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Status on the Honorary Consuls-General and Honorary Consuls of South Africa abroad
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 1268
PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 21 OF 01 AUGUST 2008
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Mr LB Labuschagne (DA) to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs:
(1)(a) How many honorary consuls does South Africa have?
South Africa has 86 honorary consuls/honorary consuls-general and 6 vacant posts
(b) where do they serve; and
See ANNEXURE A
(c) how are they evaluated;
There is no single defined mechanism to assess the performance of honorary consuls.
(2) whether honorary consuls have any input into the evaluation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
Not applicable in the absence of a defined mechanism to assess honorary consuls. Honorary consuls are, however, free to raise matters within the scope of their assignments with the heads of controlling missions.
(3)(a) how many honorary consuls and consulate have been
(i) appointed,
Since 2003 41 honorary consuls have been appointed (33 new ones and 8 replacements in post where honorary consuls have retired, resigned or passed away)
(ii) established and
33 new honorary consulates were established since 2003
(iii) closed down in the past five years and
4 honorary consulate were closed down since 2003 (Liège in Belgium (2003), Venice in Italy (2008), Bamako in Mali (2002) and Colombo in Sri Lanka (2006).
(b) where were these consuls appointed;
See ANNEXURE B
(3) whether a certain person’s (name furnished) terms of reference were discussed with him concerning any shortcomings; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Please refer to reply of Question 1267.
ANNEXURE A
SOUTH AFRICAN HONORARY CONSUL-GENERAL/HONORARY CONSULS SERVE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:
ARGENTINA (Also responsible for Paraguay)
Comodora Tivadavia (Vacant)
PARAGUAY
Asuncion
AUSTRALIA (Also responsible for New Zealand)
Canberra
Adelaide
Melbourne
Brisbane
NEW ZEALAND
Wellington
Auckland
AUSTRIA (Also responsible for Slovak Republic and Slovenia)
Graz
Linz
Salzbhurg
Innsbruck
St Poelten
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Bratislava
SLOVENIA
Ljubljana
BELGIUM (Also responsible for Luxembourg
Antwerp
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
BRAZIL
Rio de Janeiro
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Bangui
CANADA
Sudbury
Vancouver
COLOMBIA
Bogota
EGYPT
Alexandria
FRANCE (Also responsible for Monaco)
Lille
Rennes
MONACO
Monaco
THE GAMBIA
Banjul
GERMANY
Dresden
Stuttgart
Frankfurt
Hannover
Dortmund
Bremen
Hamburg
Haselbusch
GREECE (Also responsible for Cyprus)
Thessaloniki
CYPRUS
Nicosia
HUNGARY (Responsible for Croatia)
CROATIA
Zagreb
INDIA
Kolkata, West Bengul
ITALY (Also responsible for Malta)
Bari
Bologna
Florence
Genoa
Naples
Palermo (Vacant)
Trieste
Torina (Vacant)
Sicily (Vacant)
MALTA
Valletta
JAPAN
Nagoya
Sapporo
MEXICO (Also responsible for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras)
Monterrey
Guadalajara
Cancun
COSTA RICA
San Jose
EL SALVADOR
San Salvador
GUATEMALA
Guatemala City
HONDURAS
San Pedro Sula and Tegicigalpa
NORWAY (Also responsible for Iceland)
ICELAND
Reykjavik
PAKISTAN
Lahore
Karachi
PERU (Also responsible for Ecuador and Panama)
Lima
ECUADOR
Quito
PANAMA
Panama City
PHILIPPINES
Manilla (Vacant)
PORTUGAL (Also responsible for Madeira)
Porto
MADEIRA
Funchal
RUSSIA (Also responsible for Belarus)
BELARUS
Minsk
SAUDI ARABIA (Also responsible for Bahrain and Yemen)
BAHRAIN
Manama (Vacant)
YEMEN
Sana’a
SYRIA (Also responsible for Lebanon)
LEBANON
Beirut
SRI LANKA (Also responsible for Bangladesh and Nepal)
BANGLADESH
Dhaka
NEPAL
Katmandu
THAILAND
Chiang Rai
TURKEY (Also responsible for Uzbekistan)
Istanbul
Izmir
Mersin
UZBEKISTAN
Tashkent
UKRAINE
Odessa
UNITED KINGDOM
Trowbridge
Preston
Leeds
West Sussex
Suffolk
Glasgow
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dallas
Kansas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Salt Lake City
Mobile City
ANNEXURE B
THE 41 HONORARY CONSULS WHO WERE APPOINTED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WERE APPOINTED AT:
AUSTRALIA (Also responsible for New Zealand)
Canberra
Adelaide
Melbourne
Brisbane
NEW ZEALAND
Auckland
AUSTRIA (Also responsible for Slovak Republic)
St Poelten
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Bratislava
BELGIUM (Also responsible for Luxembourg
Antwerp
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Bangui
COLOMBIA
Bogota
THE GAMBIA
Banjul
GERMANY
Dresden
Frankfurt
Bremen
GREECE
Thessaloniki
HUNGARY (Responsible for Croatia)
CROATIA
Zagreb
ITALY
Genoa
Naples
Trieste
JAPAN
Nagoya
Sapporo
MEXICO (Also responsible for Costa Rica, El Salvador)
COSTA RICA
San Jose
EL SALVADOR
San Salvador
PAKISTAN
Lahore
Karachi
PERU (Also responsible for Panama)
PANAMA
Panama City
RUSSIA (Also responsible for Belarus)
BELARUS
Minsk
SYRIA (Also responsible for Lebanon)
LEBANON
Beirut
SRI LANKA (Also responsible for Nepal)
NEPAL
Katmandu
UNITED KINGDOM
Trowbridge
Preston
Leeds
West Sussex
Suffolk
Glasgow
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dallas
Kansas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
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