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Secretary Travels to South Africa

Name Locale Remarks Date
Henry A Kissinger Pretoria Discussed Rhodesia and Namibia with Prime Minister Vorster. Met with a Rhodesian delegation. September 17-​20, 1976
Cyrus Roberts Vance Pretoria Discussed Rhodesia and Namibia with Foreign Minister Botha and British Foreign Secretary Owen. April 16-​17, 1978
Cyrus Roberts Vance Pretoria Discussed the Namibian question with South African officials. October 14-​18, 1978
James Addison Baker Cape Town Johannesburg, Soweto Met with President De Klerk, South African officials, and leaders of the African National Congress (ANC). March 22-​23, 1990
Warren Minor Christopher Capetown, Johannesburg, Pretoria Met with President Mandela and delivered an address at the University of the Witwatersrand. October 12-​14, 1996
Madeleine Korbel Albright Pretoria, Capetown Met with President Mandela December 12-​14, 1997
Madeleine Korbel Albright Cape Town, Pretoria Met with President Mbeki and Foreign Minister Zuma; delivered addresses on public health issues. December 7-​9, 2000
Colin Luther Powell Pretoria Met with President Mbeki and delivered an address at Witwatersrand University. May 24-​25, 2001
Colin Luther Powell Johannesburg Attended the World Summit on Sustainable Development. September 3-​5, 2002
Colin Luther Powell Pretoria Accompanied President Bush. July 8-​11, 2003
Hillary Rodham Clinton Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban Addressed an International Development Corporation event. Met with former Presidents Mandela and de Klerk and with President Zuma. August 7-​9, 2009