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

 

NameRankContact details
Ambassador NM Sibanda-ThusiChief Director(012) 351 0395
VacantSenior Secretary 
VacantASD: Personal Assistant 

DIRECTORATE: DIRECTOR CONSULAR POLICY AND NOTARIAL SERVICES

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

NameRankContact details
Mr DA Morule (Donald)Director(012) 301 8506
Ms L PelompePersonal Assistant(012) 351 0595

SUB-DIRECTORATE: POLICY AND NOTARIAL SERVICES 

NameRankContact details
Mr F Fortune (Franklin)Deputy Director(012) 351 0555

SECTION: POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING 

NameRankContact 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

NameRankContact 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 

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

SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AFRICA 

NameRankContact details
Ms LP Vanqa-DyaniDeputy 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

NameRankContact details
VacantAssistant 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

NameRankContact 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

NameRankContact details
Ms W Makwabe (Wynnett)Assistant Director(012) 351 0496

 

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

NameRankContact 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

NameRankContact 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

NameRankContact 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

 

NameRankContact 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

NameRankContact 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

NameRankContact details
Ms TB NongauzaAssistant 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

NameRankContact details
VacantAssistant 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

NameRankContact details
VacantAssistant Director 

CONSULAR SECTION: LATIN AMERICA

 CENTRAL AMERICA & THE ANDES

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador El Salvador, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela

MERCOSUR COUNTRIES

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

NameRankContact details
Ms E Groenewald (Elzanne)Assistant Director(012) 351 1263
Ms E Shkaidy (Estelle)FAAO(012) 351 0636

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