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Chief Directorate: Consular Services

Chief Director / Director Consular Policy and Notarial Services / Deputy Director: Policy and Notarial Services / Director: Consular Services / Consular Incident Command Centre / Deputy Director: Consular Services: Africa / Deputy Director: Consular Services: Asia and Middle East / Deputy Director: Consular Services: Americas and Europe /

Fax number (Consular) : (012) 329 1752
Fax number (Legalisation) : (012) 329 1018

E-mail: consular@dirco.gov.za (Consular enquiries)
E-mail: legalisation@dirco.gov.za (Legalisation enquiries i.e. Authentications and Apostilles)

Physical Address

NE2A-Ground Floor
OR Tambo Building
460 Soutpansberg Road
Rietondale
Pretoria


In case of an after-hours emergency, kindly contact the Department's Opsroom at: (012) 351 1000.



CHIEF DIRECTORATE CONSULAR SERVICES

NameRankContact details
Vacant Chief Director  
Vacant Senior Secretary  
Vacant ASD: Personal Assistant  


DIRECTORATE: DIRECTOR CONSULAR POLICY AND NOTARIAL SERVICES

Fax: (012) 329 1752 (Mark for Attention: Relevant Official)

Name Rank Contact details
Mr DA Morule (Donald) Director (012) 301 8506
Vacant Personal Assistant  


SUB-DIRECTORATE: POLICY AND NOTARIAL SERVICES

Name Rank Contact details
Vacant Deputy Director  

SECTION: POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

Name Rank Contact details
Ms N Mbusi (Nomakaya) Assistant Director (012) 351 0560
Mr D Geldenhuys (Diederik) Assistant Director (012) 351 1249
Ms CS Boyiatjis (Chantel) Assistant Director (012) 351 1563

SECTION: LEGALISATION

(Authentications, Apostilles, End User Certificates)

Fax: (012) 329 1018 (Mark for Attention: Relevant Official)

Legalisation E-Mail Enquiries: legalisation@dirco.gov.za (Authentications and Apostilles)

For any legalisation enquiries i.e. Authentications and Apostilles, kindly contact the applicable officials

General enquiries should be directed to Legalisation@dirco.gov.za. Due to the high volume of enquiries, there might be a delay in our response time.



DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES (Geographical Desks)

Fax number (Consular) : (012) 329 1752 (Mark for Attention: Relevant Official)

E-mail: consular@dirco.gov.za

Name Rank Contact details
Mr C Chetty (Chris) Director (012) 351 0026
Ms G J Hankins Personal Assistant (012) 351 1699


CONSULAR INCIDENT COMMAND CENTRE (CICC) - CONSULAR OPERATIONS ROOM

Name Rank Contact details
Ms M N Sethokga Assistant Director (012) 301 8734
Ms P Naicker (Roshinee) Senior Secretary (012) 351 0924


SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AFRICA

Name Rank Contact details
Ms L P Vanqa-Dyani Deputy Director (012) 351 1623

CONSULAR MATTERS ONLY


CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA I
Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Somalia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe

Name Rank Contact details
Ms S Sampaio (Sherene) Assistant Director (012) 351 0686
Ms N N Mgqibi (Kaya) FAAO (012) 351 0685

CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA II
Benin, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia (Senegal), Guinea (Conakry), Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Senegal, Sudan, South Sudan

Name Rank Contact details
Ms I Coetzee (Ida) Assistant Director (012) 351 1308

CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA III
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR) Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gaban, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone (Cote d’ Ivoire), Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Name Rank Contact details
Ms W Makwabe (Wynnett) Assistant Director (012) 351 0496


SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Name Rank Contact details
Mr B Malan (Ben) Deputy Director (012) 351 1270

CONSULAR MATTERS ONLY

CONSULAR SECTION: MIDDLE EAST I
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, South Korea (Republic), North Korea, (People’s Republic), Mongolia, People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands (Cook Island, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu

Name Rank Contact details
Ms M L Bapela (Mangwakong) Assistant Director (012) 351 0105
Mr V D Kubeka (Victor) CAC (012) 351 1246
Mr T V Salman (Vusi) CAC (012) 351 1101

CONSULAR SECTION: MIDDLE EAST II
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, India, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Philippine, Singapore, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives

Name Rank Contact details
Ms V N Pityana (Nombeko) Assistant Director (012) 351 1910
Ms S A Saran-Moodley (Sasha) SAO (012) 351 0275


SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AMERICAS AND EUROPE

Name Rank Contact details
Mr A Brown (Alfred) Deputy Director (012) 351 1252

CONSULAR MATTERS ONLY

CONSULAR SECTION: UK, IRELAND, BENELUX COUNTRIES, NORDIC AND GERMAN SPEAKING COUNTRIES
UK, Ireland, Benelux Countries, Nordic And German Speaking Countries and part Of Central Americas

Name Rank Contact details
Ms K van der Vyver (Karien) Assistant Director (012) 351 1294

CONSULAR SECTION: MEDITERANEAN EUROPE, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Name Rank Contact details
Ms F G Mkhize (Freda) Assistant Director (012) 351 0474
Ms Y J Ngobeni (Yingisani) FAAO (012) 351 1969

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Vatican, Ukraine

CONSULAR SECTION: USA, CANADA & CARIBBEAN

USA & CANADA
USA and Canada

CARIBBEAN
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago

Name Rank Contact details
Ms N A Beja (Neliswa) Assistant Director (012) 351 0824

CONSULAR SECTION: LATIN AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA & THE ANDES
Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador El Salvador, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela

MERCOSUR COUNTRIES
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

Name Rank Contact details
Ms E Groenewald (Elzanne) Assistant Director (012) 351 1263
Ms E Shkaidy (Estelle) FAAO (012) 351 0636


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Last updated: 11 November 2019
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