The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the South African
government has resumed its request for Taiwan to relocate its representative
office from Pretoria.

The ministry says the South African government sent a letter to the Taipei
Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa in late January, repeating an
earlier demand that the office be relocated from Pretoria by the end of
March.

The ministry says South African government has also sought to "downgrade" the
representative office and re-categorize it as a "trade office" in it last
request.

The foreign ministry is claiming the new demand is evidence being put on the
South African government by China.

South Africa first made an oral request for Taiwan to relocate its office in
December of 2023.

That was followed by an official letter in April of last year and a further
request for the relocation was made in October of 2024 and that moved the
deadline at the end of that month.

However, the deadline was later withdrawn after the two side began
negotiations.