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | Embassy | |
| Kenya | Nairobi | High Commission | International Organizations:  United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Embassy | |
| Liberia | Monrovia | Embassy | |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | Embassy | |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Embassy | |
| Mali | Bamako | Embassy | |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | Embassy | |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | High Commission | Countries:  Seychelles |
| Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | |
| Mozambique | Maputo | Embassy | |
| Namibia | Windhoek | High Commission | |
| Niger | Niamey | Embassy | |
| Nigeria | Abuja | High Commission | |
| Nigeria | Lagos | Consulate-General | |
| Rwanda | Kigali | High Commission | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | Embassy | |
| Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | Countries:  Cape Verde  Gambia |
| South Sudan | Juba | Embassy | |
| Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | High Commission | International Organizations:  East African Community |
| Tunisia | Tunis | Embassy | Countries:  Libya |
| Uganda | Kampala | High Commission | |
| Zambia | Lusaka | High Commission | |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | Embassy | |

### Americas

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | Embassy | Countries:  Paraguay  Uruguay |
| Brazil | Brasília | Embassy | |
| Brazil | São Paulo | Consulate-General | |
| Canada | Ottawa | High Commission | |
| Canada | Toronto | Consulate-General | |
| Chile | Santiago de Chile | Embassy | Countries:  Ecuador  Peru |
| Cuba | Havana | Embassy | Countries:  Dominican Republic |
| Jamaica | Kingston | High Commission | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Dominica  Dominican Republic  Grenada  Guyana  Haiti  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Embassy | Countries:  Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua  Panama |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | Embassy | |
| United States | Los Angeles | Consulate-General | |
| United States | New York City | Consulate-General | |
| Venezuela | Caracas | Embassy | Countries:  Colombia |

### Asia

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| China | Beijing | Embassy | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| China | Hong Kong | Consulate-General | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| China | Shanghai | Consulate-General | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| India | New Delhi | High Commission | Countries:  Bangladesh  Nepal |
| India | Mumbai | Consulate-General | Countries:  Bangladesh  Nepal |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Embassy | Countries:  East Timor International Organizations:  Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| Iran | Tehran | Embassy | |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Closed November 2023 | |
| Japan | Tokyo | Embassy | |
| Jordan | Amman | Embassy | Countries:  Iraq |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Embassy | Countries:  Kyrgyzstan  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Embassy | |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | High Commission | Countries:  Brunei |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | High Commission | Countries:  Afghanistan |
| Palestine | Ramallah | Representative office | |
| Philippines | Manila | Embassy | Countries:  Palau |
| Qatar | Doha | Embassy | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Taipei | Liaison office | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Embassy | Countries:  Bahrain  Oman  Yemen |
| Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | Consulate-General | Countries:  Bahrain  Oman  Yemen |
| Singapore | Singapore | High Commission | |
| South Korea | Seoul | Embassy | |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | High Commission | Countries:  Maldives |
| Syria | Damascus | Embassy | Countries:  Lebanon |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Embassy | Countries:  Cambodia  Laos  Myanmar |
| Turkey | Ankara | Embassy | Countries:  Azerbaijan  Uzbekistan |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Embassy | |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Consulate-General | |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Embassy | |

### Europe

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| Austria | Vienna | Embassy | Countries:  Slovakia  Slovenia International Organizations:  United Nations CTBTO Preparatory Commission International Atomic Energy Agency United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| Belgium | Brussels | Embassy | Countries:  Luxembourg International Organizations:  European Union |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | Embassy | Countries: Consular jurisdiction only:  Serbia |
| Czechia | Prague | Embassy | |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Embassy | |
| France | Paris | Embassy | Countries:  Monaco |
| Germany | Berlin | Embassy | Countries:  Romania |
| Germany | Munich | Consulate-General | Countries:  Romania |
| Greece | Athens | Embassy | Countries:  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Cyprus  Montenegro  Serbia |
| Hungary | Budapest | Embassy | Countries:  Croatia |
| Ireland | Dublin | Embassy | |
| Italy | Rome | Embassy | Countries:  Albania  Malta  San Marino |
| Netherlands | The Hague | Embassy | |
| Norway | Oslo | Embassy | Countries:  Iceland |
| Poland | Warsaw | Embassy | |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Embassy | |
| Russia | Moscow | Embassy | Countries:  Belarus |
| Spain | Madrid | Embassy | Countries:  Andorra |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Embassy | Countries:  Estonia  Finland  Latvia  Lithuania |
| Switzerland | Bern | Embassy | Countries:  Liechtenstein |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | Embassy | Countries:  Armenia  Georgia  Moldova |
| United Kingdom | London | High Commission | |

### Oceania

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
| Australia | Canberra | High Commission | Countries:  Cook Islands  Kiribati  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  Nauru  Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands  Tonga  Tuvalu | |
| New Zealand | Wellington | High Commission | | |

### Multilateral organizations

| Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission |
| United Nations |
| United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission |
| United Nations | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission |

## Gallery

* Embassy in Beijing
* Embassy in Berlin
* Embassy in Bissau
* Embassy in Buenos Aires
* High Commission in Canberra
* Embassy in Copenhagen
* Building hosting the Embassy in Dublin
* High Commission in Gaborone
* Embassy in The Hague
* Embassy in Kyiv
* High Commission in London
* High Commission in Mbabane
* Building hosting the Embassy in Mexico City
* Embassy in Moscow
* Embassy in Oslo
* High Commission in Ottawa
* Embassy in Paris
* Embassy in Prague
* Embassy in Seoul
* Building hosting the Embassy in Sofia
* Embassy in Stockholm
* Building hosting the Embassy in Tokyo
* Embassy in Vienna
* Embassy in Warsaw
* Embassy in Washington, D.C.
* Building hosting the High Commission in Wellington

## Closed missions
### Americas

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| Peru | Lima | Embassy | 2021 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | High Commission | 2021 |
| United States | Chicago | Consulate-General | 2021 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | Embassy | 2016 |

### Asia

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| Iraq | Baghdad | Embassy | Unknown |
| Oman | Muscat | Embassy | 2021 |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Taipei | Embassy | 1998 |

### Europe

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| Belarus | Minsk | Embassy | 2021 |
| Finland | Helsinki | Embassy | 2021 |
| Holy See | Rome | Embassy | 2021 |
| Italy | Milan | Consulate-General | 2021 |
| Romania | Bucharest | Embassy | 2021 |

### Oceania

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
| Fiji | Suva | High Commission | 2021 | |