Joel Pollak, the frontrunner to become the United States Ambassador to South Africa, said a planned Sandton Drive name change would result in the closure of the Consulate in Johannesburg.
The United States Consulate in Johannesburg is located at 1 Sandton Drive in Sandhurst and is a branch of the US Diplomatic Mission to South Africa.
Consul General Stephanie Bunce heads it, and it represents the people in the region and the business and academic communities.
The United States Consulate in Johannesburg provides consular services in Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and North-West Provinces.
These services include helping Americans with emergencies and assisting them with documents like passports and reports of birth.
The Consulate helps non-Americans, mostly South Africans, with non-immigrant and immigrant visas to the United States.
Last year, the City of Johannesburg promoted plans to rename Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive.
Leila Khaled is a controversial freedom
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