List of the South African ambassadors in Switzerland

history

Until June 1967 the embassy was located in Bernastrasse 47, until 1994 in Jungfraustrasse 1 Eichhalde and since 1994 it has been in Alpenstrasse 29 in Bern .

Appointment accreditation	ambassador	comment	Dodis	Government in South Africa	accredited by the government	Leave post
1933	Daniel Stayn			Barry Hertzog	Edmund Schulthess
Nov 2, 1954	Harry Thomson Andrews		Andrews, Harry Thomson in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Ruble
Nov 8, 1954	Willem Christiaan Naudé	Chargé d'affaires	Naudé, Willem Christiaan in the Dodis databaseof diplomatic documents of Switzerland	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Rodolphe Rubattel	Oct 5, 1956
Oct 5, 1956	Willem Christiaan Naudé		Naudé, Willem Christiaan in the Dodis databaseof diplomatic documents of Switzerland	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Markus Feldmann
Apr 30, 1957	Hendrik Albertus Geldenhuys	Chargé d'affaires a. i. (Secretary of the second class)	Geldenhuys, Hendrik Albertus in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Hans Streuli
June 28, 1957	John Kenneth Christie		Christie, John Kenneth in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Hans Streuli
March 9, 1959	Matthys Izak Botha	Envoy	Botha, Izak Matthys in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd	Paul Chaudet
3rd July 1960	Hendrik Albertus Geldenhuys	Chargé d'affaires	Geldenhuys, Hendrik Albertus in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd	Max Petitpierre
Oct 7, 1960	John Edward Bruce		Bruce, John Edward in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd	Max Petitpierre
Nov 10, 1961	Cornelis Hendrik Taljaard		Taljaard, Cornelis Hendrik in the Dodis databaseof Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Charles Robberts Swart	Friedrich Traugott elections	1964
1964	Herbert Hans Woodward		Hoodward, Herbert Hans in the Dodis databaseof diplomatic documents in Switzerland	Charles Robberts Swart	Ludwig von Moos	1967
Dec 11, 1967	Konrad Erwin Pakendorf		Pakendorf, Konrad Erwin in the Dodis databaseof diplomatic documents in Switzerland	Theophilus E. Doenges	Roger Bonvin	1973
Dec 11, 1970	Oscar van Oordt	Chargé d'affaires a. i.	Oordt, Oscar van in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Jacobus Johannes Fouché	Hans-Peter Tschudi	1972
March 10, 1972	Oscar van Oordt	Chargé d'affaires	Oordt, Oscar van in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Jacobus Johannes Fouché	Nello Celio	May 12, 1972
Jan. 18, 1974	Jan Hendrik Visse		Visse, Jan Hendrik in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Jacobus Johannes Fouché	Ernst Brugger	1976
1979	Jan François Wentzel	Mr. Vorster succeeds Mr. Wentzel, who has since returned to South Africa at the end of his tour of duty in Malawi.	Wentzel, Jan François in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Marais Viljoen	Hans Hürlimann	1986
Dec. 1, 1980	Hendrik Albertus Geldenhuys		Geldenhuys, Hendrik Albertus in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland	Pieter Willem Botha	Georges-André Chevallaz	Dec. 1, 1983
1986	Louis Vorster			Pieter Willem Botha	Alphons Egli	1986
1986	Johann Frederik Pretorius	(* 1929) joined the foreign service in 1954, employed in Mozambique, Portugal and France, father of André Pretorius (musician) , 1976–1980: Ambassador in Brasilia .		Pieter Willem Botha	Alphons Egli	1988
1996	Ruth Segomotsi Mompati			Nelson Mandela	Jean-Pascal Delamuraz	2000
2000	Patricia Nozipho January-Bardill			Thabo Mbeki	Adolf Ogi	2004
Sep 9 2005	Konji Sebati			Thabo Mbeki	Micheline Calmy-Rey	2008
17th March 2014	Claudinah Ntini Ramosepele			Jacob Zuma	Didier Burkhalter

Individual evidence

^ South African Embassy Bern
↑ Claudinah Ntini Ramosepele dfa.gov.za
↑ South Africa / Embassy in Bern (1960-) in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland

[1] South African Embassy Bern

[2] Claudinah Ntini Ramosepele dfa.gov.za

[3] South Africa / Embassy in Bern (1960-) in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland