Consular Contact Details

Fax number (Consular) : (012) 329 1752

Fax number (Legalisation) : (012) 329 1018

E-mail: consular@dirco.gov.za (Consular enquiries)

E-mail: legalisation@dirco.gov.za (Legalisation enquiries i.e. Authentications and Apostilles)

Physical Address

NE2A-Ground Floor
OR Tambo Building
460 Soutpansberg Road
Rietondale
Pretoria

In case of an after-hours emergency, kindly contact the Department’s Opsroom at: (012) 351 1000.

CHIEF DIRECTORATE CONSULAR SERVICES

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ambassador NM Sibanda-Thusi	Chief Director	(012) 351 0395
Vacant	Senior Secretary
Vacant	ASD: Personal Assistant

DIRECTORATE: DIRECTOR CONSULAR POLICY AND NOTARIAL SERVICES

Fax: (012) 329 1752 (Mark for Attention: Relevant Official)

Name	Rank	Contact details
Mr DA Morule (Donald)	Director	(012) 301 8506
Ms L Pelompe	Personal Assistant	(012) 351 0595

SUB-DIRECTORATE: POLICY AND NOTARIAL SERVICES

Name	Rank	Contact details
Mr F Fortune (Franklin)	Deputy Director	(012) 351 0555

SECTION: POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms N Mbusi (Nomakaya)	Assistant Director	(012) 351 0560
Mr D Geldenhuys (Diederik)	Assistant Director	(012) 351 1249
Ms CS Boyiatjis (Chantel)	Assistant Director	(012) 351 1563

SECTION: LEGALISATION

(Authentications, Apostilles, End User Certificates)

Fax: (012) 329 1018 (Mark for Attention: Relevant Official)

Legalisation E-Mail Enquiries: legalisation@dirco.gov.za (Authentications and Apostilles)

For any legalisation enquiries i.e. Authentications and Apostilles, kindly contact the applicable officials.

General enquiries should be directed to Legalisation@dirco.gov.za. Due to the high volume of enquiries, there might be a delay in our response time.

DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES (Geographical Desks)

Fax number (Consular) : (012) 329 1752 (Mark for Attention: Relevant Official)

E-mail: consular@dirco.gov.za

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms AC Abrahams (Astrid)	Director	(012) 351 0333
Ms GJ Hankins (Glenda-Lee)	Personal Assistant	(012) 351 1699

CONSULAR INCIDENT COMMAND CENTRE (CICC) – CONSULAR OPERATIONS ROOM

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms MN Sethokga (Martha)	Assistant Director	(012) 301 8734
Ms P Naicker (Roshinee)	Senior Secretary	(012) 351 0924

SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AFRICA

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms LP Vanqa-Dyani	Deputy Director	(012) 351 1623

CONSULAR MATTERS ONLY

CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA I

Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Somalia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe

Name	Rank	Contact details
Vacant	Assistant Director
Ms NN Mgqibi (Kaya)	FAAO	(012) 351 0685

CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA II

Benin, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia (Senegal), Guinea (Conakry), Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Senegal, Sudan, South Sudan

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms I Coetzee (Ida)	Assistant Director	(012) 351 1308

CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA III

Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR) Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gaban, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone (Cote d’ Ivoire), Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms W Makwabe (Wynnett)	Assistant Director	(012) 351 0496

SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Name	Rank	Contact details
Mr BJ Malan (Ben)	Deputy Director	(012) 351 1270

CONSULAR MATTERS ONLY

CONSULAR SECTION: MIDDLE EAST I

Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, South Korea (Republic), North Korea, (People’s Republic), Mongolia, People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands (Cook Island, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms ML Bapela (Mangwakong)	Assistant Director	(012) 351 0105
Ms M Demas (Magie)	CAC	(012) 351 1910

CONSULAR SECTION: MIDDLE EAST II

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, India, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Philippine, Singapore, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms ED Van Straten (Zeldi)	Assistant Director	(012) 351 1290
Ms SA Saran-Moodley (Sasha)	SAO	(012) 351 0275

SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AMERICAS AND EUROPE

Name	Rank	Contact details
Mr AI Brown (Alfred)	Deputy Director	(012) 351 1252

CONSULAR MATTERS ONLY

CONSULAR SECTION: UK, IRELAND, BENELUX COUNTRIES, NORDIC AND GERMAN SPEAKING COUNTRIES

UK, Ireland, Benelux Countries, Nordic And German Speaking Countries and part Of Central Americas

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms K van der Vyver (Karien)	Assistant Director	(012) 351 1294

CONSULAR SECTION: MEDITERANEAN EUROPE, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Name	Rank	Contact details
Ms TB Nongauza	Assistant Director	(012) 351 0474
Ms YJ Ngobeni (Yingisani)	FAAO	(012) 351 1969

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Vatican, Ukraine

CONSULAR SECTION: USA, CANADA & CARIBBEAN

USA & CANADA

USA and Canada

Name	Rank	Contact details
Vacant	Assistant Director

CARIBBEAN

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago