{"id":126,"date":"2024-02-18T19:37:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/contact-us\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:12:29","slug":"contact-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/contact-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Embassy Officials:<\/strong>
Ambassador: Mr PA Sifuba
First Secretary, Political: Vacant
First Secretary, Administration: Mr DNJ Jordaan
Third Secretary, Administration and Consular: Ms SM Boshielo<\/p>

E-mail Addresses<\/strong>
For administration:\u00a0admin.nouakchott@dirco.gov.za<\/a>
For bilateral and trade relations:\u00a0Nouakchott.political@dirco.gov.za<\/a>
For South African citizen\u2019s support: consular.nouakchott@dirco.gov.za<\/a>
For visa and civic services:\u00a0immigration.nouakchott@dirco.gov.za<\/a><\/p>

Physical address<\/strong>
Tevragh Zeina Lot 135\/37
Nouakchott, MAURITANIA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Contact numbers<\/strong>
Telephone: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+222 45 24 55 90 (Landline)
After hours: \u00a0 \u00a0 +222 31 26 13 61 (Corporate Services)
+222 30 70 99 74 (Consular, Civic and Immigration Affairs)
DIRCO\u00a0Head Office Pretoria: +27 12 351 1000<\/p>

Working Hours<\/strong>
Monday to Thursday:\u00a0\u00a008:00 \u2013 12:30; 13:15 \u2013 17:00
Friday: 08:00 \u2013 12:00<\/p>

Consular Hours<\/strong>
Monday to Friday: 08:30 \u2013 12:00<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Note:<\/u><\/strong> The local Public Holidays are subject to change as per confirmation of religious Holidays.<\/p>

1 January<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Thursday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

New Year’s Day<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Mauritania\/South Africa<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

03 April<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Friday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Good Friday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

South Africa<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06 April<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Monday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Family Day<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

South Africa<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

27 April<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Monday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Freedom Day<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

South Africa<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

01 May<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Friday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Labor Day<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Mauritania<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

27 May<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Wednesday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Eid al-Adha<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Mauritania<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

28 May<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Thursday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Eid al-Adha Holiday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Mauritania<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

17 June<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Wednesday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Islamic New Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Mauritania<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10 August<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Monday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Public Holiday<\/b><\/p><\/td>

South Africa<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

25 August<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Tuesday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Bday of Prophet Mohammed<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Mauritania<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

24 December<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Thursday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Heritage Day<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

South Africa<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

25 December<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Friday<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Christmas Day<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

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CONTACT US Embassy Officials:Ambassador: Mr PA SifubaFirst Secretary, Political: VacantFirst Secretary, Administration: Mr DNJ JordaanThird Secretary, Administration and Consular: Ms SM Boshielo E-mail AddressesFor administration:\u00a0admin.nouakchott@dirco.gov.zaFor bilateral and trade relations:\u00a0Nouakchott.political@dirco.gov.zaFor South African citizen\u2019s support: consular.nouakchott@dirco.gov.zaFor visa and civic services:\u00a0immigration.nouakchott@dirco.gov.za Physical addressTevragh Zeina Lot 135\/37Nouakchott, MAURITANIA Contact numbersTelephone: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+222 45 24 55 90 (Landline)After hours: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-126","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":787,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/nouakchott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}