List of South African High Commissioners in Canada

South African High Commission at 15 Sussex Street, Ottawa .

history

From 1961 to June 1, 1994, when South Africa was not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations ( referendum in South Africa 1960 ), the heads of the diplomatic mission were accredited as ambassadors.

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Appointment accreditation	ambassador	comment	Government in South Africa	accredited by the government	Leave post
Apr 1, 1938	David de Waal Meyer	AR Accredited Representative Barry Hertzog 's nephew	Barry Hertzog	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Dec 8, 1944
July 26, 1945	Philip Rudolph Viljoen	High Commissioner (Commonwealth)	Jan Christiaan Smuts	William Lyon Mackenzie King	May 19, 1949
Aug 13, 1949	Alfred Adrian Roberts	High Commissioner (Commonwealth)	Daniel François Malan	Louis Saint-Laurent	Dec. 31, 1953
March 3, 1954	Wentzel Christoffel du Plessis	High Commissioner (Commonwealth)	Daniel François Malan	Louis Saint-Laurent	Aug 1, 1956
Nov 7, 1956	Jan Ruiter Jordaan	High Commissioner (Commonwealth)	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Louis Saint-Laurent	Jan. 9, 1959
Apr 11, 1955	Robert Kirsten	High Commissioner (Commonwealth)	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Louis Saint-Laurent	Sep 10 1959
1956	Charles Brothers Hilson Fincham	Acting High Commissioner (Commonwealth)	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Louis Saint-Laurent	1961
June 25, 1960	Willem Dirkse-van-Schalkwyk	High Commissioner (Commonwealth)	Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd	John Diefenbaker	May 30, 1961
May 31, 1961	Willem Dirkse-van-Schalkwyk	ambassador	Charles Robberts Swart	John Diefenbaker	Aug 31, 1964
Sep 1 1964	Traugott Johannes Endemann		Charles Robberts Swart	Lester Pearson	Nov 11, 1967
Feb 9, 1968	Barend Johannes van der Walt	Member of the Afrikaner Broederbond	Jacobus Johannes Fouché	Pierre Trudeau	May 29, 1970
July 21, 1970	Matthys Izak Botha	(* 1913) 1962-1970: Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations	Jacobus Johannes Fouché	Pierre Trudeau
1973	Norman Johan Best		Jacobus Johannes Fouché	Pierre Trudeau	1978
1983	Hendrik Albertus Geldenhuys		Marais Viljoen	Pierre Trudeau	1985
1985	Glenn Robin Ware Babb	1991-1995: Ambassador to Rome	Pieter Willem Botha	Brian Mulroney	1987
1988	Johannes De Kleck		Pieter Willem Botha	Brian Mulroney
Apr 1995	Billy Modise		Nelson Mandela	Jean Chrétien
2004	Theresa Solomon	(* August 5, 1945 in Cape Town ) 1996-1999 Mayor of Cape Town, June 12, 2000 Ambassador in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania joined the Black Women organization in 1975.	Thabo Mbeki	Paul Martin
Nov. 2012	Membathisi Mdladlana		Jacob Zuma	Stephen Harper

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Johan Best
2. ↑ Glenn Robin Ware Babb
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