Chief Directorate: Consular Services
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
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ambassador NM Sibanda-Thusi | Chief Director | (012) 351 0395 |
| 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 |
| Ms L Pelompe (Lesego) | Personal Assistant | (012) 351 0595 |
SUB-DIRECTORATE: POLICY AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Mr F Fortune (Franklin) | Deputy Director | (012) 351 0555 |
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 |
| Ms AC Abrahams (Astrid) | Director | (012) 351 0333 |
| Ms GJ Hankins (Glenda-Lee) | Personal Assistant | (012) 351 1699 |
CONSULAR INCIDENT COMMAND CENTRE (CICC) – CONSULAR OPERATIONS ROOM
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms MN Sethokga (Martha) | Assistant Director | (012) 301 8734 |
| Ms P Naicker (Roshinee) | Senior Secretary | (012) 351 0924 |
SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AFRICA
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Ms LP 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 |
| Vacant | Assistant Director | |
| Ms NN 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 BJ 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 N Jonas (Nobomi) | Assistant Director | (012) 351 0712 |
| Ms M Demas (Magie) | CAC | (012) 351 1910 |
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 |
| Vacant | Assistant Director | |
| Ms SA Saran-Moodley (Sasha) | SAO | (012) 351 0275 |
SUB-DIRECTORATE: CONSULAR SERVICES: AMERICAS AND EUROPE
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Mr AI 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 |
| Mr NC Sifuba (Nzaliseko) | Assistant Director | (012) 351 1341 |
| Ms YJ 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
| Name | Rank | Contact details |
| Vacant | Assistant Director |
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 |
| Vacant | Assistant Director |
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 |