This is a list of places in South Africa which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
B Bergrivier Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
Bloemfontein
Bhubaneswar, India Nanjing, China
Buffalo City
Jinhua, China Leiden, Netherlands Milwaukee County, United States Oldenburg, Germany Qinhuangdao, China
C Cape Town
Aachen, Germany Accra, Ghana Antwerp, Belgium Bujumbura, Burundi Cleveland, United States Dubai, United Arab Emirates Funchal, Portugal Haifa, Israel Hangzhou, China Maputo, Mozambique Malmö, Sweden Miami-Dade County, United States Monterrey, Mexico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Saint Petersburg, Russia Varna, Bulgaria
D Dordrecht Dordrecht, Netherlands
Drakenstein Walvis Bay, Namibia
Durban
Alexandria, Egypt Bremen, Germany Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Chicago, United States Daejeon, South Korea Guangzhou, China Kaohsiung, Taiwan Leeds, England, United Kingdom Libreville, Gabon Maputo, Mozambique Mersin, Turkey Mombasa, Kenya New Orleans, United States Oran, Algeria Le Port, Réunion, France
E East London Daqing, China
Ekurhuleni Harbin, China
F Franschhoek Dilbeek, Belgium
G George
Saint Paul, United States Tacoma, United States
I iLembe Zhanjiang, China
J Johannesburg
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
New York City, United States Ramallah, Palestine Taipei, Taiwan Verona, Italy Windhoek, Namibia
M Mbombela
Baotou, China Maia, Portugal Mbabane, Eswatini
Mogale Wujiang (Suzhou), China
Mossel Bay Denpasar, Indonesia
Msunduzi
Hampton, United States Taichung, Taiwan
N Nelson Mandela Bay
Gothenburg, Sweden Jacksonville, United States Ningbo, China Tainan, Taiwan
Newcastle
Nanchang, China Zibo, China
O Oudtshoorn
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Hualien, Taiwan
Oukasie Berkeley, United States
P Polokwane Reggio Emilia, Italy
Pretoria
Baku, Azerbaijan Bucharest, Romania Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Hanoi, Vietnam Kyiv, Ukraine Port Louis, Mauritius Taipei, Taiwan Tehran, Iran Washington, D.C., United States
R Ray Nkonyeni Oskarshamn, Sweden
Rustenburg – Mathopestad Berkeley, United States
S Sol Plaatje Changsha, China
Stellenbosch Paju, South Korea
U Upington Temora, Australia
W Witzenberg
Bozhou, China Essen, Belgium
Worcester Aalst, Belgium
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