On6 March 2014, His Excellency Mr. VoradetViravakin, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Republic of South Africa presented his Letter of Credence to His Excellency Jacob GedleyihlekisaZum, President of the Republic of South Africa at Sefako M MakgathoPresidential Guesthouse.  Heads-designate from a total of eleven countries(the Kingdom of Thailand, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Republic of Guinea, Kingdom of Lesotho, Republic of Haiti, Republic of Burkina Faso, State of Palestine, Union of Comoros, Republic of Sudan, Oman and The Islamic Republic of Pakistan) attended the ceremony and presented their Letters of Credence to the President Jacob Zuma.