# List of diplomatic missions in South Africa

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.

## Diplomatic missions in Pretoria
### Embassies and High Commissions

Entries marked with an asterisk (*) are member-states of the Commonwealth of Nations. As such, their embassies are formally termed as "high commissions".
* Algeria
* Angola
* Argentina
* Australia*
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bangladesh
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Canada*
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Comoros
* Congo-Brazzaville
* Congo-Kinshasa
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus*
* Czechia
* Denmark
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* Eswatini*
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Finland
* France
* Gabon*
* Gambia*
* Georgia
* Germany
* Ghana*
* Greece
* Guinea
* Guyana*
* Haiti
* Holy See
* Hungary
* India*
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica*
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya*
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Lesotho*
* Liberia
* Libya
* Lithuania
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia*
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius*
* Mexico
* Morocco
* Mozambique*
* Myanmar
* Namibia*
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand*
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria*
* North Korea
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan*
* Palestine
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda*
* Sahrawi Republic
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Seychelles
* Singapore*
* Slovakia
* Somalia
* South Korea
* South Sudan
* Spain
* Sri Lanka*
* Sudan
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Tanzania*
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Togo*
* Trinidad and Tobago*
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Uganda*
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom*
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zambia*
* Zimbabwe

### Other missions or delegations

* European Union (Delegation)
* Republic of China (Taiwan) (Liaison Office)

### Gallery

* Embassy of Algeria
* High Commission of Australia
* Embassy of Belarus
* Embassies of Brazil and Colombia
* Embassy of the Central African Republic
* Embassy of China
* Embassy of Congo-Kinshasa
* High Commission of Cyprus
* 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
* Liaison Office of Taiwan

## Embassies and Consulates-General

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

### Cape Town

* Angola (Consulate-General)
* Belgium (Consulate-General)
* Botswana (Consulate-General)
* Brazil (Consulate-General)
* China (Consulate-General)
* France (Consulate-General)
* Germany (Consulate-General)
* Greece (Consulate)
* India (Consulate-General)
* Indonesia (Consulate-General)
* Italy (Consulate)
* Japan (Office of Consul)
* Lesotho (Consulate-General)
* Madagascar (Consulate-General)
* Mozambique (Consulate)
* Namibia (Consulate-General)
* Netherlands (Consulate-General)
* Portugal (Consulate-General)
* Romania (Consulate-General)
* Russia (Consulate-General)
* Spain (Consulate-General)
* Switzerland (Consulate-General)
* Republic of China (Taiwan) (Liaison Office)
* Turkey (Consulate-General)
* United Kingdom (Consulate-General)
* United States (Consulate-General)
* Zimbabwe (Consulate)
* Consulate-General of France
* Consulate of Italy
* Consulate-General of the Netherlands
* Consulate-General of the United States

### Durban

* China (Consulate-General)
* India (Consulate-General)
* Lesotho (Consulate-General)
* Mozambique (Consulate)
* United States (Consulate-General)

### Johannesburg

* Angola (Consulate-General)
* Argentina (Consulate-General)
* Botswana (Consulate-General)
* China (Consulate-General)
* Eswatini (Consulate)
* France (Consulate-General)
* Greece (Consulate-General)
* India (Consulate-General)
* Italy (Consulate-General)
* Lesotho (Consulate-General)
* Malawi (Consulate-General)
* Mozambique (Consulate-General
* Nigeria (Consulate-General)
* Portugal (Consulate-General)
* Seychelles (Consulate-General)
* United States (Consulate-General)
* Zimbabwe (Consulate-General)
* Consulate-General of the United States

### Klerksdorp, North West

* Lesotho (Consulate)

### Mbombela, Mpumalanga

* Mozambique (Consulate-General)

### Welkom, Free State

* Lesotho (Consulate)

## Non-resident embassies and high commissions
### Resident in Cairo, Egypt

* Armenia
* Mongolia
* Slovenia
* Tajikistan

### Resident in London, United Kingdom

* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Grenada
* Papua New Guinea
* Saint Kitts and Nevis

### Resident in other cities

* Benin (Addis Ababa)
* Brunei (Singapore)
* Cape Verde (Luanda)
* Costa Rica (Bern)
* Djibouti (Nairobi)
* El Salvador (Tel Aviv)
* Guatemala (Rabat)
* Guinea-Bissau (Luanda)
* Iceland (New Delhi)
* Kyrgyzstan (Riyadh)
* Latvia (Bern)
* Maldives (Colombo)
* Malta (Valletta)
* Montenegro (Podgorica)
* San Marino (City of San Marino)
* Sierra Leone (Addis Ababa)
* Suriname (Accra)
* Turkmenistan (Astana)
* Uzbekistan (Ankara)

### Unverified

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahrain (Khartoum)
* Belize
* Bhutan (New Delhi)
* Dominica
* Laos (New Delhi)
* Micronesia (New York City)
* Samoa (Canberra)
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Tonga (Abu Dhabi)
* Tuvalu (Wellington)
* Vanuatu (Canberra)

## Closed missions

| Host city | Sending country | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
| Pretoria | Benin | Embassy | 2020 | [35] [36] |
| Pretoria | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Embassy | Unknown | |
| Pretoria | Fiji | High Commission | 2015 | |
| Pretoria | Guatemala | Embassy | 2021 | |
| Pretoria | Iceland | Embassy | 2009 | |
| Pretoria | Suriname | Embassy | Unknown | |
| Cape Town | Australia | Consulate | 1984 | |
| Cape Town | Canada | Consulate-General | 2005 | |
| Cape Town | Indonesia | Embassy branch office | 2011 | |
| Cape Town | Peru | Consulate | 1985 | |
| Cape Town | Uruguay | Consulate-General | 2007 | |
| Durban | Angola | Consulate-General | 2018 | |
| Durban | Greece | Consulate | 2011 | |
| Durban | Italy | Consulate | 2010 | |
| Johannesburg | Belgium | Consulate-General | 2015 | |

## Embassies to open

* Cambodia
* Maldives