U.S. Embassy & Consulates
in South Africa

COVID-19 Information Last updated: March 1, 2021 For non-U.S. citizens seeking information about current travel restrictions affecting travel to the United States, please see https://za.usembassy.gov/visas/…

The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria celebrated Black History Month with an ECA Speaker Program called ‘Soul Food and Civil Rights: History Around the Table’. This…

The U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for a port visit, Feb. 20, 2021.  Williams…

Applications are now open for the 2022–2023 Fulbright South African Research Scholar Program. This program is an opportunity for South African university faculty or research…

NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY U.S. EMBASSY SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION Funding Opportunity Title: 2021 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund Funding Opportunity Number: PAS-ZAF-FY21-04 Deadline for…

Press Release / United States Consul General Cape Town / February 4th, 2021  U.S. and Western Cape trade and investment partnership launched On 5 February…

Open Solicitations for Products and Services for the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in South Africa The U.S. Embassy Pretoria is aware of an ongoing tender…

Press Release | February 3, 2021 The United States Provides Field Hospital Support to Eastern Cape and Free State The U.S. government, through the U.S.…

Press Release / February 2, 2021 Talented South African learners and students from low-income backgrounds interested in studying in the United States are encouraged to apply for the EducationUSA Opportunity…

U.S. Embassy Delivers Field Hospital in Mahikeng to Fight COVID-19 in the North West Province The U.S. Embassy in South Africa is pleased to announce…

Health Alert: U.S. Citizens are Still Able to Return to the United States Despite a Presidential Proclamation Suspending Entry for Immigrant and Non-Immigrants in South Africa…

Press Release | January 28, 2021 Effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 30, 2021, entry into the United States will be suspended…

PRESS RELEASE  January 27, 2021 Applications for the 2022-2023 Fulbright Foreign Student Program are now open and, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and revised academic calendar,…

Opinion Editorial | John Groarke, Charge d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy South Africa | News 24 | January 21, 2021 With the inauguration of Joe Biden as…

Health Alert – Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs (January 20, 2021)   Location: Worldwide – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director has signed an order requiring all…

Health Alert: Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Recovery from COVID-19 for All Air Passengers Arriving in the United States Location: The Republic of South…

Media Statement January 14, 2021 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to all air passengers…

“America’s Voices Against Apartheid” will launch virtually on January 15 at 6:30 PM, and is an initiative of The National African American Drug Policy Coalition,…

The United States Congress has completed its Constitutionally mandated count of the Electoral College vote and affirmed the election of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and…