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Chief Directorate: Consular Services

Chief Director / Consular Incident Command Centre / Director: Development, Strategy and Legalisation / Deputy Director: Development, Strategy and Legalisation / Director: Consular Services / 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 1752

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
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
Mr D Naidoo (Dayanand) Chief Director(012) 351 1900
Ms B Mankayi-Diko (Bukelwa) Senior Secretary(012) 351 1901
Ms A Oosthuizen (Annelize) ASD: PA (012) 351 1542

DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGY AND LEGALISATION

Name Rank Contact details
Mr A J Laubscher (Albie) Director (012) 351 1250
Vacant    

SUB-DIRECTORATE: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND LEGALISATION

Name Rank Contact details
Ms L Coetser (Linda) Deputy Director (012) 351 0550
Ms M Aspeling (Michelle) Assistant Director (012) 351 1636
Mr D Geldenhuys (Diederik) Assistant Director (012) 351 1249
Vacant Assistant Director  

SECTION: CONSULAR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Name Rank Contact details
Ms I Steyn (Ilze) Assistant Director (012) 351 1385

SECTION: LEGALISATION

For any legalisation enquiries i.e. authentications and apostilles, kindly contact the Enquiry Office at:

Tel: 012 351 1726

Enquiries: legislation@dirco.gov.za

Name Rank Contact details
Ms M du Plessis (Michêlle) Assistant Director (012) 351 1232
Ms K Maja (Kholofelo) Senior Foreign Affairs Admin Officer (012) 351 1269
Ms G Makapela (Gcobisa) Senior Foreign Affairs Admin Officer (012) 351 1268
Ms D Nkgage (Dorah) Senior Foreign Affairs Admin Officer (012) 351 0033
Ms P S Argyrou (Bongi) Senior Foreign Affairs Admin Officer (012) 351 1231
Ms KC Sambo (Keledi) Senior Foreign Affairs Admin Clerk (012) 351 0595
Ms L Sekhasimbe (Lucia)
Maternity Leave 28/11
Chief Admin Clerk (012) 351 1490

DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES (Geographical Desks)

Name Rank Contact details
Mr M Bungane (Mbulelo) Director (012) 351 1530
Ms D Ranwashe (Daphney) Senior Secretary (012) 351 0293

CONSULAR INCIDENT COMMAND CENTRE (CICC)

Name Rank Contact details
Ms C Boyiatjis (Chantel) Assistant Director (012) 351 1753
Ms P Naicker (Roshinee) Senior Secretary (012) 351 0924

SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AFRICA

Name Rank Contact details
Mr S Makwela (Stephens) Deputy Director (012) 351 1544

CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA I
Algeria, Angola, Djibouti, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles

Name Rank Contact details
Ms H M van Heerden (Rinie) Assistant Director (012) 351 1262

Burundi, Congo (Brazzaville), Eritrea, Lesotho, Mauritania, Somalia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe

Name Rank Contact details
Mr S Mfinizana (Sizakele)       CAC (012) 351 0266

CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA II
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Gambia (Senegal), Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland

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

Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Comores, Ethiopia, Guinea (Conakry), Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Tanzania

Name Rank Contact details
Mr B T Masia (Masia) Foreign Affairs Admin Officer (012) 351 0160

CONSULAR SECTION: AFRICA III
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone (Cote d’ Ivoire), Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Name Rank Contact details
Ms A Januarie (Althea) Assistant Director (012) 351 1253

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

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

CONSULAR SECTION: SOUTH & EAST ASIA, AUSTRALASIA & PACIFIC
Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, People's Republic of China, Pacific Islands (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu), South Korea (Republic), North Korea (People's Republic), Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam

Name Rank Contact details
Mr KS Mothoa (Karabo) Assistant Director (012) 351 -0067
Ms N Zulu (Nomfundo) Foreign Affairs Admin Ofiicer (012) 351 1402

CONSULAR SECTION: CENTRAL ASIA, MIDDLE EAST & SUB-CONTINENT
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Name Rank Contact details
Ms L Maleka (Letta) Assistant Director (012) 351 1253
Ms M Demas (Maggie) Foreign Service Officer (012) 351 0823

SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AMERICAS AND EUROPE

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

CONSULAR SECTION: UK, IRELAND, BENELUX COUNTRIES, NORDIC AND GERMAN SPEAKING COUNTRIES
Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland

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

CONSULAR SECTION: MEDITERANEAN EUROPE, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia & Montenegro, San Marino, Spain, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican

Name Rank Contact details
Mr Z Pini (Zolile) Assistant Director (012) 351 1265
Ms J Sambo (Julia) Foreign Affairs Admin Officer (012) 351 1969

CONSULAR SECTION: USA & CANADA

Name Rank Contact details
Ms D Ham (Dagmar) Assistant Director (012) 351 1251

CONSULAR SECTION: LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

CENTRAL AMERICA & THE ANDES
Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela

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

MERCOSUR COUNTRIES
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

Name Rank Contact details
Ms E Groenewald (Elzanne) Assistant Director (012) 351 1263
Ms B Veltman (Brigette) Foreign Affairs Admin Officer (012) 351 1023
Mr M Makhetla (Motsamai) FAAO (012) 351 1579


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