List of ambassadors and high commissioners of South Africa to the United Kingdom

The High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom is an officer of the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation and the head of the High Commission of the Republic of South Africa to the United Kingdom in London. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and also serves as South Africa's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (since 1959), a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum and South Africa's Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner.

High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Nomatemba Tambo
since 2018
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerJacob Zuma
Inaugural holderSir Richard Solomon
FormationJune 1910
WebsiteSouth African High Commission, Canberra

The High Commissioner is currently Nomatemba Tambo, a career diplomat and daughter of Oliver Tambo. On South Africa's departure from the Commonwealth of Nations in 1961, the High Commission became an Embassy. Following the end of Apartheid and South Africa's return to the Commonwealth on 1 June 1994, the High Commission was re-established to replace the former Embassy.

Office-holders
The South African High Commission on Trafalgar Square.

High Commissioners from the Union of South Africa, 1910–61
IncumbentStart of termEnd of termNotes
Sir Richard SolomonJune 191010 November 1913[1]
Sir David GraaffAugust 1914November 1914[2]
William SchreinerNovember 191428 June 1919[3][4]
Sir Reginald Blankenberg (Chargé d'affaires)28 June 1919February 1921
Sir Edgar WaltonFebruary 1921September 1924[5][6] [7]
Jacobus Stephanus SmitSeptember 1924March 1929[8]
Eric LouwMarch 1929November 1929
Charles Theodore Te WaterNovember 1929September 1939[9][10]
Sidney Frank WatersonSeptember 1939June 1943[11][12]
Deneys ReitzJune 194319 October 1944[13][14]
George Heaton Nicholls19441947
Leif EgelandMarch 19481950[15]
Albertus Lourens GeyerMay 1950June 1954[16][17]
Gerhardus Petrus JoosteSeptember 19541956[18]
John Edward Holloway19561958
A. J. R. van Rhijn19591960
Hilgard Muller196130 May 1961

Ambassadors from the Republic of South Africa, 1961–94
IncumbentStart of termEnd of termNotes
Hilgard Muller31 May 19611963
Carel de Wet19641967
Hendrik Gerhardus Luttig19671972
Carel de Wet19721979
Dawie de VilliersApril 1979October 1980
Carel de Wet19801983
Denis Worrall19841987
Peter Rae Killen5 February 19871991
Kent Durr15 April 199131 May 1994

High Commissioners from the Republic of South Africa, 1994–date
IncumbentStart of termEnd of termNotes
Mendi Msimang19941997
Cheryl Carolus2 March 19982001
Lindiwe Mabuza20012010
Zola Skweyiya20102014
Obed Mlaba20142017[19]
Nomatemba Tambo2018date[20]

See also

References
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