Diplomatic accreditation | Permanent Representative | Observations | President of South Africa | Secretary-General of the United Nations | Term end | 1945|04|25}} | Philip Rudolph Botha | Trade Commissioner, New York,- {{dts|1929|09|29}}: Commercial Secretary, New York,
- {{dts|1946|03|01}}: Envoy Extraordinary, Lisbon,
- {{dts|1949|10|10}}: Envoy Extraordinary, Brussels,
- {{dts|1951|08|23}}: Ambassador, Brussels
| J. B. M. Hertzog | Gladwyn Jebb |
1947|07|18}} | Seymour Jacklin | Jan Smuts | Trygve Halvdan Lie |
1948|11|01}} | Eric Louw | Eric Louw, representative of the South African government at the United Nations in November 1948,[2] | Daniel François Malan | Trygve Halvdan Lie |
1949|09|16}} | Gerhardus Petrus Jooste|de}}- 1937 Charge d Affairs in Brussels.
- 1941: Charge d Affairs Belgian government in London
- 31 March 1949: South African Ambassador to the United States.
- {{dts|1954|04|30}}: High Commissioner, London
| Daniel François Malan | Trygve Halvdan Lie | 1949|12|31}} |
1949|01|01}} | Jan Ruiter Jordaan|ru|Джордаан, Джон Руитер}} | Deputy permanent representative to the United Nations | Daniel François Malan | Trygve Halvdan Lie | 1949|05|18}} |
1954|06|20}} | Wentzel Christoffel du Plessis- {{dts|1953|10|28}}: High Commissioner, Ottawa
- {{dts|1956|08|01}}: South African Ambassador to the United States
| Daniel François Malan | Dag Hammarskjöld | 1954|06|19}} |
1955|09|19}} | Donald Bell Sole|de}} | Deputy permanent representative to the United Nations | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom | Dag Hammarskjöld | 1949|05|18}} |
1956|08|01}} | Donald Bell Sole|de}} | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom | Dag Hammarskjöld | 1956|07|31}} |
1957|04|01}} | Johan Samuel Frederick Botha | acting Permanent representative (* February 18, 1919, South Africa) - married 1949, Teresa M Robbins, one daughter, three sons.
- education : University of Stellenbosch, University of South Africa.
- 1940-1945 served with South African Army.
- 1949-1954: second secretary, South African Embassy Washington DC.
- 1954-1957: second secretary South Afarican Embassy Ottawa.
- 1954-1957: permanent representative to UN.
- 1959-1962: assistant secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria.
- 1964-1967: minister, South African Embassy, Washington DC.
- 1967-1971: deputy secretary for Foreign Affairs.
- 1971 appointed South African Ambassador to the United States
| Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom | Dag Hammarskjöld | 1957|03|30}} |
1958|09|01}} | Bernardus Gerhardus Fourie- {{dts|1982|03|26}}: South African Ambassador to the United States
| Hendrik Verwoerd | Dag Hammarskjöld | 1958|08|31}} |
1962|05|01}} | Matthys Izak Botha- {{dts|1959|02|26}}: Envoy Extraordinary, Berne.
- {{dts|1970|07|21}}: Ambassador in Ottawa.
- {{dts|1974|01|01}}: Ambassador of Rome.
- {{dts|1977|02|01}}: Ambassador London.
- {{dts|1979|03|05}}: Ambassador Bhisho.
| Charles Robberts Swart | U Thant | 1962|07|10}} |
1970|10|14}} | Carl Friedrich George von Hirschberg- May 1, 1975: Consul General in Tokyo
| Jacob Johannes Fouché | U Thant | 1970|07|16}} |
1974|02|15}} | Pik Botha- 35/5000 {{dts|1975|03|10}}: South African Ambassador to the United States
| Jacob Johannes Fouché | Kurt Waldheim |
1976|01|01}} | Jacobus Adriaan Eksteen | Till 1977 a Charge d Affairs. (*was born 31 October 1942 in Volksrust, Transvaal, Republic (then Union) of South Africa. - He received the M.A. in political science, cum laude, from the University of South Africa.
- He entered the Civil Service in 1961, beginning with the Department of Interior, and was transferred to the Department of Justice in December of that year.
| Johannes de Klerk | Kurt Waldheim |
1981|11|05}} | David Whitefoord Steward | (* 23. Mai 1945 in Nairobi)- Son of Alexander Harvey Whitefoord Steward.
- educated St. John's School Leatherhead, UK
- 1976-1978: Counsellor SA Embassy Ottawa.[3]
| Marais Viljoen | Kurt Waldheim | 1979|01|01}} |
1983|10|07}} | Kurt Robert Samuel von Schirnding | Marais Viljoen | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | 1982|01|01}} |
1987|01|01}} | Albert Leslie Manley | 07|1988: Permanent Representative, Geneva (UN), | Pieter Willem Botha | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
1991|09|11}} | Vernon Rudston Whiteford Steward- Ambassador V R W Steward aa) United Nations of America (New York) [UN] bb)from 01.08.91 to 01.08.95
| Frederik Willem de Klerk | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
1995|02|}} | Josiah Khiphusizi Jele | (* 1 May 1930, in Alexandra, Johannesburg).[4] | Nelson Mandela | Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
1999|04|21}} | Dumisani Kumalo | Thabo Mbeki | Kofi Annan | 1998|01|01}} |
2009|03|17}} | Baso Sangqu | Jacob Zuma | Ban Ki-moon | 2009|03|16}} |
2013|03|13}} | Jeremiah Kingsley Mamabolo | (*Born in Johannesburg on 13 August 1955)- 2009: High Commissioner to Nigeria [5]
| Jacob Zuma | Ban Ki-moon |
2016|07|05}} | Jerry Matthews Matjila | Jacob Zuma | Ban Ki-moon |
{{coord|40.746706|-73.972083|display=title|region:BO_type:landmark}}1. ^southafrica newyork
2. ^[https://books.google.de/books?id=kdPadeeqVBIC&pg=PA44&dq=%22Eric+Louw,+representative+of+the+South+African+government+at+the+United+Nations+in+November+1948%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gUsqVPXOJsbPaKyUgogM&redir_esc=y Eric Louw]
3. ^[https://www.rulers.org/indexs5.html David Whitefoord Steward]
4. ^Josiah Khiphusizi Jele
5. ^[https://www.un.org/press/en/2013/bio4452.doc.htm Kingsley Mamabolo]
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=YkRRAQAAIAAJ&q=%22J.+R.Jordaan;+Dep.+P.R.+(i.i.49-18.5.49)+%22&dq=%22J.+R.Jordaan;+Dep.+P.R.+(i.i.49-18.5.49)+%22&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5uK6So9nVAhXJ2BoKHVxHADkQ6AEIJjAA|title=Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Capetown, Volume 4 |date=1971||accessdate=15 August 2017}}
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