DIPLOMACY

South Africa Welcomes Heads of Mission

4 October 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa received Letters of Credence from Heads of Mission-Designate at a Credentials Ceremony in Pretoria. Letters of Credence are official diplomatic documents presented to the President by Heads of Mission-designate who have been nominated by their respective governments to serve as ambassadors to South Africa. (Photos: Elmond Jiyane/GCIS)

Mr José Fernando Alves da Costa, Portuguese Republic

Mr Adam Burakowski, Republic of Poland

Mrs Joan Thomas Edwards, Jamaica

Mrs Maria del Rosario Mina Rojas, Republic of Colombia

Mr David Martinon, French Republic

Mr Saad Maandi, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Mr Hoang Sy Cuong, Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Mr Rui Orlando Ferrira de Ceita da Silva, Republic of Angola

Mr Ntsime Jafeta, Kingdom of Lesotho

Mr Benedicto Fonseca Filho, Federative Republic of Brazil

Mrs Joanne Doornewaard, Kingdom of Netherlands

Mr Prabhat Kumar, Republic of India

Mr Roland Beridze, Georgia

Mr Saud Purwanto Krisnawan, Republic of Indonesia

Mr Daniel Schaer, Republic of Estonia

Ms Elsebeth Søndergaard, Kingdom of Denmark

Mr Austin Gormley, Ireland

Mrs Karima Bardaoui, Republic of Tunisia

Mr Pedro Ela Nguema Buna, Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Mr Tomáš Uličný, Czech Republic

Ms Rasa Jankauskaité, Republic of Lithuania

Mrs Mazuba Bernadine Monze, Republic of Zambia

Mr Wasfi Abdallah Ayyad, Kingdom of Jordan