14/10/2026
Germany 🇩🇪 and South Africa 🇿🇦 maintain a close Strategic Partnership focused on trade, investment, the green energy transition, & multilateral cooperation.
Today Department of International Relations and Cooperation, SA Deputy Minister Alvin Botes met with the Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ms Sarah Bernady. 14/10/2026.
Germany is South Africa’s second-largest bilateral trading partner and its most important economic partner in Sub-Saharan Africa, with annual trade exceeding €20 billion.
Over 600 German companies (such as Volkswagen, BMW, Siemens, and BASF) operate in South Africa, directly employing nearly 100,000 workers.