| Post: | High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Incumbent: | Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo |
| Incumbentsince: | 2022 |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Appointer: | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Appointerpost: | President of South Africa |
| Formation: | June 1910 |
| Inaugural: | Sir Richard Solomon |
| Website: | South African High Commission, London |
The high commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom is an officer of the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation and the head of the High Commission of the Republic of South Africa to the United Kingdom in London. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and also serves as South Africa's permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization (since 1959), a trustee of the Imperial War Museum and South Africa's Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner.
The high commissioner is currently Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo. On South Africa's departure from the Commonwealth of Nations in 1961, the High Commission became an Embassy. Following the end of Apartheid and South Africa's return to the Commonwealth on 1 June 1994, the High Commission was re-established to replace the former embassy.
| Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Richard Solomon | June 1910 | 10 November 1913 | [1] | |
| Sir David Graaff | August 1914 | November 1914 | [2] | |
| William Schreiner | November 1914 | 28 June 1919 | [3] [4] | |
| Sir Reginald Blankenberg (Chargé d'affaires) | 28 June 1919 | February 1921 | ||
| Sir Edgar Walton | February 1921 | September 1924 | [5] | |
| Jacobus Stephanus Smit | September 1924 | March 1929 | [6] | |
| Eric Louw | March 1929 | November 1929 | ||
| Charles Theodore Te Water | November 1929 | September 1939 | [7] [8] | |
| Sidney Frank Waterson | September 1939 | June 1943 | [9] [10] | |
| Deneys Reitz | June 1943 | 19 October 1944 | [11] [12] | |
| George Heaton Nicholls | 1944 | 1947 | ||
| Leif Egeland | March 1948 | 1950 | [13] | |
| Albertus Lourens Geyer | May 1950 | June 1954 | [14] [15] | |
| Gerhardus Petrus Jooste | September 1954 | 1956 | [16] | |
| John Edward Holloway | 1956 | 1958 | ||
| A. J. R. van Rhijn | 1959 | 1960 | ||
| Hilgard Muller | 1961 | 30 May 1961 |
| Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilgard Muller | 31 May 1961 | 1963 | ||
| Carel de Wet | 1964 | 1967 | ||
| Hendrik Gerhardus Luttig | 1967 | 1972 | ||
| Carel de Wet | 1972 | 1979 | ||
| Dawie de Villiers | April 1979 | October 1980 | ||
| Carel de Wet | 1980 | 1983 | ||
| Denis Worrall | 1984 | 1987 | ||
| Peter Rae Killen | 5 February 1987 | 1991 | ||
| Kent Durr | 15 April 1991 | 31 May 1994 |
| Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendi Msimang | 1994 | 1997 | ||
| Cheryl Carolus | 2 March 1998 | 2001 | ||
| Lindiwe Mabuza | 2001 | 2010 | ||
| Zola Skweyiya | 2010 | 2014 | ||
| Obed Mlaba | 2014 | 2017 | [17] | |
| Nomatemba Tambo | 2018 | 2022 | [18] | |
| Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo | 2022 | date |