To provide for the management, administration, accountability, and functioning of a professional Foreign Service of the Republic of South Africa; to provide for the operational requirements that are suitable and supportive of the operations of the Foreign Service in a global environment; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Last update: June 2020
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The Foreign Service Act, 2019 (Act No. 26 of 2019), has been updated with a Commencement of the Act notice, as well as the addition of the Foreign Service Regulations 2022, as per Proclamation Notice 87 of GG46760 dated 4 June 2020.
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