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South Africa Requests Taiwan to Relocate Representative Office From Pretoria by End of March

11:40, 3 February 2025

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Discussions on the future of Taiwan-South Africa relations have been ongoing since October 2024, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the time, the South African government asked Taiwan to relocate its de facto embassy from the capital, Pretoria, while the island accused the African country of bowing to pressure from China.

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South Africa has once again demanded that Taiwan relocate its representative office from Pretoria by the end of March, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement posted on its website on Monday.

The ministry added that the South African government reiterated its request in a letter to Taiwan's representative office in South Africa in late January, demanding that it leave the capital Pretoria by the end of March.

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The South African government also sought to downgrade the status of the de facto embassy, renaming it a "trade mission" and relocating it to the commercial capital, Johannesburg.

South Africa severed formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1997, aligning itself with the "One China" policy. This policy recognizes the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole legitimate government of China.