List of high commissioners of South Africa to Australia


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

High Commissioner of South Africa to Australia
Incumbent
Beryl Sisulu

since 1 March 2017
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerJacob Zuma
Inaugural holderDr Philip Rudolph Viljoen
FormationFebruary 1949
WebsiteSouth African High Commission, Canberra

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

Office-holders

The South African High Commission in Yarralumla, Canberra.

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

IncumbentStart of termEnd of term
Dr. Philip Rudolph Viljoen[1][2]February 194914 November 1951
G. C. Neil (acting)15 November 195120 February 1954
Johann Kunz Uys21 February 195410 June 1957
Anthony M. Hamilton10 September 195727 March 1961

Ambassadors from the Republic of South Africa, 1961–94

IncumbentStart of termEnd of term
Herbert Hans Woodward31 May 19618 October 1964 - also served as the last High Commissioner from the Union of South Africa from 8 April to 30 May 1961.
Johan Christiaan Holm Maree24 June 196514 January 1969
Johann Kunz Uys3 February 19691971
John Brent Mills19711977
Alan John Oxley19771983
Denis Worrall19831984
Cornelius A. Bastiaanse13 August 19841988
Francis David Tothill19881992
Naudé Steyn8 September 19921 June 1994

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

High Commissioner Anthony Mongalo (right) in June 2013.
IncumbentStart of termEnd of term
Naudé Steyn1 June 19941996
Bhadra RanchodJune 19962003
Anthony Mongalo20032009
Lenin Magigwane Shope26 February 20092010
Mauritz C. Lindeque21 November 20102011
Koleka Anita Mqulwana17 February 20112015
S'bu Ndebele13 May 2015February 2017
Beryl Sisulu1 March 2017date

See also

References

  1. "SOUTH AFRICAN REPRESENTATIVE." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 25 Mar 1949: 5. Web. 14 Nov 2015. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27579155
  2. "SOUTH AFRICA." Cootamundra Herald (NSW : 1877 - 1954) 16 Feb 1949: 1. Web. 14 Nov 2015. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143552110
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