Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations explained

Post:	Permanent Representative
Incumbent:	Mathu Theda Joyini
Inaugural:	Philip Rudolph Botha
Website:	http://www.southafrica-usa.net/pmun/ambassador.html

The South African Permanent Representative in New York City is the official representative of the Government in Pretoria next the Headquarters of the United Nations.

History

• In 1945 South Africa was one of the 51 founding member of the United Nations.
• On 12 November 1974 the United Nations General Assembly suspended South Africa from participating in its work, due to international opposition to the policy of apartheid.
• In 1994 following its transition into a democracy South Africa was re-admitted to the UN.
• Since 1994 the democratically elected government has pursued a foreign policy based on the centrality of the UN in the multilateral system.^[1]

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation	Permanent Representative	Observations	President of South Africa	Secretary-General of the United Nations	Term end
	Philip Rudolph Botha	Trade Commissioner, New York, Commercial Secretary, New York, Envoy Extraordinary, Lisbon, Envoy Extraordinary, Brussels, Ambassador, Brussels	J. B. M. Hertzog	Gladwyn Jebb
	Seymour Jacklin		Jan Smuts	Trygve Halvdan Lie
	Eric Louw	Eric Louw, representative of the South African government at the United Nations in November 1948,^[2]	Daniel François Malan	Trygve Halvdan Lie
		1937 Charge d Affairs in Brussels. 1941: Charge d Affairs Belgian government in London 31 March 1949: South African Ambassador to the United States. High Commissioner, London	Daniel François Malan	Trygve Halvdan Lie
		Deputy permanent representative to the United Nations	Daniel François Malan	Trygve Halvdan Lie
	Wentzel Christoffel du Plessis	High Commissioner, Ottawa South African Ambassador to the United States	Daniel François Malan	Dag Hammarskjöld
		Deputy permanent representative to the United Nations	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Dag Hammarskjöld
			Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Dag Hammarskjöld
	Johan Samuel Frederick Botha	acting Permanent representative(* February 18, 1919, South Africa) married 1949, Teresa M Robbins, one daughter, three sons. education : University of Stellenbosch, University of South Africa. 1940-1945 served with South African Army. 1949-1954: second secretary, South African Embassy Washington DC. 1954-1957: second secretary South Afarican Embassy Ottawa. 1954-1957: permanent representative to UN. 1959-1962: assistant secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria. 1964-1967: minister, South African Embassy, Washington DC. 1967-1971: deputy secretary for Foreign Affairs. 1971 appointed South African Ambassador to the United States	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom	Dag Hammarskjöld
	Bernardus Gerhardus Fourie	South African Ambassador to the United States	Hendrik Verwoerd	Dag Hammarskjöld
	Matthys Izak Botha	Envoy Extraordinary, Berne. Ambassador in Ottawa. Ambassador of Rome. Ambassador London. Ambassador Bhisho.	Charles Robberts Swart	U Thant
	Carl Friedrich George von Hirschberg	May 1, 1975: Consul General in Tokyo	Jacob Johannes Fouché	U Thant
	Pik Botha	35/5000 : South African Ambassador to the United States	Jacob Johannes Fouché	Kurt Waldheim
	Jacobus Adriaan Eksteen	Till 1977 a Charge d Affairs.(*was born 31 October 1942 in Volksrust, Transvaal, Republic (then Union) of South Africa. He received the M.A. in political science, cum laude, from the University of South Africa. He entered the Civil Service in 1961, beginning with the Department of Interior, and was transferred to the Department of Justice in December of that year.	Johannes de Klerk	Kurt Waldheim
	David Whitefoord Steward	(* 23. Mai 1945 in Nairobi) Son of Alexander Harvey Whitefoord Steward. educated St. John's School Leatherhead, UK 1976-1978: Counsellor SA Embassy Ottawa.^[3]	Marais Viljoen	Kurt Waldheim
	Kurt Robert Samuel von Schirnding		Marais Viljoen	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
	Albert Leslie Manley	01	07	1988: Permanent Representative, Geneva (UN),	Pieter Willem Botha	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
	Vernon Rudston Whiteford Steward	Ambassador V R W Steward aa) United Nations of America (New York) [UN] bb)from 01.08.91 to 01.08.95	Frederik Willem de Klerk	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
	Josiah Khiphusizi Jele	(* 1 May 1930, in Alexandra, Johannesburg).^[4]	Nelson Mandela	Boutros Boutros-Ghali
	Dumisani Kumalo		Thabo Mbeki	Kofi Annan
	Baso Sangqu		Jacob Zuma	Ban Ki-moon
	Jeremiah Kingsley Mamabolo	(*Born in Johannesburg on 13 August 1955) 2009: High Commissioner to Nigeria ^[5]	Jacob Zuma	Ban Ki-moon
	Jerry Matthews Matjila		Jacob Zuma	Ban Ki-moon
	Mathu Theda Joyini		Cyril Ramaphosa	António Guterres

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Notes and References

1. http://www.southafrica-newyork.net/pmun/ South Africa New York
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=kdPadeeqVBIC&dq=%22Eric+Louw,+representative+of+the+South+African+government+at+the+United+Nations+in+November+1948%22&pg=PA44 Eric Louw
3. https://www.rulers.org/indexs5.html David Whitefoord Steward
4. http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/national-orders/recipient/josiah-jele-1930#!slider Josiah Khiphusizi Jele
5. https://www.un.org/press/en/2013/bio4452.doc.htm Kingsley Mamabolo
6. Book: Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Capetown, Volume 4 . 1971. 9780625003204 . 15 August 2017.