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Your Gateway to the Rainbow Nation

The Mission is situated in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

Apart from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, the departments of Trade and Industry and Home Affairs are also represented at the Mission.

Honorary Consuls are situated in Melbourne, South Australia, Brisbane and Perth.

Welcome New High Commissioner

New High Commissioner Her Excellency Ms Koleka Mqulwana was accredited to Australia, as High Commissioner for the Republic of South Africa on 17 February 2011.

17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol, will be held in the sunny city of Durban, South Africa.

Transit Visas

Visa restricted passport holders who want to transit South Africa to any one of South Africa's neighbouring countries, MUST apply for a transit visa. The neighbouring countries are Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. Passport holders who want to transit a South African port of entry enroute to any other country, may do so without needing to apply for a transit visa. Transit Visa requirement.

Did You Know?

If you should be granted Australian citizenship WITHOUT firstly applying for the retention of your South African citizenship, you could automatically lose your RSA citizenship. Please note that you should not attend the Australian Citizenship Ceremony BEFORE being granted dual citizenship.

Late Registration of Birth

The South African Government has launched a project with the purpose of registering all outstanding South African births before the year 2011. Persons entitled to South African citizenship are encouraged to register their births immediately.