South Africa APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

To foster mutually beneficial relationships between the UK and the Republic of South Africa, in particular between the two parliaments, civil society, business and commerce, and arts and culture.

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12 Current APPG Officers
Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Rhondda
Joined: 11th January 2023
Lord Oates Portrait
Lord Oates
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Lord Boateng Portrait
Lord Boateng
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Lord Hain Portrait
Lord Hain
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
3 APPG Memberships
Formula One , Motorsport , Zimbabwe
Lord Hayward Portrait
Lord Hayward
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 9th August 2023
2 APPG Memberships
Rugby Union Football Club , Zimbabwe
Chris Loder Portrait
Chris Loder
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Dorset
Joined: 9th August 2023
Lord St John of Bletso Portrait
Lord St John of Bletso
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015
1 APPG Membership
Zimbabwe
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Sir Chris Bryant MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8315.

Email: chris.bryant.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Lord Oates, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW. Tel: 07855 833 142

Email: jonny.oates@parliament.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the South Africa APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the South Africa APPG

Former APPG Officers
Earl of Sandwich Portrait
Earl of Sandwich
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
David Mundell Portrait
David Mundell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
Lord German Portrait
Lord German
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 28th June 2023
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Vice Chair
Conservative - Worthing West
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
83 APPG Memberships
12 Step Recovery , Adult Education , Afrikan Reparations , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Austria , BBC , British Muslims , British Overseas Territories , Carbon Monoxide , Children in Police Custody , Citizens' Rights , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Commonwealth , Community Development , Croatia , Cycling and Walking , Dark Skies , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Dentistry and Oral Health , Disability , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Explosive Threats , Fatherhood , Film and Broader Screen , Flags and Heraldry , Frozen British Pensions , Global Security and Non-Proliferation , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Holocaust Memorial , Hospice and End of Life Care , Immigration Detention , Internet, Communications and Technology , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Limits to Growth , Manufacturing , Maternity , Media , Media Freedom , Music , Muslim Women , National Parks , National Trust , Night Time Economy , No Recourse to Public Funds , Opera , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Park Homes , Performing Arts Education and Training , Photography , Public Accountability , Race and Community , Religion in the Media , Religious Education , Rowing , Scientific , Scotch Whisky , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single Parent Families , Social Enterprise , Social Integration , Social Science and Policy , South East , St George's Day , Sustainable Finance , Tibet , Transport Safety , Ukraine , United Nations , United Nations Women , Vascular and Venous Disease , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , White Ribbon UK , Wine and Spirits , Wine of Great Britain , Women and Work , Women in Transport , Zimbabwe
Baroness Blackstone Portrait
Baroness Blackstone
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 28th June 2023
Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Rhondda
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th November 2022
Lord Steel of Aikwood Portrait
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Stephens Portrait
Chris Stephens
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Lord Hughes of Woodside Portrait
Lord Hughes of Woodside
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 5th November 2019
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Ian Lavery Portrait
Ian Lavery
Vice Chair
Labour - Wansbeck
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
Lord Chidgey Portrait
Lord Chidgey
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Roger Godsiff Portrait
Roger Godsiff
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Hall Green
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Scott of Foscote Portrait
Lord Scott of Foscote
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life Peer (judicial)
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 15th February 2017
No other APPG Memberships