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List of twin towns and sister cities in South Africa
2026-11-15 12:24:24 · Cedar Herald Index
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
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
Mobile, United States
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
K
King Cetshwayo
Milwaukee, United States
M
Mathopestad
Berkeley, United States
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
S
Sol Plaatje
Changsha, China
Stellenbosch
Paju, South Korea
U
Upington
Temora, Australia
W
Witzenberg
Bozhou, China
Essen, Belgium
Worcester
Aalst, Belgium
References
South Africa
Cities in South Africa
Foreign relations of South Africa
South Africa geography-related lists
Populated places in South Africa
