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EMBASSY/CONSULATE ADDRESSES

Diplomatic representation in the US:
Chief of mission: Ambassador Welile NHLAPO
Embassy: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Telephone: [1] (202) 232-4400
FAX: [1] (202) 265-1607
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York

Diplomatic representation from the US:
Chief of mission: Donald Gips
Embassy: 877 Pretorius St., Arcadia 0083
Mailing address: P.O. Box 9536, Pretoria 0001
Telephone: [27] (12) 431-4000
FAX: [27] (12) 342-2299.
consulate(s) general: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg

Consulate(s) General are in:

Los Angeles
6300 Wilshire Bl., Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 651-0902

Chicago
200 S. Michigan Av., 6th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60604.
(312) 939-7929

New York
333 E. 38th St., 9th Floor,
New York, NY 10016.
(212) 213-4880

South African Embassies and Consulates Web Sites
Embassy of South Africa in Washington DC
High Commission of South Africa in Ottawa, Canada
U.S Embassy in South Africa

South African Embassies and Consulates around the World

Angola
Rua Manuel Fernades, Caldeira 6B
Caixa Postal 6212
Luanda
Tel: (244-2) 397 391
Fax: (244-2) 339 126

Argentina
Avenida Marcelo, Alvear 590 Piso 8
Buenos Aires 1058
Tel: (54-1) 317 2900
Fax: (54-1) 317 2951

Australia
Rhodes Place, State Circle, Yarralumla
Canberra ACT 2600
Tel: (61-6) 273 2424
Fax: (61-6) 295 6916

Austria
Sandgasse 33
Vienna A-1190
Tel: (43-222) 3264 9351
Fax: (43-222) 320 6493

Bahrain
Villa No 1520, Road 7329, Al-Qadim 373, New Tubli
PO Box 15574, Adliya
Bahrain
Tel: (9-73) 786 699
Fax: (9-73) 786 429

Belgium
26 Rue de la Loi, B 7/8
1040 Brussels
Tel: (32-2) 285 4400
Fax: (32-2) 285 4402

Botswana
Plot 5131, Kopanyo House, Nelson Mandela Drive
Private Bag 00402
Gaborone
Tel: (267) 304 800
Fax: (267) 305 501

Brazil
Avenida das Nacoes, Lote 6
70406-900 Brasilia DF
Tel: (55-61) 223 4873
Fax: (55-61) 322 8491
Consulate:
1754 Avenida Paulista, 12th Floor
01310-920 Sao Paulo SP
Tel: (55-11) 285 0433
Fax: (55-11) 284 4862

Bulgaria
3 Vasil Aprilov Street
Sofia 1504
Tel: (359-2) 446 547
Fax: (359-2) 943 3516

Canada
15 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1M 1M8
Tel: (613) 744-0330
Fax: (613) 741-1639

Consulate:
Suite 2615, 1 Place Ville Marie
Montreal, Quebec H3B 4S3
Tel: (514) 878-9231
Fax: (514) 878-4751

Consulate:
Stock Exchange Tower, Suite 2300, 2 First Canadian Place
Toronto, Ontario M5X IE3
Tel: (416) 364-0314
Fax: (416) 364-1737

Chile
Avda 11 de Septiembre 2353, Piso 16, Providencia
Casilla 16189
Santiago
Tel: (56-2) 231 2860
Fax: (56-2) 231 3185

China
Office C801, Beijing Lufthansa Centre
50 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100016
Tel: (86-10) 6465-1085
Fax: (86-10) 6465-1949

Congo - Kinshasa
17 Ave Pumbu, Gombe
BP 7829
Kinshasa 1
Tel: (243-12) 34676

Côte d'Ivoire
Villa Marc Andre, Rue Monsignor Renee Kouassi, Cocody President
B.P. 1806
Abidjan 08
Tel: (225) 44 59 63
Fax: (225) 44 74 50

Cuba
Calle 22 no 503
Miramar
Havana
Tel: (537) 339 672

Czech Republic
65 Ruska Street, Vrsovice
100 00 Prague 10
Tel: (42-2) 6731 1114
Fax: (42-2) 6371 1395

Denmark
Gammel Vartov Vej 8
PO Box 128
DK-2900 Hellerup
Copehagen
Tel: (45) 3118 0155
Fax: (45) 3118 4006

Egypt
Nile Tower Building, 18th Floor, 21/23 Giza Street
Cairo
Tel: (20-2) 571 5234
Fax: (20-2) 571 7241

Ethiopia
Higher 23, Kebele 10, House no. 1885
PO Box 1091
Addis Ababa
Tel: (251-1) 71 30 34
Fax: (251-1) 71 13 30

European Community
26 Rue de la Loi, Boite 14/15
1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: (32-2) 285 4460
Fax: (32-2) 285 4487

Finland
Rahapajankatu 1A5
00160 Helsinki 16
Tel: (358-9) 658 288
Fax: (358-9) 658 365

France
59 Quai d'Orsay
75343 Paris
Tel: (33-1) 45 55 92 37
Fax: (33-1) 45 55 41 46

Gabon
2nd Floor, "Les Arcades" Building
BP 4063
Libreville
Tel: (241) 774 530
Fax: (241) 774 536

Germany
Auf der Hostert 3
53173 Bonn
Tel: (49-228) 82010
Fax: (49-228) 820 1148

Consulate:
Villa Harteneck, Douglasstr. 9
Post Box 330108
14171 Berlin
Tel: (49-30) 825 011
Fax: (49-30) 826 6543

Consulate:
18th Floor, 37-39 Ulmenstrasse
6000 Franfurt am Main 1
Tel: (49-69) 719 1130
Fax: (49-69) 726 339

Consulate:
37 Harvestehuder Weg
20149 Hamburg 13
Tel: (49-40) 450 1200
Fax: (49-40) 4480 9878

Consulate:
Sendlinger-Tor-Platz 5
PO Box 202104
8000 Munich 2
Tel: (49-89) 231 1630
Fax: (49-89) 231 5353

Ghana
12 Akosombo Road, Airport Residential Area
PO Box 298, Trade Fair
Accra
Tel: (233-21) 762 380
Fax: (233-21) 762 381

Greece
60 Kiffisias Avenue, Marousi
PO Box 14281, GR 115-10
Athens
Tel: (30-1) 680 6645
Fax: (30-1) 680 6655

Hong Kong  (Consulate)
27th Floor, Sunning Plaza, 10 Hysan Ave
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2577 3279
Fax: (852) 2890 1975

Hungary
Rakoczi ut 1-3
PO Box PF 295
H-1364 Budapest
Tel: (36-1) 266 2148
Fax: (36-1) 267 4568

Iceland(Consulate)
Hafnarstraeti 7
PO Box 462
IS-121 Reykjavik
Tel: (354-1) 562 9522
Fax: (354-1) 562 5820

India
B-18 Vasant Marg, Vasant Vihar
New Delhi 110 057
Tel: (91-11) 611 9411
Fax: (91-11) 611 3505
Consulate:
c/o HoTel President, 90 Cuffe Parade, Colaba
Bombay 400 005
Tel: (91-22) 218 2910
Fax: (91-22) 218 2924

Indonesia
7th Fkiir Wisma GKBI, Suite 705, J1 Jend Sudirman No. 28, Kav 9-11
PO Box 1329
Jakarta
Tel: (62-21) 574 0660
Fax: (62-21) 574 0661

Iran
No. 5 Yekta Street, Vali-e-Asr Avenue, Tajrish
PO Box 11365-7476
Tehran
Tel: (98-21) 602 2866
Fax: (98-21) 279 516

Ireland
2nd Floor, Alexandra House
Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2
Tel: (353-1) 661 5553
Fax: (353-1) 661 5584

Israel
Top Tower, 50 Dizengoff Street, 16th Floor
Tel Aviv 64 734
Tel: (972-3) 525 2566
Fax: (972-3) 525 3230

Italy
Via Tanaro 14
00198 Rome
Tel: (39-6) 852 541
Fax: (39-6) 8525 4300

Consulate:
Vicolo San Giovanni, Sul Muru 4
20101 Milan
Tel: (39-2) 809 036
Fax: (39-2) 7201 1063

Japan
414 Zenkyoren Building, 7-9 Kirakawa-cho, 2-chome
Chiyoda-Ky
Tokyo 102
Tel: (81-3) 3265 3366
Fax: (81-3) 3265 1108

Jordan
Mohammad Al Mahdi Street, North West Abdoun
PO Box 851508, Sweifiyyia 11185
Amman
Tel: (962-6) 811 194
Fax: (962-6) 911 194

Kenya
17/18th Floor, Lonrho House, Standard Street
PO Box 42441
Nairobi
Tel: (254-2) 215 616
Fax: (254-2) 223 687

Korea, South
1-37, Hannam-dong, Yongsan-ku
Seoul
Tel: (82-2) 792 4855
Fax: (82-2) 792 4856

Lesotho
10th Floor, Lesotho Bank Centre
Private Bag A266
Maseru 0100
Tel: (266) 315 758
Fax: (266) 310 128

Madagascar
Lot II J 169, Ivandry
BP 4417
101 Antananarivo
Tel: (261-2) 42494
Fax: (261-2) 43504

Malawi
Mpico Building, City Centre
PO Box 34003
Lilongwe 3
Tel: (265) 783 722
Fax: (265) 781 042

Malaysia
No 12, Lorong Titiwangsa 12, Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, Setapak
53200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: (60-3) 424 4456
Fax: (60-3) 424 9896

Mauritius
British American Insurance Building, Pope Hennessy St.
PO Box 908
Port Louis
Tel: (230) 212 6925
Fax: (230) 212 6936

Mexico
Andres Bello 10, Forum Building, 9th Floor, Colonia Polanco
Apartado Postal 105-219
CP 11581 Mexico City DF
Tel: (52-5) 282 9260
Fax: (52-5) 282 9259

Morocco
34 Rue des Saadiens
Rabat
Tel: (212-7) 706 760
Fax: (212-7) 706 756

Mozambique
745 Julius Nyerere Avenue
Caixa Postal 1120
Maputo
Tel: (258-1) 491 614
Fax: (258-1) 493 029

Namibia
RSA House, cnr Jan Jonker and Nelson Mandela Ave.
PO Box 23100
Winhoek
Tel: (264-61) 229 765
Fax: (264-61) 224 695

Consulate:
M & Z Building, 1st Floor, 8th Street
Private Bag X5003
Walvis Bay
Tel: (264-64) 87771
Fax: (264-64) 207 402

Netherlands
40 Wassenaarsweg
PO Box 90638
LP 2509 The Hague
Tel: (31-70) 392 4501
Fax: (31-70) 346 0669

Nigeria
4 Maduike Street, Ikoyi
Lagos
Tel: (234-1) 685 810
Fax: (234-1) 269 0448

Norway
Drammensveien 88C
PO Box 7588, Skillebek
0205 Oslo 2
Tel: (47) 2244 7910
Fax: (47) 2244 3975

Pakistan
48 Margalla Road, Sector F-8/2
Islamabad
Tel: (92-51) 262 354
Fax: (92-51) 250 114
Consulate:

F-1, Block 4, Kehkashan, Clifton
Karachi
Tel: (92-21) 586 9105
Fax: (92-21) 586 2682

Palestine
PO Box 567, Ramallah
West Bank
Tel: (972-02) 998 7456
Fax: (972-02) 998 7356

Paraguay
Edificion Banco Sudameris, 4 Piso, Independencia Nacional esq. Cerro Cora
Casilla de Correo 1832
Asuncion
Tel: (595-21) 444 331
Fax: (595-21) 443 326

Poland
IPC Business Centre, 6th Floor, Ul. Koszykowa 54
00-675 Warsaw
Tel: (48-22) 625 6228
Fax: (48-22) 625 6270

Portugal
Avenida Luis Bivar 10
1097 Lisbon
Tel: (351-1) 353 5041
Fax: (351-1) 353 5713

Romania
Grigore Alexandrescu Str., Sector 1
71129 Bucharest 22
Tel: (40-1) 210 2348
Fax: (40-1) 210 5075

Russia
Bolshoi Strochenovsky, Per 22/25
Moscow 113054
Tel: (7-095) 230 6869
Fax: (7-095) 230 6865

Consulate:
Naberezhnaya Moiki 11
191065 St. Petersburg
Tel: (7-812) 329 6000
Fax: (7-812) 325 6362

Saudi Arabia
12 Ali Bin Saleh Street, Sallahadin Quarter
PO Box 94006
Riyadh 11693
Tel: (966-1) 454 3723
Fax: (966-1) 454 3727

Consulate:
PO Box 12737
Jeddah 21483
Tel: (966-2) 667 1634
Fax: (966-2) 663 1034

Senegal
12 Ave. Albert Sarraut
Dakar
Tel: (221) 236 581
Fax: (221) 214 878

Singapore
#15/01-06 Floor Odeon Towers
331 North Bridge Road
Singapore 0718
Tel: (65) 339 3319
Fax: (65) 339 6658

Slovakia
Jancov 8/B1/5
Bratislava 811 02
Tel: (42-7) 531 1582
Fax: (42-7) 531 2581

Spain
Edificio Lista, Calle Claudio Coello 91, esq. J. Ortega y Gasset
Madrid 28006
Tel: (34-1) 435 6688
Fax: (34-1) 577 7414

Swaziland
Standard Bank Pension Fund Building, Allister Miller St.
Mbabane
Tel: (268) 44651
Fax: (268) 44335

Sweden
Linnegatan 76
115 23 Stockholm
Tel: (46-8) 243 950
Fax: (46-8) 660 7136

Switzerland
Junfraustrassze 1
3005 Berne
Tel: (41-31) 352 2011
Fax: (41-31) 352 1116

Consulate:
65 Rue du Rhone
1204 Geneva
Tel: (41-22) 849 5454
Fax: (41-22) 849 5438

Consulate:
Basteiplatz 7
8001 Zurich
Tel: (41-1) 221 1188
Fax: (41-1) 221 1400

Taiwan, Republic of China
13th Floor, Bank Tower, 205 Tun Hwa North Road
PO Box 540
Tapei
Tel: (886-2) 715 3251
Fax: (886-2) 712 5109

Tanzania
Plot 1339, Mwaya Road, Msaski
Dar es Salaam
Tel: (255-51) 600 484
Fax: (255-51) 600 685

Thailand
6th Floor, The Park Place, 231 Soi Sarasin
Lumpini 10330 Bangkok
Tel: (66-2) 253 8473
Fax: (66-2) 253-8477

Tunisia
7 Rue Achtart, Nord-Hilton
B.P. 251, 1032 Cite Mahrajene
Tunis
Tel: (216-1) 800 311
Fax: (216-1) 796 742

Turkey
Filistin Caddessi no. 27, Gaziosmanpasa
PO Box 30, Kucukesat 06662
Ankara
Tel: (90-312) 446 4056
Fax: (90-312) 446 6434

Consulate:
Serbetci is Merkezi, Kat: 15
Buyukdere Caddesi 106, 80280 Esentepe
PO Box 65, 80622 Levent
Istanbul
Tel: (90-1) 288 0428
Fax: (90-1) 275 7642

Uganda
Sheraton Kampala HoTel, Room 309/311
Kampala

Ukraine
6 Maculan Complex, 9/2 Chervonoarmiyska Street
PO Box 7, Central Post Office
242001 Kiev
Tel: (38-044) 227 7172
Fax: (38-044) 220 7206

United Arab Emirates
7th Floor, Al Salam Street
PO Box 29446
Abu Dhabi
Tel: (971-2) 726 200
Fax: (971-2) 723 883

United Kingdom
South Africa House, Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DP
Tel: (44-171) 451-7299
Fax: (44-171) 451-7284

United Nations
65 Rue du Rhone
1204 Geneva
Tel: (41-22) 849 5454
Fax: (41-22) 849 5432
333 East 38th St., 9th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 213-5583
Fax: (212) 692-2498

Uruguay
Dr. Prudencio de Pena 2483
Montevideo
Tel: (598-2) 790 411
Fax: (598-2) 790 459

Zambia
4th / 5th Floor, Bata House, Cairo Road
Private Bag W369
Lusaka
Tel: (260-1) 220 999
Fax: (260-1) 263 001

Zimbabwe
Temple Bar House, cnr Baker Ave / Angwa Street
Harare
Tel: (263-4) 753 147
Fax: (263-4) 757 908


FOREIGN RELATIONS

U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA RELATIONS

The United States established diplomatic relations with South Africa in 1929, following the United Kingdom's recognition of South Africa's domestic and external autonomy within the British Empire. Until the 1990s, the South African Government followed a policy of white domination over the majority-black populationand racial separation (apartheid). From the 1970s through the early 1990s, U.S.-South Africa relations were severely affected by South Africa's racial policies.

Since the abolition of apartheid and 1994 democratic elections, the countries have enjoyed a solid bilateral relationship. South Africa is a strategic partner of the United States, particularly in the areas of security and trade. The two countries share development objectives throughout Africa, and South Africa plays a key economic and political role in the African continent. The United States seeks opportunities for increased U.S.-South African cooperation on regional and international issues. In 2010, the United States and South Africa launched a strategic dialogue aimed at deepening cooperation on the entire range of issues of mutual interest and/or concern.

U.S. Assistance to South Africa

South Africa has made remarkable strides toward building a prosperous and peaceful democracy since 1994, but faces many challenges, including unemployment, HIV/AIDS, crime, and corruption. U.S. assistance focuses on improving healthcare, increasing education standards and teacher training, building capacity in agriculture to address regional food security, and developing clean energy to adapt to global climate changes. Improving the capacity of South Africa's security force will enable it to take a lead role in regional stability and security efforts.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programs seek to strengthen small- and medium-sized enterprises, create employment, improve learning and job skills, promote basic education, combat gender-based violence, and promote HIV/AIDS care, prevention and treatment. In 2010, Secretary Clinton and South African Prime Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane signed a Partnership Framework, creating a five-year plan to tackle HIV/AIDS in South Africa through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Bilateral Economic Relations

U.S.-South African economic and trade relations are strong. South Africa is eligible for preferential trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The country belongs to the Southern African Customs Union, which has signed a Trade, Investment, and Development Cooperative Agreement (TIDCA) with the United States. The TIDCA establishes a forum for consultative discussions, cooperative work, and possible agreements on a wide range of trade issues, with a special focus on customs and trade facilitation, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and trade and investment promotion. The United States and South Africa have a bilateral tax treaty eliminating double taxation. A bilateral trade and investment framework agreement has been signed, and discussions on it were renewed in 2011.

South Africa's Membership in International Organizations

South Africa's principal foreign policy objectives are to promote the economic, political, and cultural regeneration of Africa; to promote the peaceful resolution of conflict in Africa; and to use multilateral bodies to ensure that developing countries' voices are heard on international issues. South Africa and the United States belong to a number of the same international organizations, including the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, G-20, and World Trade Organization. South Africa also participates as a key partner in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Enhanced Engagement program.

Bilateral Representation

The U.S. Ambassador to South Africa is Donald Gips; other principal embassy officials are listed in the Department's Key Officers List.

South Africa maintains an embassy in the United States at 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel. (202) 232-4400.

More information about South Africa is available from the Department of State and other sources, some of which are listed here:

Department of State South Africa Page
Department of State Key Officers List
CIA World Factbook South Africa Page
U.S. Embassy: South Africa
USAID South Africa Page
History of U.S. Relations With South Africa
Human Rights Reports
International Religious Freedom Reports
Trafficking in Persons Reports
Narcotics Control Reports
Investment Climate Statements
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Countries Page
U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics
Export.gov International Offices Page
Library of Congress Country Studies
Travel and Business Information




TRAVEL ADVISORIES

To obtain the latest Travel Advisory Information for South Africa check the U.S. State Department  Consular Information Sheet.


TRAVEL TIPS

Driving U.S Driving Permit accepted
Currency (ZAR) Rand
Electrical 220/230 Volts
Telephones Country Code 27, City Code, Johannesburg 11+7D, Pretoria 12+7D, Cape Town 21+7D



South Africa's DC Embassy has these useful Hints for the Traveller to South Africa.


CUSTOMS/DUTIES

TOBACCO..........................400 cigarettes; 50 cigars; 250g of tobacco

LIQUOR..............................1 litre of spirits; 2 litres of wine

PERFUME...........................300 ML per person

CAMERAS...........................No restrictions

FILM...................................Reasonable amount for personal use

GIFTS.................................Up to a value of SAR 1250

CURRENCY.........................Unlimited - Must be declared on arrival

AGARIUCLTURAL ITEMS....Refer to Consulate

NOTE: There is a flat-rate duty of 20% on gifts in excess of R1250, up to R10,000.



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