Welcome

Whether you’re planning a trip, need consular help, or simply want to learn more about us, we thank you for dropping by and hope you find what you’re looking for. If not, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

South Africa has an extraordinarily rich presence on the web as we hope you’ll discover when you explore this site. Many links will take you to southafrica.info, our comprehensive national portal, and to gov.za, the gateway to official South Africa. You won’t want to miss South African Tourism’s site, southafrica.net.

As you browse, we’re confident you’ll be persuaded that South Africa is alive with possibility and that the temptation to visit our shores, if you have not already done so, will grow ever more irresistible.

Just turning 17, South Africa’s democracy is flourishing. Our economy is dynamic and continues to grow. Our determination to build a better tomorrow which helped us break the shackles of the past burns as brightly and irrepressibly as ever. These are truly exciting times in South Africa and the African Continent. We are at the dawn of what we confidently predict will be Africa’s century.

South Africa is not an island. Our relationships around the world — cultural, social, economic, political — have been and will always be central to our success. This embassy and our missions in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, are here to build and nurture those relationships in every way we can.

Ebrahim Rasool
South African Ambassador to United States