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{{Politics of South Africa}}
The '''foreign relations of South Africa''' have spanned from the country's time as a [[dominion]] of the [[British Empire]] to its isolationist policies under [[apartheid]] to its position as a responsible international actor taking a key role in Africa, particularly southern Africa.
South Africa is a member of the United Nations, the [[African Union]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Considered a [[Reform of the United Nations Security Council|possible permanent addition]] to the [[United Nations Security Council]], South Africa [[United Nations Security Council election, 2006|was elected in 2006]], [[United Nations Security Council election, 2010|2010]] and [[2018 United Nations Security Council election|2018]] by the [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]] to serve on the Security Council.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.southafrica.info/news/international/car-030113.htm | title = SA steps down from UN Security Council | access-date =1 March 2013 | date = 3 January 2013 | publisher=Brand South Africa }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://unscr.com/en/country/ZAF|title=South Africa – UNSCR|website=unscr.com|access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref> South African President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] was the chair of the [[African Union]] from 2020 to 2021, the second time South Africa has chaired the organisation since its formation in 2003.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-12-17-significant-expectations-of-sa-as-ramaphosa-becomes-au-chair-in-2020/| title = Significant expectations of SA as Ramaphosa becomes AU<!-- Bot generated title -->| date = 16 December 2019}}</ref>

==History==

===Pre-apartheid===

South Africa, as a key member of the [[British Empire]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] as a [[Dominion]], fought alongside the United Kingdom and the Allies in both World War I and World War II, and it participated in the postwar UN force in the [[Korean War]]. South Africa was a founding member of the [[League of Nations]] and in 1927 established a Department of External Affairs with [[diplomatic mission]]s in the main Western European countries and in the United States.

===Apartheid (1948–1994) ===

{{Main article|Foreign relations of apartheid South Africa}}

South Africa introduced ''[[apartheid]]'' in 1948, as a systematic extension of pre-existing [[racial discrimination]] in the country. As a result, the country became increasingly isolated internationally until apartheid was abolished in 1991 and racial equality introduced between 1990 and 1993. This transition produced a change in South Africa's foreign policy. The country stopped trying to regain regional hegemony and started to behave as a central hub for co-operation as a regional unipole.

=== Post-apartheid (since 1994) ===
Having emerged from the [[international isolation]] of the apartheid era, South Africa has become a leading international actor. Its principal foreign policy objective is to develop good relations with all countries, especially its neighbours in the [[Southern African Development Community]] (*-see note below) and the other members of the African Union. South Africa has played a key role in seeking an end to various conflicts and political crises on the African continent, including in [[Burundi]], the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], the [[Comoros]], and [[Zimbabwe]]. In August 1998, South Africa assumed the chair of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]], which it relinquished in July 2002.

[[Eswatini]] has asked South Africa to open negotiations on reincorporating some nearby South African territories that are populated by ethnic [[Swazi people|Swazis]] or that were long ago part of the Swazi kingdom.

==Commonwealth of Nations==

South Africa was a [[Dominion]] of the British Empire and the Commonwealth from 1910 until 1961.

South Africa was a republic outside the Commonwealth from 1961 to 1994, then it became a [[republic in the Commonwealth of Nations]] on 1 June 1994.

==United Nations Security Council==

South Africa was a non-permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council]] from October 2006 until 2008.

South African votes in the UNSC have not been without controversy. In particular, a 'no' vote on a resolution criticising the [[Myanmar|Burmese]] government attracted widespread criticism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayindependent.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4597949|title=SA's human rights reputation tarnished|last=Bogert|first=Carroll|date=7 September 2008|work=Sunday Independent}}</ref>

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which South Africa maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of South Africa.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!Country
!Date<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between South Africa and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+South+Africa+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&action_search=Search&sf=title&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations (country profiles listed alphabetically) |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BILATERAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY SOUTH AFRICA AS ON 25 JUNE 2020 |url=https://pmg.org.za/files/201014Bilateral_agreements2020.rtf |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=Department of International Relations and Cooperation Republic of South Africa}}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|31 October 1929}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations – History |url=http://www.ambpretoria.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Pretoria/Menu/I_rapporti_bilaterali/Cooperazione_politica/Storia/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110212357/http://www.ambpretoria.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Pretoria/Menu/I_rapporti_bilaterali/Cooperazione_politica/Storia/ |archive-date=10 January 2006 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{dts|5 November 1929}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/south-africa |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|25 November 1929}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa |publisher=NASOU |year=1973 |volume=8 |pages=179}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inventaris van het archief van het Nederlandse Gezantschap, later ambassade in Zuid-Afrika (Pretoria), (1910) 1930-1954 (1955) en Consulaat in Pretoria (Zuid-Afrika), 1941-1946 |url=https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/2.05.122 |access-date=7 January 2024 |page=21 |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|10 March 1931}}<ref name="britain">{{London Gazette| issue = 33699| date = 17 March 1931| page = 1802}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The source does not state when South Africa and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations. It simply states when the UK appointed Sir Herbert James Stanley as high commissioner to South Africa.|date=August 2025}}
|-
|5
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|28 August 1933}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=M. Epstein |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIzJDQAAQBAJ&dq=Envoy+Extraordinary+and+Minister+Plenipotentiary+of+South+African+Union+to+Belgium+H.+D.+van+Broekhuizen&pg=PA432 |title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1939 |publisher=Springer |year=2016 |pages=432 | isbn=978-0-230-27068-8 }}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{flag|France}}
|{{dts|5 November 1934}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Journal officiel de la République française |year=1934 |pages=97 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|30 November 1934}}<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Svenska Dagbladets Årsbok / Tolfte årgången (händelserna 1934) / |url=https://runeberg.org/svda/1934/0055.html |access-date=13 March 2024 |pages=54–55 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|1934}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |title=South Africa |publisher=South African State Department of Information |year=1989 |pages=201}}</ref>
|-
|9
|{{flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|11 September 1939}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|2 September 1941}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barry Turner, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Frederick Martin, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, John Paxton, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, Sir John Scott Keltie |title=The Statesman's Year-book |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=1943 |pages=436}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|1 January 1946}}<ref>{{Cite journal |date=November 1946 |title=Gamle Regensianere |url=http://www.regensianersamfundet.dk/medlemsbladet_arkiv/Regensen/1946/Regensen_1946.pdf |journal=Regensen |language=da |pages=21}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{flag|Norway}}
|{{dts|16 June 1946}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |page=25 |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|August 1946}}<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Tothill |first=Francis David |date=1995 |title=South African-Australian diplomatic relations 1945-1961 |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43175514.pdf |pages=i}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|{{dts|10 September 1947}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acuerdo por canje de notas entre la República Argentina y la Unión Sudafricana por el que se establecen Relaciones Diplomáticas |url=https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/tratado_ficha.php?id=lZ2qnA== |access-date=21 November 2022 |website=Biblioteca Digital de Tratados |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|31 January 1948}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=República da África do Sul |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/assuntos/relacoes-bilaterais/todos-os-paises/republica-da-africa-do-sul |access-date=24 November 2022 |language=tr}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|May 1948}}<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Schellnack |first=Isabel Stella |date=November 1998 |title=Chile, South Africa and the great powers, 1795-1948 |url=https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/17672/dissertation_schellnack_is.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |page=103}}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|15 May 1949}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17209&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215093442/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17209&culture=en-US&contentlan=2 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|18
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{dts|1949}}<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |url=https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/euaf_rep_belgium_country_report.pdf |journal=Saiia |page=10}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|18 May 1951}}<ref name=":07">{{Cite web |title=Relaciones diplomáticas del Estado Espaniol |url=https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOB/article/download/33281/85107/ |access-date=23 July 2022 |page=307 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|14 August 1951}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Südafrika: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/suedafrika-node/suedafrika-208382 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|11 March 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swiss Embassy in Pretoria |url=https://dodis.ch/R403?p=0&dad=2&dau=0&dm=0&o=0&dc=0 |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=dodis.ch}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|5 October 1955}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mitteilungen des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs |publisher=Österreichische Staatsdruckerei |year=2004 |volume=51 |pages=85 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|1967}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Gail-Maryse Cockram |title=Vorster's Foreign Policy |publisher=Academica |year=1970 |pages=86}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{flag|Malawi}}
|{{dts|10 September 1967}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997. |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |pages=166}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 April 1968}}<ref name=":022">{{Cite journal |last=Gasco |first=Gonzalo Exequiel Castillo |date=2019 |title=La Política Exterior de Uruguay hacia los países africanos durante los gobiernos del Frente Amplio (2005-2017): ¿construcción de nuevas relaciones Sur-Sur? |url=https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy/jspui/bitstream/20.500.12008/21813/1/TMFCS_CastilloGascoGonzalo.pdf |journal=Ciencias Sociales |language=es |page=42}}</ref>
|-
|26
|{{flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Date table sorting|3 April 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2022 |title=Paraguay y Sudáfrica suscribieron un instrumento de consultas políticas entre cancillerías |url=https://www.mre.gov.py/index.php/noticias-de-embajadas-y-consulados/paraguay-y-sudafrica-suscribieron-un-instrumento-de-consultas-politicas-entre-cancillerias |access-date=19 May 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|January 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel International Relations: Diplomatic Missions Abroad (Updated May 2016) |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israel-s-diplomatic-missions-abroad |access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|28
|{{flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|24 July 1991}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=South African Yearbook of International Law: Suid-Afrikaanse Jaarboek Vir Volkereg |publisher=VerLoren Van Themaat Centre for International Law, University of South Africa |year=1991 |volume=16 |page=255}}</ref>
|-
|29
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|4 November 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2018 |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{flag|Latvia}}
|{{dts|4 November 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/dates-establishment-and-renewal-diplomatic-relations |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=mfa.gov.lv}}</ref>
|-
|31
|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|{{dts|20 November 1991}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations |url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=}}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|21 November 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{flag|Poland}}
|{{dts|18 December 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=RPA |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/rpa/relacje-dwustronne |access-date=23 November 2022 |language=pl}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|13 January 1992}}
|-
|35
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{dts|26 January 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Список стран, с которыми КР установил дипломатические отношения |url=https://mfa.gov.kg/kg/osnovnoe-menyu/vneshnyaya-politika/mezhdunarodnye-dogovory/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-ustanovleny-dipotnosheniya/spisok-stran-s-kotorymi-kr-ustanovil-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya |access-date=10 October 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|36
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|2 February 1992}}
|-
|37
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|28 February 1992}}
|-
|38
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{dts|5 March 1992}}
|-
|39
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{dts|16 March 1992}}<ref name="MEAfrica">{{cite web |title=Middle East and Africa |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/about-ukraine/bilateral-cooperation/middle-east-and-africa |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
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|40
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|2 April 1992}}
|-
|41
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|29 April 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foreign policy – bilateral relations |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/bilateral-relations |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
|42
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{dts|5 May 1992}}
|-
|43
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|{{dts|11 May 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=STATES WITH WHICH TURKMENISTAN ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tm/en/articles/55?breadcrumbs=no |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
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|44
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{dts|21 May 1992}}
|-
|45
|{{flag|Lesotho}}
|{{dts|21 May 1992}}
|-
|46
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|{{dts|15 June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://mfa.gov.md/en/content/republic-afghanistan |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=MFA Moldova |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624002439/https://mfa.gov.md/en/content/republic-afghanistan |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|47
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|{{dts|23 June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/ |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref>
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|48
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{dts|12 August 1992}}<ref name="mfa.uz">{{Cite web |title=STATES WITH WHICH THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=http://www.mfa.uz/en/cooperation/country/?sphrase_id=2004455 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425191449/https://mfa.uz/en/cooperation/country/?sphrase_id=2004455 |archive-date=25 April 2019 |access-date=30 January 2010}}</ref>
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|49
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|30 September 1992}}
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|50
|{{flag|Gabon}}
|{{dts|15 October 1992}}
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|51
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|12 October 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wheeler |first=Tom |date=2005 |title=Turkey and South Africa: The Development of Relations, 1860–2005 |url=https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/saia_rep_47_turkey_2005.pdf |page=3 |publisher=South African Institute of International Affairs |isbn=1-919969-24-1}}</ref>
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|52
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|{{dts|9 November 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slovenia (Republic of) |url=https://dirco1.azurewebsites.net/foreign/bilateral/slovenia.html |access-date=15 June 2025 |website=Department International Relations and Cooperation Republic of South Africa}}</ref>
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|53
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|{{dts|9 November 1992}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Diplomatic Record |publisher=Westview Press |year=1992 |pages=222 |quote=November 9 : South Africa established diplomatic relations with Croatia and Slovenia .}}</ref>
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|54
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|1 December 1992}}
|-
|55
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{dts|1 January 1993}}
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|56
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|1 January 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Štáty podľa svetadielov |url=https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/staty_sveta-staty_podla_svetadielov?value=26710 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308082112/https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/staty_sveta-staty_podla_svetadielov?value=26710 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|57
|{{flag|Malta}}
|{{dts|10 February 1993}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=RSA Policy Review |publisher=Bureau for Information |year=1993 |volume=6 |page=66}}</ref>
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|58
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|4 March 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of South Africa |url=https://rsa.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/ |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719174424/https://rsa.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|59
|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{dts|22 March 1993}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |year=1999 |editor-last=Kalley |editor-first=Jacqueline A. |page=521}}</ref>
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|60
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|{{dts|23 April 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=https://mfa.gov.ge/MainNav/ForeignPolicy/BilateralRelations.aspx |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215211352/https://mfa.gov.ge/MainNav/ForeignPolicy/BilateralRelations.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|61
|{{flag|San Marino}}
|{{dts|30 April 1993}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Rapporti bilaterali della Repubblica di San Marino |url=https://www.esteri.sm/pub2/EsteriSM/Relazioni-Internazionali/Rapporti-Bilaterali.html |access-date=15 December 2021 |language=it}}</ref>
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|62
|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{dts|5 May 1993}}
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|63
|{{flag|Comoros}}
|{{dts|14 May 1993}}
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|64
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|28 July 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transition (1990 - 1994) - Chronologies: 1993 |url=https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv02039/04lv02040/05lv02044.htm |access-date=5 September 2023 |website=omalley.nelsonmandela.org}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{dts|23 August 1993}}
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|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|{{dts|13 September 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=1993 |url=https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv02039/04lv02040/05lv02044.htm |access-date=24 November 2022 |website=The O'Malley Archive}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{dts|28 September 1993}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQAmAQAAMAAJ&dq=Jordan+and+South+africa+established+diplomatic+relations+28+September+1993&pg=RA3-PA3 |title=South Africa News Update |publisher=South African Consulate-General |year=1993 |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Eswatini}}
|{{dts|1 October 1993}}
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|69
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|{{dts|5 October 1993}}
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|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|{{dts|11 October 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral |url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/maputo/bilateral.html |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref>
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|71
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|11 October 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|27 October 1993}}
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|73
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|1 November 1993}}
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|74
|{{flag|Seychelles}}
|{{dts|4 November 1993}}
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|75
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|8 November 1993}}
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|76
|{{flag|India}}
|{{dts|22 November 1993}}
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|77
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|{{dts|3 December 1993}}
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|78
|{{flag|Mauritius}}
|{{dts|7 December 1993}}
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|79
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|9 December 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Embassy History |url=https://pretoria.thaiembassy.org/en/page/29479-embassy-history?menu=5d66366f15e39c2ad0003ab5 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
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|80
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|{{dts|10 December 1993}}
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|81
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|22 December 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message from the Embassy |url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/hanoi/ |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|82
|{{flag|Albania}}
|{{dts|December 1993}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=South Africa Yearbook 1990 |publisher=South African State Department of Information |year=1993 |pages=102}}</ref>
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|83
|{{flag|Barbados}}
|{{dts|4 January 1994}}
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|84
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|12 January 1994}}<ref name=":182">{{Cite news |date=13 January 1994 |title=Botschafter akkreditiert |url=https://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/image/000476564_1994/106/LOG_0012 |access-date=7 September 2025 |work=[[Liechtensteiner Volksblatt]] |language=de}}</ref>
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|85
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|19 January 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand |url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/newzealand.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913073518/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/newzealand.html |archive-date=13 September 2015 |access-date=15 June 2025 |website=Department International Relations and Cooperation Republic of South Africa}}</ref>
|-
|86
|{{flag|Madagascar}}
|{{dts|27 January 1994}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Department of International Relations and Cooperation - Bilateral agreements signed since 1994 |url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral1123.rtf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123215113/https://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral1123.rtf |archive-date=23 November 2022 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
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|—
|{{flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|5 March 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic relations of the Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>
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|87
|{{flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{dts|4 April 1994}}
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|88
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|{{dts|12 April 1994}}
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|89
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{dts|12 April 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Issues 1-4 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=157 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Kenya full diplomatic 12/04/94}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya (Republic of) |url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/kenya.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918224200/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/kenya.html |archive-date=18 September 2015 |access-date=15 June 2025 |website=Department International Relations and Cooperation Republic of South Africa}}</ref>
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|90
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|{{dts|23 April 1994}}<ref name=":1" />
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|91
|{{flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|29 April 1994}}
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|92
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|29 April 1994}}<ref name=":1" />
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|93
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{dts|29 April 1994}}<ref name=":1" />
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|94
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|{{dts|2 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Issues 1-4 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=157 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Tunisia full diplomatic 02/05/94}}</ref>
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|95
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|6 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transition (1990 - 1994) - Chronologies: 1994 |url=https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv02039/04lv02040/05lv02045.htm |access-date=11 June 2023 |website=omalley.nelsonmandela.org}}</ref>
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|96
|{{flag|Mali}}
|{{dts|6 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Volume 7 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=113 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Mali full diplomatic 06/05/94}}</ref>
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|97
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|{{dts|6 May 1994}}
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|98
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kalley |first1=Jacqueline Audrey |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |last2=Schoeman |first2=Elna |last3=Andor |first3=Lydia Eve |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |year=1999 |pages=528}}</ref>
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|99
|{{flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |title=1994 |url=https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv02167/04lv02168/05lv02169.htm |access-date=24 November 2022 |website=The O'Malley archive}}</ref>
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|100
|{{flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Volume 7 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=113 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Libya full diplomatic 10/05/94}}</ref>
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|101
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}<ref name=":23" />
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|102
|{{flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}
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|{{flag|Niger}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Issues 1-4 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=157 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Niger full diplomatic 10/05/94}}</ref>
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|104
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Issues 1-4 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=157 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Nigeria full diplomatic 10/05/94}}</ref>
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|105
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}
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|106
|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}
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|107
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}<ref name=":1" />
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|108
|{{flag|Zambia}}
|{{dts|10 May 1994}}
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|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{dts|11 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kalley |first1=Jacqueline Audrey |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |last2=Schoeman |first2=Elna |last3=Andor |first3=Lydia Eve |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |year=1999 |pages=528}}</ref>
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|110
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|11 May 1994}}
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|111
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{dts|17 May 1994}}<ref name=":1" />
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|112
|{{flag|Benin}}
|{{dts|19 May 1994}}
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|113
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{dts|20 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Volume 7 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=113 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Kuwait full diplomatic 20/05/94 ( accredited from Harare )}}</ref>
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|114
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|{{dts|25 May 1994}}
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|115
|{{flag|Angola}}
|{{dts|27 May 1994}}
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|116
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|31 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland – Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
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|117
|{{flag|Syria}}
|{{dts|1 June 1994}}
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|{{flag|Botswana}}
|{{dts|22 June 1994}}<ref name=":23" />
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|{{flag|Uganda}}
|{{dts|24 June 1994}}
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|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|{{dts|18 July 1994}}<ref name=":23" />
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|{{flag|Maldives}}
|{{dts|27 July 1994}}
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|{{flag|Bahamas}}
|{{dts|28 July 1994}}
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|{{flag|Nepal}}
|{{dts|28 July 1994}}
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|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|12 August 1994}}
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|{{flag|Laos}}
|{{dts|7 September 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Volume 7 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=113 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Laos full diplomatic 07/09/94}}</ref>
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|126
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{dts|9 September 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Issues 1-4 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=157 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between Sa and other countries ... Afghanistan full diplomatic 09/09/94}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|{{dts|9 September 1994}}
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|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|10 September 1994}}
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|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|15 September 1994}}
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|130
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|16 September 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Issues 1-4 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=157 |quote=Establishment of diplomatic relations between SA and other countries ... Sri Lanka full diplomatic 16/09/94}}</ref>
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|131
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|22 September 1994}}
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|132
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|4 October 1994}}
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|133
|{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{dts|7 October 1994}}
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|134
|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{dts|11 October 1994}}
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|135
|{{flag|Chad}}
|{{dts|21 October 1994}}
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|136
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{dts|29 October 1994}}<ref name=":1" />
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|137
|{{flag|Guyana}}
|{{dts|4 November 1994}}
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|{{flag|Fiji}}
|{{dts|7 November 1994}}
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|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|{{dts|25 December 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kalley |first1=Jacqueline Audrey |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |last2=Schoeman |first2=Elna |last3=Andor |first3=Lydia Eve |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |year=1999 |pages=534}}</ref>
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|140
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{dts|6 January 1995}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=South African Yearbook of International Law: Suid-Afrikaanse Jaarboek Vir Volkereg |publisher=VerLoren Van Themaat Centre for International Law, University of South Africa |year=1995 |volume=20 |page=341}}</ref>
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|141
|{{flag|Panama}}
|{{dts|10 January 1995}}
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{dts|10 January 1995}}
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|{{flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|12 January 1995}}
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|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|{{dts|26 January 1995}}
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|{{flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|3 February 1995}}
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|{{flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{dts|15 February 1995}}
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|{{flag|Guinea}}
|{{dts|16 February 1995}}
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|{{flag|Eritrea}}
|{{dts|17 March 1995}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{flag|Andorra}}
|{{dts|22 March 1995}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=https://www.exteriors.ad/en/101-continguts-angles/diplomatic-representations/diplomatic-relations |access-date=3 July 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Andorra}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Samoa}}
|{{dts|22 March 1995}}
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|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{dts|23 March 1995}}
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|{{flag|Myanmar}}
|{{dts|20 April 1995}}
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|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|{{dts|6 May 1995}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Volume 11 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1996 |pages=2221 |quote=Diplomatic relations between SA/other countries ... Rwanda 06/05/95}}</ref>
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|153
|{{flag|Burundi}}
|{{dts|23 June 1995}}
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|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{dts|1 September 1995}}
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|{{flag|Oman}}
|{{dts|4 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Volume 11 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=2221 |quote=Diplomatic relations between SA/other countries ... Oman 04/10/95}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{dts|18 November 1995}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard) Volume 11 |publisher=South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). National Assembly |year=1995 |pages=2221 |quote=Diplomatic relations between SA/other countries ... Lebanon 18/11/95}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Yemen}}
|{{dts|3 January 1996}}
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|{{flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{dts|17 January 1996}}
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|{{flag|Djibouti}}
|{{dts|7 February 1996}}
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|{{flag|Cook Islands}}
|{{dts|9 February 1996}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cook Islands |url=https://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/cook.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913071432/https://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/cook.html |archive-date=13 September 2015 |access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Honduras}}
|{{dts|4 March 1996}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 August 2020 |title=Embajadores de Eslovaquia y Sudáfrica presentan Copias de Estilo |language=es |url=https://sreci.gob.hn/Embajadores-de-Eslovaquia-y-Sudafrica-presentan-Copias-de-Estilo |access-date=20 May 2023 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Brunei}}
|{{dts|4 October 1996}}
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|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|{{dts|11 December 1996}}
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|{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}
|{{dts|12 December 1996}}
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|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{dts|12 December 1996}}
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|165
|{{flag|Togo}}
|{{dts|5 January 1997}}
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|{{flag|Liberia}}
|{{dts|10 January 1997}}
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|167
|{{flag|Belize}}
|{{dts|14 May 1997}}
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|{{flag|El Salvador}}
|{{dts|11 November 1997}}
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|169
|{{flag|Haiti}}
|{{dts|9 December 1997}}
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|170
|{{flag|China}}
|{{dts|1 January 1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 1998 |title=Joint Communique Between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=http://za.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zt/tenthanniversary/199801/t19980101_7636234.htm |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{dts|25 February 1998}}
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|{{dts|5 March 1998}}
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|{{dts|29 April 1998}}
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|{{dts|7 August 1998}}
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|{{flag|North Korea}}
|{{dts|10 August 1998}}
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|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{dts|21 August 1998}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{dts|25 August 1998}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{dts|6 July 1999}}
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|{{flag|Kiribati}}
|{{dts|30 August 1999}}
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|{{flag|Tonga}}
|{{dts|1 September 1999}}
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|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{dts|9 May 2002}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS |url=http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004004739/http://enlacecongreso.mirex.gob.do/ecc/Lists/Establecimiento%20de%20Relaciones%20Diplomticas/AllItems.aspx |archive-date=4 October 2017 |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{dts|3 February 2003}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{dts|17 February 2004}}
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|{{dts|24 August 2004}}
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|{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
|{{dts|15 September 2004}}<ref name=":1" />
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|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|{{dts|11 October 2006}}<ref name="mfa">{{cite web |title=Tabela priznanja i uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213235103/https://mvp.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |archive-date=13 February 2020 |access-date=16 April 2021 |publisher=Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|19 January 2011}}<ref name="2011a">{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Rapport Politique Extérieure 2011 |url=https://www.gouv.mc/content/download/17882/285806/file/Rapport%20Politique%20Ext%C3%A9rieure%202011%20Final.pdf |accessdate=11 October 2020 |website=Government of Monaco |page=11 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Sudan}}
|{{dts|21 September 2011}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 September 2011 |title=Media statement following the signing of the Bilateral Agreement establishing diplomatic relations between South Africa and South Sudan |url=https://www.gov.za/media-statement-following-signing-bilateral-agreement-establishing-diplomatic-relations-between |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Somalia}}
|{{dts|13 March 2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 2012 |title=SA offers helping hand to Somalia |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2012-03-13-sa-offers-helping-hand-to-somalia/ |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Date table sorting|18 September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 September 2023 |title=Minister Naledi Pandor signs the "Agreement on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of North Macedonia" with her counterpart, Minister Bujar Osmani. |url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1703787664581775646 |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
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==Bilateral relations==
===Africa===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;" | State
! style="width:12%;" | Formal relations began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Algeria }}||10 May 1994||See [[Algeria–South Africa relations]]
* Algeria has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Algiers]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Angola}}||27 May 1994||See [[Angola–South Africa relations]]

South Africa relations are quite strong, as the ruling parties in both nations – the [[African National Congress]] in South Africa and the [[MPLA]] in Angola – fought together during the [[Angolan Civil War]] and [[South African Border War]]. They fought against [[UNITA]] rebels, based in Angola, and the [[apartheid]]-era government in South Africa who supported them. [[Nelson Mandela]] mediated between the MPLA and UNITA factions during the last years of Angola's civil war.
* Angola has an embassy in Pretoria and consulates-general in [[Cape Town]] and [[Johannesburg]].
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Luanda]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Botswana}}||22 June 1994||See [[Botswana–South Africa relations]]
* Botswana has a high commission in Pretoria and consulates-general in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Gaborone]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Egypt}}|| ||See [[Egypt–South Africa relations]]
* Egypt has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Cairo]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Eswatini}}||1 October 1993||See [[Eswatini–South Africa relations]]
* Eswatini has a high commission in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Johannesburg.
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Mbabane]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Ghana}}||6 May 1994||See [[Ghana–South Africa relations]]
* Ghana has a high commission in Pretoria.
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Accra]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Kenya}}||12 April 1994||See [[Kenya–South Africa relations]]
* Kenya has a high commission in Pretoria.
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Nairobi]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Lesotho}}||21 May 1992||See [[Lesotho–South Africa relations]]
* Lesotho has a high commission in Pretoria and consulates-general in Cape Town and Durban and consulates in [[Klerksdorp]] and [[Welkom]].
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Maseru]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Libya}}||10 May 1994||See [[Libya–South Africa relations]]
* Libya has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa is accredited to Libya from its embassy in Tunis, Tunisia.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Madagascar}}||27 January 1994||See [[Madagascar–South Africa relations]]
* Madagascar has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Antananarivo]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Malawi}}||10 September 1967||See [[Malawi–South Africa relations]]

Since South Africa and Malawi had their first democratic elections in 1994, Malawi and South Africa have enhanced relations. In 2008, the two governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to enhance the relationship between the two countries through enhanced security cooperation.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200802251310.html Country, Malawi to Enhance Defence Co-Operation] by Bathandwa Mbola, BuaNews, 25 February 2008</ref>
* Malawi has a high commission in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Johannesburg.
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Lilongwe]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Mozambique}}||26 September 1993||See [[Mozambique–South Africa relations]]
* Mozambique has a high commission in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Johannesburg and consulates in Cape Town, Durban and Nelspruit.
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Maputo]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Namibia}}||10 May 1994||See [[Namibia–South Africa relations]]

Upon independence in 1990, Namibia's economy was still tied to South Africa's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=In Namibia, South African Is Center of Attention|first=Christopher S. Wren, Special to the New York|last=Times|date=23 March 1990|work=The New York Times}}</ref> To this day, the [[economy of Namibia]] is still closely contacted to South Africa through both institutional relationships ([[Southern African Customs Union]], for example) and privately owned mining concessions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/Namibia/Economy.html |title=Namibia – Economy |publisher=Iss.co.za |access-date=15 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609185753/http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/Namibia/Economy.html |archive-date=9 June 2011}}</ref> The [[South African rand]] is still legal currency within Namibia (while the [[Namibian dollar]] is not so in South Africa), and the currencies are traded on par locally.
* Namibia has a high commission in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town.
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Windhoek]]. 
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Nigeria}}||10 May 1994||See [[Nigeria–South Africa relations]]
* Nigeria has a high commission in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Johannesburg.
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Abuja]] and a consulate-general in [[Lagos]].
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|{{flag|Zambia}}||10 May 1994||See [[South Africa–Zambia relations]]
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Lusaka]].
* Zambia has a high commission in Pretoria 
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|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||29 April 1994||See [[South Africa–Zimbabwe relations]]

The Government of Zimbabwe took a particular interest in the search for independence for [[Namibia]] (South-West Africa) from South Africa. In addition, as chairman of the [[front-line states]] in southern Africa, Zimbabwe spoke out vigorously against the policies of [[apartheid]] in South Africa and frequently called for the imposition of economic sanctions against the government. However, whilst supporting democratic change in South Africa, Mugabe did not support the idea of Zimbabwe being used as a base for anti-South African guerrillas.<ref>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5479.htm US Department of State – Background Note: Zimbabwe]. Retrieved 29 November 2008.</ref>

In recent years, following the political crisis in the country, the ex-president [[Thabo Mbeki]] mediated with the MDC and Zanu PF to form a unity government, and often remained silent on the issues in Zimbabwe, which drew criticism.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=429007 "Mbeki urges patience in Zimbabwe"]{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''National Post'', 8 April 2008.</ref> Following a [[2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak|cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe]], the ruling ANC in South Africa became impatient and has urged the parties to form a unity government.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120715232329/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE4A64XR20081107 "Zuma says summit must "force" Zimbabwe deal"], Reuters, 7 November 2008.</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Harare]].
* Zimbabwe has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Johannesburg.
|}

===Americas===

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|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}||26 June 2004||
*Both countries have established diplomatic relations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/antiqua.html|title=Antigua and Barbuda|access-date=7 December 2018|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731180157/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/antiqua.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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|{{flag|Argentina}}||10 September 1947 (broke off 22 May 1986, Restored 8 August 1991)||See [[Argentina–South Africa relations]]

* Diplomatic relations were cut off in 1982 with the [[Falklands War]]. Full diplomatic relations between both countries were re-established in August 1991.
* Argentina has an embassy in Pretoria<ref>{{cite web |author=Alvaro Vera Carolina Del Prete |url=http://www.embassyofargentina.co.za/ |title=Argentine embassy in Pretoria |publisher=Embassyofargentina.co.za |access-date=15 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301133549/http://www.embassyofargentina.co.za/ |archive-date=1 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.embajadasudafrica.org.ar/ |title=South African embassy in Buenos Aires |publisher=Embajadasudafrica.org.ar |access-date=15 May 2011}}</ref>
* Both countries are members of the [[Cairns Group]].
* List of Treaties ruling relations Argentina and South Africa (Argentine Foreign Ministry, in Spanish).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/portal/seree/ditra/za.html |title=Sudáfrica |access-date=20 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531182845/http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/portal/seree/ditra/za.html |archive-date=31 May 2011}}</ref>
* South African Department of Foreign Affairs about relations with Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/argentine.html|title=Department of International Relations and Cooperation – South Africa|website=dfa.gov.za}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Belize}}||<!--Date started-->14 May 1997||

* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 May 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/belize.html|title=Belize|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731165608/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/belize.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* Belize does not have any representation in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/forrep/forb.htm#beli|title=Foreign Representatives in South Africa|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=23 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723120615/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/forrep/forb.htm#beli|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* South Africa is represented in Belize by its High Commission in [[Kingston, Jamaica]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/sa_abroad/sab.htm#Beli|title=South African Representation Abroad|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715112319/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/sa_abroad/sab.htm#Beli|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Bolivia }}||1967||See [[Bolivia–South Africa relations]]

* Bolivia maintains an honorary consulate in Johannesburg. 
* South Africa is accredited to Bolivia from its embassy in Lima, Peru.
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|{{flag|Brazil }}||28 October 1947||See [[Brazil–South Africa relations]]

Brazil has provided military assistance to South Africa in the form of warfare training and logistics. Bilateral relations between the countries have recently increased, as a result of Brazil's new ''South-South'' [[foreign policy]] aimed to strengthen [[wikt:integration|integration]] between the major powers of the [[developing world]].
* Brazil has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Brasília]] and a consulate-general in [[São Paulo]].
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|{{flag|Canada }}||11 September 1939||See [[Canada–South Africa relations]]

Canada established its diplomatic relations with South Africa in 1939, along with other nations, due to the outbreak of World War II. Canada actively encouraged the end of [[Apartheid in South Africa]] and the countries have had normal relations since then. The [[Constitution of South Africa]] was, in part, inspired by the [[Constitution of Canada]], particularly the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]. Former South African President [[Nelson Mandela]] made an official state visit to Canada in September 1998. Mandela was made an [[honorary Canadian citizen]], during his second visit to Canada. A 2003 visit by President [[Thabo Mbeki]] in November 2003, the Joint Declaration of Intent was signed to strengthen relations between the two countries. Canada has assisted South Africa in the areas of development (over [[Canadian dollars|$]]200&nbsp;million) and the fight against [[AIDS in South Africa]] and to strengthen services provided by the [[Government of South Africa]]. Trade between the two countries totalled $1.8&nbsp;billion in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/southafrica-afriquedusud/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/canada_sa-as.aspx?menu_id=7&menu=L |title=Canada-South Africa Relations |publisher=Canadainternational.gc.ca |date=18 February 2011 |access-date=15 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315064911/http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/southafrica-afriquedusud/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/canada_sa-as.aspx?menu_id=7&menu=L |archive-date=15 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Canada and South Africa are both member states of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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|{{flag|Cuba }}||11 May 1994||See [[Cuba–South Africa relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Havana]].
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|{{flag|Dominica}}||29 April 1998
|
Both countries are members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Diplomatic relations were established on 29 April 1998.<ref name="dirco">{{cite web|title=Department of International Cooperation of South Africa|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/dominica.html|access-date=18 November 2016|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731165706/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/dominica.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->4 November 1994||

* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 November 1994.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/guyana.html|title=Guyana (Republic of)|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=18 November 2016|archive-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119063851/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/guyana.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* South Africa is represented in Guyana through its High Commission in [[Kingston, Jamaica]].<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
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|{{flag|Mexico }}||27 October 1993||See [[Mexico–South Africa relations]]

There were no official relations between Mexico and South Africa before 1993. After the birth of democracy in South Africa, the countries established relations. 
* Mexico has an embassy in Pretoria.<ref>http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/sudafrica/ Mexican embassy in South Africa</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Mexico City]].<ref>http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/sa_abroad/sam.htm South African embassy in Mexico City</ref>
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|{{flag|Panama}}||<!--Date started-->10 January 1995||

* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 January 1995.<ref name="dirco.gov.za2">{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/panama.html|title=Panama (Republic of)|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731185412/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/panama.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 January 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* Panama opened an embassy in [[Pretoria]] in August 2000.<ref name="dirco.gov.za2"/> 
* South Africa is represented in Panama through its embassy in [[Lima]], [[Peru]].<ref name="dirco.gov.za2"/>
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago }}||10 January 1995||See [[South Africa-Trinidad and Tobago relations]]

Relations between [[Trinidad and Tobago]] and South Africa started after the apartheid ended.

* South Africa is accredited to Trinidad and Tobago from its high commission in Kingston, Jamaica.
* Trinidad and Tobago has a High Commission in [[Pretoria]]

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|{{flag|United States }}||5 November 1929||See [[South Africa–United States relations]]

The United States has maintained an official presence in South Africa since 1799, when a US consulate was opened in [[Cape Town]]. The US Embassy is located in [[Pretoria]], and consulates general are in [[Johannesburg]], [[Durban]] and Cape Town. South Africans and the US also have many non-governmental ties: US [[missionaries]], for example, have a long history of activity in South Africa. South Africans (particularly the ANC leadership) also acknowledge support from and ties to the anti-[[apartheid]] movement in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?56689-1/south-african-flag-raising-ceremony|title=New South African Flag Raising Ceremony|website=C-SPAN.org}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Uruguay }}||22 April 1968||See [[South Africa–Uruguay relations]]

* South Africa is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Uruguay has an embassy in Pretoria.
|}

===Asia===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| State
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began
!Notes
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|{{flag|Armenia}}||23 June 1992||
* Diplomatic relations between [[Armenia]] and South Africa were established on 23 June 1993.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/za| title = Armenia – South Africa – Bilateral Relations}}</ref>
* Armenia is represented in South Africa through its embassy in [[Cairo]], Egypt.<ref name="dirco.gov.za">{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/armenia.html|title=Armenia (Republic of)|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=13 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913072727/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/armenia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* South Africa is represented in Armenia through its embassy in [[Kyiv]], Ukraine.<ref name="dirco.gov.za"/> 
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||29 April 1992<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Africa|url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/245/south-africa|access-date=2021-01-24|website=mfa.gov.az|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031085502/https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/245/south-africa|url-status=dead}}</ref><!--Date started-->||See [[Azerbaijan–South Africa relations]]

* Azerbaijan has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa is represented in Azerbaijan through its embassy in [[Ankara]], Turkey.
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|{{flag|Bangladesh}}||||See [[Bangladesh–South Africa relations]]

* Bangladesh has a high commission in Pretoria.
* South Africa is accredited to Bangladesh through its high commission in New Delhi, India.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|China}}||1 January 1998||See [[China–South Africa relations]]

* Date started: January 1998
* China has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in Beijing and a consulate-general in both Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Despite Pretoria's long relationship with the government in Taiwan and late recognition of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1998 the two countries currently enjoy an increasingly close relationship.  Increasingly numerous official visits to each other's countries by their respective officials and rapidly increasing trade between the two countries has drawn them ever increasingly together.
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|{{flag|India}}||22 November 1993 (before from 1 January 1941 to 1 July 1954, when diplomatic relations were broke off)||See [[India–South Africa relations]]

There is a major resident Indian community in South Africa that made a significant contribution to the struggle for [[civil rights]]; Indian leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]] pioneered the non-violent [[civil disobedience]] in the struggle of Indian people for civil rights in the 1890s and 1900s.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=South Africa embraces "cousin" India |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5346626.stm |publisher=BBC News  |date=14 September 2006 |access-date=20 June 2008}}</ref> Indians also contributed to the [[African National Congress]]'s struggle against the apartheid regime. The Indian government was an outspoken critic of the apartheid-era South African government, refusing to maintain diplomatic relations.<ref name="AT">{{cite web |title=India pushes people power in Africa |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IG13Df03.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715163452/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IG13Df03.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=15 July 2007 |work=[[Asia Times]]|date=13 July 2007 |access-date=20 June 2008}}</ref> India's support evoked goodwill in South Africa and other African countries.<ref name="AT"/>
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|{{flag|Indonesia}}||12 August 1994||See [[Indonesia–South Africa relations]]

* Indonesia has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Jakarta]].
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|{{flag|Iran}}||10 May 1994 (before from 13 November 1970 to 4 March 1979 were relations at Consulate General level)||See [[Iran–South Africa relations]]

South Africa and Iran share historical bilateral relations and the latter supported the South African [[liberation movements]]. It severed official relations with South Africa in 1979 and imposed a trade boycott in protest against the country's [[apartheid]] policies. However, in January 1994, Iran lifted all trade and economic sanctions against South Africa and diplomatic relations were reestablished on 10 May 1994.<ref>[http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3321/html/economy.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813053100/http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3321/html/economy.htm|date=13 August 2009}}</ref> 
* Iran has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Tehran]].
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|{{flag|Israel}}||29 November 1950
|See [[Israel–South Africa relations]]
Former [[African National Congress|ANC]] leader [[Nelson Mandela]] first visited Israel in 1999. Mandela said: "To the many people who have questioned why I came, I say: Israel worked very closely with the apartheid regime. I say: I've made peace with many men who slaughtered our people like animals. Israel cooperated with the apartheid regime, but it did not participate in any atrocities".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12309/edition_id/237/format/html/displaystory.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024142/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12309/edition_id/237/format/html/displaystory.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=30 September 2007
|title=Mandela bears message of peace in first visit to Israel
|publisher=[[The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California]]
|author=Belling, Susan
|date=2 October 1999|access-date=30 September 2007
}}</ref> Then Israeli Deputy Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert]] visited South Africa in 2004,<ref name="haaretz">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |url=https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=492363 |title=South African President Mbeki meets with Deputy PM Olmert |date=22 October 2004 |access-date=25 July 2009 |archive-date=13 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813224528/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=492363 |url-status=dead }}</ref> meeting with South African President [[Thabo Mbeki]], the first visit by an Israeli leader since the end of apartheid.

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|{{flag|Japan}}||13 January 1992 (before from 25 January 1937 to 8 December 1941 were diplomatic relations, restored in 1952, but only Consulate General level)||
See [[Japan–South Africa relations]]
*Japan has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].
*South Africa has an embassy in Tokyo.
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|{{flag|North Korea}}||10 August 1998||See [[North Korea–South Africa relations]]
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|{{flag|Pakistan}}||23 April 1994||See [[Pakistan–South Africa relations]]
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|{{flag|Qatar}}||<!--Date started-->10 May 1994||See [[Qatar–South Africa relations]]
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|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}||1994||
See [[Saudi Arabia–South Africa relations]]
*Saudi Arabia has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].
*South Africa has an embassy in [[Riyadh]].
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||<!--Date started-->1 December 1992<ref name="mofa.go.kr">{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070824/1_24466.jsp?menu=m_30_50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961117164322/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/middleeast/countries/20070824/1_24466.jsp?menu=m_30_50|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 November 1996|title=Countries and Regions > Middle East and Africa > List of the Countries|first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of|last=Korea}}</ref>||See [[Foreign relations of South Korea]]
* Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1 December 1992.<ref name="mofa.go.kr"/> South Korea had previously had diplomatic relations with South Africa from 1961 until 1978, when it severed them after [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 418]], in protest of apartheid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zaf.mofa.go.kr/webmodule/common/download.jsp?boardid=15140&tablename=TYPE_ENGLEGATIO&seqno=02cfc9044ffb03e05c07c019&fileseq=012fe9fba029fc3f9d07d029|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961117164322/http://zaf.mofa.go.kr/webmodule/common/download.jsp?boardid=15140&tablename=TYPE_ENGLEGATIO&seqno=02cfc9044ffb03e05c07c019&fileseq=012fe9fba029fc3f9d07d029|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 November 1996|title=South Korea-South Africa Relations|work=The Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of South Africa|date=6 April 2015|access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}||16 September 1994||See [[Sri Lanka–South Africa relations]]

* Date started: 12 September 1999 (newly formed)
* Sri Lanka has a High Commission in Pretoria.
* South Africa has a High Commission in Colombo.
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|{{flag|Taiwan}}||26 April 1976 – 31 December 1997||See [[South Africa–Taiwan relations]]

* Period of recognition: 1949 – January 1998
* Taiwan has a Taipei Liaison Office in Pretoria.
* South Africa has a Taiwan Liaison Office in [[Taipei]].

Relations were established between the two countries in 1949 and grew considerably after 1971 until South Africa announced that it would switch recognition from the government in Taipei to the People's Republic of China in December 1996.
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||12 October 1992||See [[South Africa–Turkey relations]]
* [[South Africa]] has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="mfa.gov.tr">{{Cite web|title=Relations between Turkey and the Republic of South Africa|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-the-republic-of-south-africa.en.mfa}}</ref>
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$1.3 billion in 2019 (South African exports/imports: 757.5/552.5 million USD).<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
*There have been direct flights from [[Istanbul]] to [[Cape Town]] and [[Durban]] since 2015.<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
*3,600 Turkish citizens reside in [[South Africa]].<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
*[[Yunus Emre Institute]] has a local headquarters in [[Johannesburg]]. 
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|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}||||

* South Africa has an embassy in [[Abu Dhabi]] and a consulate-general in [[Dubai]].
* United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Pretoria.
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|{{flag|Vietnam }}|| || 
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Hanoi]].
* Vietnam has an embassy in Pretoria.
|}
===Europe=== 
{{See also|South Africa–European Union relations}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| State
! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began
!Notes
|--valign="top"
|{{flag|Austria}}||5 October 1955||
* Austria has an embassy in [[Pretoria]] and a consulate-general in [[Cape Town]]. 
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Vienna]]. 
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|{{flag|Belarus}}||4 March 1993||
* Belarus has an embassy in [[Pretoria]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/forrep/forb.htm#bel|title=Foreign Representatives in South Africa|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=23 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723120615/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/forrep/forb.htm#bel|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* South Africa is accredited to Belarus from its embassy in Moscow, Russia.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> 
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|{{flag|Belgium}}||28 August 1933||

* Belgium has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Brussels]].
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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}||2 February 1992||See [[Bulgaria–South Africa relations]]

Interest Offices between South Africa and Bulgaria were opened initially in November 1990 and full diplomatic relations was established on 2 February 1992.
* Bulgaria has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Sofia]].
* South African Department of Foreign Affairs about relations with Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/bulgaria.html|title=Department of International Relations and Cooperation – South Africa|website=dfa.gov.za}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Croatia}}||||

* Croatia has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa is represented in Croatia by its embassy in Budapest, Hungary.
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| {{flag|Cyprus}}||<!-- date relations started--> 10 December 1993
|
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 December 1993.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/cyprus.html|title=Cyprus (Republic of)|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=9 September 2015|archive-date=23 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723120612/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/cyprus.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olc.gov.cy/olc/olc.nsf/all/FBE76CC6910F9E11C22575D70033BA45/$file/SOUTH%20AFRICA.pdf?openelement|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus|access-date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310212012/http://www.olc.gov.cy/olc/olc.nsf/all/FBE76CC6910F9E11C22575D70033BA45/$file/SOUTH%20AFRICA.pdf?openelement|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Cyprus has a High Commission in [[Pretoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/policy02_en/policy02_en?OpenDocument|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus|access-date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192705/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/policy02_en/policy02_en?OpenDocument|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* South Africa is represented in Cyprus through its embassy in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
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|{{flag|Denmark }}|| ||See [[Denmark-South Africa relations]] 
* Denmark has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]].
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|{{flag|European Union }}||<!--Date started-->||See [[South Africa–European Union relations]]

* South Africa has strong cultural and historical links to the [[European Union]] (EU) (particularly through immigration from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Greece) and the EU is South Africa's biggest investor.<ref name=EEAS>{{cite web|title=South Africa|url=http://eeas.europa.eu/south_africa/index_en.htm |publisher=Europa (web portal)|access-date=1 June 2014}}</ref>
* Since the end of South Africa's [[apartheid]], EU – South African relations have flourished and they began a "Strategic Partnership" in 2007. In 1999 the two sides signed a Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) which entered into force in 2004, with some provisions being applied from 2000. The TDCA covered a wide range of issues from political cooperation, development and the establishment of a [[free trade area]] (FTA).<ref name="EEAS" />
* South Africa is the EU's largest trading partner in Southern Africa and has a FTA with the EU. South Africa's main exports to the EU are fuels and mining products (27%), machinery and transport equipment (18%) and other semi-manufactured goods (16%). However they are growing and becoming more diverse. European exports to South Africa are primarily machinery & transport equipment (50%), chemicals (15%) and other semi-machinery (10%).<ref name="trade stats">{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/trade/creating-opportunities/bilateral-relations/countries/south-africa/|title=South Africa – Trade|publisher=European Commission}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Finland }}||<!--Date started-->15 May 1949||See [[Finland–South Africa relations]]

* A South African legation was established in 1967 and relations were then upgraded to ambassadorial level in March 1991. Finland has an embassy in Pretoria, a general consulate in [[Johannesburg]] and a consulate in [[Cape Town]]. South Africa is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. During World War II South Africa declared war on Finland.
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|{{flag|France }}||5 November 1934 ( broken diplomatic relations from 23 April 1942 to 13 December 1944)||See [[France–South Africa relations]]

* France has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Paris]].
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|{{flag|Germany }}||14 August 1951 ( before from 1933 to 6 September 1939 were diplomatic relations)||See [[Germany–South Africa relations]]

* Germany has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Berlin]].
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|{{flag|Greece}}||2 September 1941||See [[Greece–South Africa relations]] 
* Greece has an embassy in Pretoria and an consulate-general in [[Cape Town]] and [[Johannesburg]] and an consulate in [[Durban]].
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Athens]]. 
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|{{flag|Hungary }}|| || 
* Hungary has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Budapest]].
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|{{flag|Ireland }}||5 October 1993||See [[Ireland–South Africa relations]]

* Ireland has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Dublin]].
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|{{flag|Italy}}||31 October 1929, broken 10 June 1940, restored 18 March 1946||See [[Italy–South Africa relations]] 
* Italy has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Rome]].
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|{{flag|Montenegro}}||11 October 2006||
South Africa recognized Montenegro on 6 July 2006.<ref name="mip.gov.me">{{cite web |url=http://www.mip.gov.me/en/index.php/Bilateral/dates-of-recognition-and-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations.html |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro &#124; Dates of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations &#124; Bilateral |access-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417153150/http://www.mip.gov.me/en/index.php/Bilateral/dates-of-recognition-and-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations.html |archive-date=17 April 2010}}</ref> Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 October 2006.<ref name="mip.gov.me"/>
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|{{flag|Netherlands}}||15 August 1929||See [[Netherlands–South Africa relations]]
* Netherlands has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in [[Cape Town]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://southafrica.nlembassy.org|title=Netherlands Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403141658/http://southafrica.nlembassy.org/|archive-date=3 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in [[The Hague]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zuidafrika.nl|title=South African Embassy in the Netherlands|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>
* South Africa is reluctant to tighten cultural ties with the Netherlands. South Africa rejected several offers of the Netherlands and Belgium to become a member state of the [[Dutch Language Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maroelamedia.co.za/afrikaans/sa-regering-betreur-ooreenkoms-oor-taalsamewerking/|title=South African Government 'regrets' agreement over language cooperation|date=16 January 2014|publisher=Maroela Media|access-date=9 December 2016|language=af}}</ref> 
* ''See also'': [[Afrikaner|Dutch immigration to South Africa]]
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|{{flag|North Macedonia}}||no diplomatic relations||
* Both countries established diplomatic relations in October 1995.<ref name="dirco.gov.za1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/fyrom.html|title=FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=24 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024144737/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/fyrom.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* South Africa still uses the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in accordance with UN practice.<ref name="dirco.gov.za1"/> 
* South Africa is represented in North Macedonia by its embassy in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref name="dirco.gov.za1"/>
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|{{flag|Poland}}||18 December 1991||See [[Poland–South Africa relations]]

* Poland has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Warsaw]].
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|{{flag|Portugal}}||1934||See [[Portugal–South Africa relations]]

* Portugal has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Lisbon]].
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|{{flag|Romania}}||||
* Romania has an embassy in Pretoria.
* South Africa is represented in Romania through its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Russia}}||1942||See [[Russia–South Africa relations]]

* Russia has an embassy in [[Pretoria]] and a consulate-general in [[Cape Town]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.russianembassy.org.za/ |title=Russian embassy in Pretoria |publisher=Russianembassy.org.za |access-date=15 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321171228/http://www.russianembassy.org.za/ |archive-date=21 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in Moscow.<ref>[http://www.saembassy.ru/index.php South African embassy in Moscow] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201004918/http://www.saembassy.ru/index.php |date=1 December 2007 }}</ref>
* South African Department of Foreign Affaires about the relation with Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/russia.html|title=Department of International Relations and Cooperation – South Africa|website=dfa.gov.za}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Serbia}}||4 February 1992||See [[Serbia–South Africa relations]]
* Serbia has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srbembassy.org.za/|title=Serbian embassy in Pretoria}}</ref>
* South Africa is represented in Serbia through its embassy in [[Athens]] (Greece).
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|{{flag|Spain }}||18 May 1951||See [[South Africa–Spain relations]]

* South Africa has an embassy in [[Madrid]].
* Spain has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town. 
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|{{flag|Sweden}}|| ||See [[South Africa–Sweden relations]]
* South Africa has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].
* Sweden has an embassy in Pretoria.
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|{{flag|Switzerland }}||14 December 1951||See [[South Africa – Switzerland relations]]

* South Africa has an embassy in [[Bern]] and a general consulate in [[Geneva]].
* Switzerland has an embassy in Pretoria and a general consulate in Cape Town.
* South African Department of Foreign Affairs about relations with Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/switzerland.html|title=Department of International Relations and Cooperation – South Africa|website=dfa.gov.za}}</ref>
* Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs about relations with South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/afri/vzaf/bilsaf.html|title=Bilateral relations Switzerland–South Africa|website=eda.admin.ch}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Ukraine }}||16 March 1992||See [[South Africa–Ukraine relations]]

* South Africa established its embassy in [[Kyiv]] in October 1992.
* Ukraine established its embassy in [[Pretoria]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ua/rsa/en/news/top.htm |title=Ukrainian embassy in Pretoria |publisher=Mfa.gov.ua |access-date=15 May 2011}}</ref>
* South African Department of Foreign Affairs about relations with Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/ukraine.html|title=Department of International Relations and Cooperation – South Africa|website=dfa.gov.za}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||10 March 1931||See [[South Africa–United Kingdom relations]]
[[File:Prime Minister Sunak met with President Ramaphosa of South Africa in Number 10 - 2022.jpg|thumb|right|[[President of South Africa|South African President]] [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] with [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Rishi Sunak]] in [[10 Downing Street]], November 2022.]]
South Africa established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 10 March 1931.<ref name="britain"/>{{Better source needed|reason=The source does not state when South Africa and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations. It simply states when the UK appointed Sir Herbert James Stanley as high commissioner to South Africa.|date=December 2024}}
*South Africa maintains a [[High Commission of South Africa, London|high commission]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|date=27 June 2022|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/south-africa/|title=South Africa|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=3 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250621085248/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/africa/south-africa/|archive-date=21 June 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The United Kingdom is accredited to South Africa through its [[British High Commission|high commission]] in Pretoria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-pretoria|title=British High Commission Pretoria|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=8 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205070329/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-pretoria|archive-date=5 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed [[Cape Colony|South Africa]] from 1806 until 1931, when South Africa gained full independence.

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], the [[G20]], the [[International Criminal Court]], and the [[World Trade Organization]], as well as the [[Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique–United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement|SACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bavier|first=Joe|date=11 September 2019|title=Britain agrees post-Brexit trade deal with southern Africa|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-africa-trade-idUKKCN1VW1N5|website=[[Reuters]]|access-date=17 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218025328/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-africa-trade-idUKKCN1VW1N5/|archive-date=18 February 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Bilaterally the two countries have a Development Partnership,<ref>{{cite web|author-link=Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |author=((Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)) |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|title=Country and regional development partnership summaries|website=GOV.UK|date=17 July 2023 |access-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526234739/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|archive-date=26 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Double Taxation Convention.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[HM Revenue and Customs]]|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/south-africa-tax-treaties|date=1 June 2015|title=South Africa: tax treaties|website=GOV.UK|access-date=3 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716023458/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/south-africa-tax-treaties|archive-date=16 July 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Oceania===
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! style="width:12%;"| Formal relations began
!Notes
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|{{flag|Australia}}||8 May 1946||See [[Australia–South Africa relations]]

* Date started: 1947
* Australia has a High Commission in Pretoria.
* South Africa has a High Commission in [[Canberra]].
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|{{flag|Nauru}}||no diplomatic relations||
South Africa is in the process of establishing diplomatic relations on a non-residential basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/nauru.html|title=Nauru (Republic of)|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-date=23 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723175644/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/nauru.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|New Zealand}}||19 January 1994||See [[New Zealand–South Africa relations]]

* New Zealand has a high commission in Pretoria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzembassy.com/south-africa|title=New Zealand High Commission|first=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and|last=Trade|website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120055629/http://www.nzembassy.com/south-africa|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* South Africa has a high commission in [[Wellington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/Wellington/index.html|title=South African High Commission Wellington, New Zealand|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=21 May 2015|archive-date=12 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712111232/http://www.dirco.gov.za/Wellington/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}||<!--Date started-->11 December 1996||

* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 December 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/solomon.html|title=Solomon Islands|website=dirco.gov.za|access-date=20 August 2017|archive-date=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103154042/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/solomon.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Both countries are full members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
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==See also==

{{Portal|South Africa}}

* [[List of diplomatic missions in South Africa]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of South Africa]]

==References==

{{Reflist|30em}}
* [http://www.dfa.gov.za/ Department of Foreign Affairs]

==External links==
* [http://ssrn.com/abstract=2608770 The Sino-Brazilian Principles in a Latin American and BRICS Context: The Case for Comparative Public Budgeting Legal Research] ''[[Wisconsin International Law Journal]]'', 13 May 2015
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-71-703/conflict_war/apartheid/ CBC Digital Archives – Canada and the Fight Against Apartheid]
* [http://www.ibsanews.com IBSA – India, Brazil, South Africa – News and Media]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050901081048/http://www.saembassy.ru/index.php South African Embassy in Moscow]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125171025/http://iran-daily.com/1387/3321/html/economy.htm Iran lifted all trade and economic sanctions against South Africa]

===Videos===

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180425173009/https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/552698 US Policy on South Africa] from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120312184049/http://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/549457 Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180425173009/https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/552698 US Policy on Namibia] from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120312184049/http://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/549457 Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives]

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