{"id":8169,"date":"2024-10-13T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T14:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/mexico\/the-high-commission\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T07:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:33:32","slug":"the-high-commission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/mexico\/the-high-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"The High Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8169\" class=\"elementor elementor-8169\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35a4c21b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35a4c21b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-428cbc38\" data-id=\"428cbc38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d35eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18d35eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE AMBASSADOR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e0a9415 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e0a9415\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-523d2cd5\" data-id=\"523d2cd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2064f399 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2064f399\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Her Excellency Beryl Rose Sisulu is currently Ambassador, Plenipotentionary and extraordinary to the United Mexican States and non-resident Ambassador to six Central American countries namely; The Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of El Salvador, Republic of Guatemala, Republic of Honduras, Republic of Nicaragua and the Republic of Panama.<\/p><p>Ambassador Sisulu began her diplomatic career in 2009 when she was appointed as South Africa\u2019s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway and the Republic of Iceland until 2012.<\/p><p>In 2016 to 2017, she became Ambassador to Constitutional Monarchy of Japan.<\/p><p>In 2017 to 2019, Ambassador Sisulu was transferred from Japan to the Commonwealth of Australia as South Africa\u2019s High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of Australia, and also accredited to the islands of Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Island.<\/p><p>In 2019, High Commissioner Sisulu was transferred from the Commonwealth of Australia to the Hellenic Republic (Greece) as South Africa\u2019s Ambassador and also accredited to the Republic of Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia until 2023.<\/p><p>In 2023, she was transferred from The Hellenic Republic to Mexico and appointed as Ambassador to the United Mexican States and the above mentioned 6 Central American countries, a position she holds to date.<\/p><p>Ambassador Sisulu is fluent in English; Zulu; Xhosa; Sesotho; Setswana and Afrikaans.<\/p><p>She holds a law degree from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, and attended a Senior Executive Program (SEP) at Harvard University, Boston, USA (a joint programme between the Harvard University and the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa).<\/p><p>Ambassador Sisulu is married to Mr Daniel Stemmer, a retired diplomat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-245bfb69\" data-id=\"245bfb69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c58eddc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c58eddc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/mexico\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/07\/DSC_8746-HI-RES-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9466\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ambassador Beryl Rose Sisulu<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE AMBASSADOR Her Excellency Beryl Rose Sisulu is currently Ambassador, Plenipotentionary and extraordinary to the United Mexican States and non-resident Ambassador to six Central American countries namely; 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