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)