​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : December 1, 1992
  • Bilateral Trade(2020, IMF) : 1,740 million
    • Exports : $ 730 million
    • Imports : $ 1,010 million
  • Number of Koreans living in South Africa(2019) : 3,834
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to South Africa
      • 1994  May Special Envoy Han Wan-sang
      • 1996  April Minister of Foreign Affairs Gong Ro-myung
      • 1999  February Minister of Foreign Affairs Hong Soon-young
      • 1999  June Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil
      • 2000  August Minister for Trade Han Duck-soo
      • 2001  May Minister for Trade Hwang Doo-yeon
      • 2002  September Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Sung-hong
      • 2004  April Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Huh Sung-kwan
      • 2004  May Special Envoy Choi Sung-hong
      • 2004  September Vice Minister of Science and Technology Lim Sang-kyu
      • 2005  January Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Oh Young-gyo
      • 2006  February Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan
      • 2006  May Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon
      • 2007  March Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Kim Sung-jin
      • 2007  April Minister of Justice Kim Sung-ho
      • 2007  November Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Kang Mu-hyun
      • 2007  November Deputy prime minister for economic affairs Kwon Oh-kyu
      • 2008  April National Assembly Speaker Lim Chae-jeong
      • 2009  May Special Envoy Hong Jun-pyo
      • 2009  July Deputy Prime Minister
      • 2009  November Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection
      • 2010  January 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
      • 2010  March Members of National Assembly(Senior Envoy)
      • 2010  June Chairman of Korea Communications Commision
      • 2010  October Parliamentary Inspection of the Administration
      • 2011  January Representatives of National Policy Committee of National Assembly
      • 2011  January Representatives of Health and Welfare Committee of National Assembly
      • 2011  July President Lee Myung Bak
      • 2013  August Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Kyung-soo
      • 2013  December Prime Minister Jeong Hong-won
      • 2015  December Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Park Sungchoon
      • 2016  March Speaker of the National Assembly Chung Ui Hwa
      • 2017  March Members of Special Committee on Budget & Accounts(including President Kim Hyeon-mi)
      • 2018  January Members of Special Committee on Budget & Accounts(including President Baek Jae-hyeon)
      • 2018  September Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il, (23th International Association of Prosecutors)
      • 2019  January Members of Gender Equality and Family Committee (including President Jeon Hye-sook)
      • 2019  July South Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa
    • From South Africa to the ROK
      • 1995  February Minister of Foreign Affairs Alfred Nzo
      • 1995  July President Nelson Mandela
      • 1997  October Minister of Trade and Industry Alec Erwin
      • 1998  April Deputy President Thabo Mbeki
      • 2001  March Former President Nelson Mandela
      • 2004  February Vice Minister of Science and Technology Sonjica
      • 2004  September Minister of Communications Padayachie
      • 2005  May Minister of Public Administration Moleketi, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry Sonjica
      • 2005  June Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Hanekom
      • 2005  September Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pahad
      • 2007  May Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka
      • 2009  Nivember Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim
      • 2010  May Minister of Energy
      • 2010  October Vice President Mothlante
      • 2010  November President Zuma
      • 2011  January Chairman of National Assembly
      • 2011  Novemebr Minister of Finance Nene
      • 2012  March President Jacob Zuma
      • 2012  June Deputy Minister for Mineral resources Oliphant
      • 2012  September Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim
      • 2012  October Director-General of International Relations and Cooperation Matjila
      • 2012  December Director-General of Department of Energy Magubane
      • 2013  September Secretary of the Senate Mahlangu
      • 2013  October Vice Minister of Energy Thomson
      • 2015  November Minister of Transportation Peters
      • 2017  September Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
      • 2019  September Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshka / Director-General, Department of Basic Education Hubert Mathanzima Mweli (UNESCO High Level Forum)
      • 2019  October Bhekokwakhe Hamilton Cele Prosecutor General(K-Safety Expo)

• Related links

  • Embassy in South Africa
  • Embassy of the Republic of South Africa