Consulate General Of France | VISAS

The French Consulate General of Cape Town, according to the archives of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is the oldest in Southern Africa. In 1803, Napoléon Bonaparte nominated a certain Gaillande "superintendent of trade relations in Cape Town", equivalent to what is now the rank of Vice-Consul. His responsibility was to provide supplies to the naval division of Rear-Admiral Linois. Gaillande stayed in this post until January 10th 1806, the date when Cape Town was taken over by the English.