{"id":59,"date":"2024-02-19T14:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:33:38","slug":"the-embassy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"59\" class=\"elementor elementor-59\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-13a76aaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13a76aaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a34c2a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a34c2a8\" 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\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ddbe6ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ddbe6ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-455ac72d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"455ac72d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf86d18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf86d18\" 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>I am delighted to welcome you to the official website of the South African Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. The Embassy is situated at 7, Rue Achtart, Nord-Hilton, Tunis<\/p><p>The South African Embassy in Tunisia was established in 1993, After the elections in 1994, diplomatic relations were formalised between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Tunisia. On the 9th of June 1994, the then South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Alfred Nzo, official opened the South African Embassy in Tunis.<\/p><p>South Africa and Tunisia enjoy a very healthy and mutually beneficial political and economic relationship. This relationship was further strengthened in 1996 when the inaugural session of the Joint Bilateral Commission between South Africa and Tunisia was held in Tunis. The third session of the Joint Commission was again held in Tunis during April 2001 and the Commission largely focused on enhancing relations in the fields of Trade and Investment; Health; Tourism, and Environmental Affairs; Arts &amp; Culture, Science &amp; Technology; and political consultations regarding Foreign Relations.<\/p><p>The Embassy represents the Republic of South Africa to the Republic of Tunisia. The Embassy of the Republic of South Africa aims to strengthen political, economic and social relations through structured bilateral agreements and high\u2010level engagements to advance South Africa\u2019s national priorities, the African Agenda and South\u2010South cooperation. Additionally, South Africa\u2019s foreign policy focuses on building unity, inclusive economic development and shared prosperity for the African continent and its people through its participation in multilateral structures.<\/p><p>H.E. Ambassador Lindiwe Hendricks is the current Head of Mission. She is supported by a team of officials designated according to the following sections: <br \/>\u2022 Political\/ bilateral\/Multilateral affairs<br \/>\u2022 Administrations, Consular services\/ Civic and Immigration <br \/>\u2022 Trade and Economic<\/p><p>The Embassy also offers various services: consular and immigration services, inclusive of information to South African citizens visiting or living permanently in Tunisia as well as foreign citizens wishing to travel to South Africa.<\/p><p>Thank you for visiting our website.<\/p><p>Ambassador L.B. Hendricks<\/p><p>Embassy of South Africa to the Republic of Tunisia<\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f6c541b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f6c541b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef33f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ef33f03\" 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=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ambassador L Hendricks<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4452c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c4452c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us I am delighted to welcome you to the official website of the South African Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. The Embassy is situated at 7, Rue Achtart, Nord-Hilton, Tunis The South African Embassy in Tunisia was established in 1993, After the elections in 1994, diplomatic relations were formalised between the Republic of South Africa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Embassy - South African Embassy Tunis, Tunisia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Embassy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"About Us I am delighted to welcome you to the official website of the South African Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. The Embassy is situated at 7, Rue Achtart, Nord-Hilton, Tunis The South African Embassy in Tunisia was established in 1993, After the elections in 1994, diplomatic relations were formalised between the Republic of South Africa [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South African Embassy Tunis, Tunisia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-17T11:33:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/the-embassy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/the-embassy\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Embassy - South African Embassy Tunis, Tunisia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/the-embassy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/the-embassy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Amb-Hendricks-300x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-19T14:58:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-17T11:33:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/the-embassy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/the-embassy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/the-embassy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Amb-Hendricks-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Amb-Hendricks-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/the-embassy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Embassy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/\",\"name\":\"South African Embassy Tunis, Tunisia\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/tunis\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Embassy - South African Embassy Tunis, Tunisia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Embassy","og_description":"About Us I am delighted to welcome you to the official website of the South African Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. The Embassy is situated at 7, Rue Achtart, Nord-Hilton, Tunis The South African Embassy in Tunisia was established in 1993, After the elections in 1994, diplomatic relations were formalised between the Republic of South Africa [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/","og_site_name":"South African Embassy Tunis, Tunisia","article_modified_time":"2025-11-17T11:33:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/","url":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/","name":"The Embassy - South African Embassy Tunis, Tunisia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-300x300.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-19T14:58:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-17T11:33:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/Amb-Hendricks-scaled.jpg","width":2048,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/the-embassy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Embassy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/","name":"South African Embassy Tunis, Tunisia","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}