Welcome to the Department of International Relations & Cooperation
Chief Directorate: Consular Services
Fax number (Consular): (012) 329 1752
Fax number (Legalisation): (012) 329 1018
E-mails:
CICC: Consular Incident Command Centre: CICC@dirco.gov.za
Rosahelp: Registration of South Africans abroad: rosahelp@dirco.gov.za
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 |
| Mr E Edries (Ebrahim) | Acting Chief Director | (012) 351 1000 |
| Vacant | Senior Secretary | |
| Vacant | ASD: Personal Assistant |
DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR POLICY AND LEGISLATION
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Mr LJ Frans (Luyanda) | Director | (012) 301 9203 |
| Mr JP Lötter (Johan) | Deputy Director | (012) 351 1135 |
| Ms A Harmse (Annali) | Assistant Director | (012) 351 8505 |
SECTION: LEGALISATION
(Authentications, Apostilles, End User Certificates)
(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)
(Mark for Attention: Relevant Official)
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms AC Abrahams (Astrid) | Director | (012) 351 0333 |
CONSULAR INCIDENT COMMAND CENTRE (CICC) – CONSULAR OPERATIONS ROOM
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms P Naicker (Roshinee) | Consular Admin Official | (012) 351 0924 |
SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AFRICA
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA I
Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Congo (Brazzaville), Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Somalia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms S Mothoagae (Sylvia) | Consular Officer | (012) 351 8758 |
CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA II
Benin, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia (Senegal), Guinea (Conakry), Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Senegal, Sudan, South Sudan, Togo
| 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), Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mali, Niger, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone (Côte d’Ivoire), Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms K Mpya | Consular Official | (012) 351 0496 |
SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: ASIA, MIDDLE EAST, AUSTRALIA
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Mr WS Ohlson (Willem) | Deputy Director | (012) 351 0562 |
CONSULAR SECTION: SOUTH EAST ASIA AND 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, Taipei, 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 C Mashishi (Cendra) | Assistant Director | (012) 351 1255 |
| Ms M Demas (Magie) | Consular Official | (012) 351 1910 |
CONSULAR SECTION: SOUTH EAST ASIA AND THE 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, Philippines, Singapore, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms M Aspeling (Michelle) | Assistant Director | (012) 351 1232 |
SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: EUROPE, AMERICAS, CARIBBEAN
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Mr AI Brown (Alfred) | Deputy Director | (012) 351 1252 |
SECTION: EUROPE I
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms K van der Vyver (Karien) | Assistant Director | (012) 351 1294 |
SECTION: EUROPE II
Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Malta, Poland, San Marino, Serbia/Kosovo, Vatican – (Temporary reallocated to Section: Europe I)
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Hungary, Romania – (Temporary reallocated to Section: Europe III)
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia Federation, Türkiye, Ukraine – (Temporary reallocated to Section: Latin America)
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms N Moroeng (Neo) | Consular Official | (012) 351 1368 |
SECTION: EUROPE III – USA, CANADA AND CARIBBEAN
France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, USA, Canada, 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
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Mr D Geldenhuys (Diederik) | Assistant Director | (012) 351 1249 |
SECTION: LATIN AMERICA
Central America and The Andes
Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador El Salvador, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
MERCOSUR
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms E Groenewald (Elzanne) | Assistant Director | (012) 351 1263 |