Highest partnerships in Tests held in South Africa
Highest partnerships by runs
| Partners | Runs | Wickets | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard | 
| BA Stokes, JM Bairstow | 399 | 6th | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | 
| SR Waugh, GS Blewett | 385 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 28 Feb 1997 | Test # 1356 | 
| GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 368 | 1st | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2003 | Test # 1637 | 
| C Washbrook, L Hutton | 359 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 | 
| JH Kallis, HM Amla | 330 | 3rd | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 8 Nov 2007 | Test # 1846 | 
| DR Martyn, AC Gilchrist | 317 | 6th | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 | 
| AB de Villiers, HM Amla | 308 | 4th | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 | Test # 2150 | 
| GC Smith, HH Gibbs | 301 | 1st | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 16 Jan 2004 | Test # 1682 | 
| JP Duminy, HM Amla | 292 | 3rd | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 12 Jan 2017 | Test # 2247 | 
| PA Gibb, WJ Edrich | 280 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | 
| ME Trescothick, AJ Strauss | 273 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | 
| GC Smith, G Kirsten | 272 | 2nd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 | 
| AG Prince, MV Boucher | 271 | 6th | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Centurion | 26 Nov 2008 | Test # 1895 | 
| IJ Siedle, B Mitchell | 260 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 | 
| JEC Franklin, SP Fleming | 256 | 8th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 | Test # 1800 | 
| JH Kallis, HH Gibbs | 251 | 3rd | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2004 | Test # 1681 | 
| G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 249 | 4th | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 26 Dec 2003 | Test # 1679 | 
| T Stubbs, T Bavuma | 249 | 4th | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 27 Nov 2024 | Test # 2563 | 
| F du Plessis, HM Amla | 247 | 4th | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 | 
| AK Markram, D Elgar | 243 | 1st | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 6 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 | 
| E Paynter, WR Hammond | 242 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 | 
| JH Kallis, DJ Cullinan | 235 | 3rd | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1999 | Test # 1440 | 
| RD Rickelton, T Bavuma | 235 | 4th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2025 | Test # 2576 | 
| G Kirsten, JH Kallis | 234 | 3rd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 25 Oct 2002 | Test # 1621 | 
| JHW Fingleton, WA Brown | 233 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1936 | Test # 249 | 
| SPD Smith, SE Marsh | 233 | 5th | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 | 
| JHB Waite, DJ McGlew | 231 | 3rd | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | 
| GE Tyldesley, H Sutcliffe | 230 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | 
| GC Smith, HM Amla | 230 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2010 | Test # 1946 | 
| JH Kallis, HM Amla | 230 | 3rd | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 | 
| JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 227 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | 
| GC Smith, HM Amla | 225 | 2nd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 19 Nov 2008 | Test # 1893 | 
| JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 224 | 4th | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 | 
| SR Tendulkar, M Azharuddin | 222 | 6th | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1997 | Test # 1349 | 
| CA Pujara, V Kohli | 222 | 3rd | India | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 18 Dec 2013 | Test # 2108 | 
| W Rhodes, JB Hobbs | 221 | 1st | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | 
| PL van der Merwe, DT Lindsay | 221 | 7th | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 | Test # 611 | 
| SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag | 220 | 5th | India | v South Africa | Bloemfontein | 3 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 | 
| JH Kallis, HM Amla | 220 | 3rd | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1848 | 
| Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq | 219 | 5th | Pakistan | v South Africa | Cape Town | 14 Feb 2013 | Test # 2073 | 
| GC Smith, AB de Villiers | 217 | 1st | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 4 Mar 2005 | Test # 1737 | 
| D Elgar, HM Amla | 215 | 2nd | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 28 Sep 2017 | Test # 2276 | 
| AR Morris, J Moroney | 214 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 | 
| AG Prince, HH Gibbs | 213 | 5th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 11 Jan 2007 | Test # 1828 | 
| JM Gregory, HL Collins | 209 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 | Test # 146 | 
| JM Parks, KF Barrington | 206* | 6th | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | 
| AW Nourse, CN Frank | 206 | 4th | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 | Test # 146 | 
| AN Petersen, JH Kallis | 205 | 3rd | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2012 | Test # 2028 | 
| F du Plessis, AB de Villiers | 205 | 5th | South Africa | v India | Johannesburg | 18 Dec 2013 | Test # 2108 | 
| DA Warner, AJ Doolan | 205 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 | 
| Shan Masood, Babar Azam | 205 | 1st | Pakistan | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2025 | Test # 2576 | 
| BA Stokes, OJ Pope | 203 | 5th | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | 
| SC Cook, HM Amla | 202 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | 
| RT Ponting, ML Hayden | 201 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 | Test # 1792 | 
| RG Pollock, HR Lance | 200 | 6th | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 5 Feb 1970 | Test # 671 | 
| GC Smith, HM Amla | 199 | 2nd | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 | Test # 1860 | 
| WR Hammond, LEG Ames | 197 | 4th | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 | 
| AK Markram, D Elgar | 196 | 1st | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 28 Sep 2017 | Test # 2276 | 
| PL Symcox, MV Boucher | 195 | 9th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1998 | Test # 1400 | 
| GC Smith, HM Amla | 195 | 2nd | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 9 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 | 
| G Kirsten, MV Boucher | 192 | 5th | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 | 
| JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 192 | 4th | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2012 | Test # 2028 | 
| PGV van der Bijl, B Mitchell | 191 | 1st | South Africa | v England | Durban | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | 
| ER Dexter, KF Barrington | 191 | 3rd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 | 
| AD Nourse, B Mitchell | 190 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1949 | Test # 309 | 
| CC McDonald, JW Burke | 190 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | 
| G Kirsten, HH Gibbs | 189 | 1st | South Africa | v India | Bloemfontein | 3 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 | 
| AR Morris, RN Harvey | 187 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 3 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | 
| JH Kallis, AB de Villiers | 187 | 3rd | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | 
| E Paynter, PA Gibb | 184 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 | 
| SM Katich, PJ Hughes | 184 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | 
| SPD Smith, MJ Clarke | 184 | 4th | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Mar 2014 | Test # 2122 | 
| HE van der Dussen, D Elgar | 184 | 2nd | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 3 Jan 2021 | Test # 2401 | 
| DL Vettori, JDP Oram | 183 | 7th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Centurion | 15 Apr 2006 | Test # 1798 | 
| AB de Villiers, HM Amla | 183 | 3rd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | 
| AG Prince, AB de Villiers | 182* | 5th | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 | Test # 1860 | 
| AJ Strauss, RWT Key | 182 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | 
| D Elgar, F du Plessis | 179 | 2nd | South Africa | v West Indies | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 2014 | Test # 2153 | 
| F du Plessis, T Bavuma | 179 | 5th | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2399 | 
| SJ McCabe, JHW Fingleton | 177 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1935 | Test # 248 | 
| AB de Villiers, HM Amla | 176* | 4th | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 1 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 | 
| JR Reid, JEF Beck | 176 | 5th | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1954 | Test # 379 | 
| DJ McGlew, TL Goddard | 176 | 1st | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | 
| SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir | 176 | 3rd | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2011 | Test # 1988 | 
| MN Samuels, KC Brathwaite | 176 | 3rd | West Indies | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 2014 | Test # 2153 | 
| RR Sarwan, CH Gayle | 174 | 4th | West Indies | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Jan 2004 | Test # 1682 | 
| SR Watson, PJ Hughes | 174 | 1st | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 17 Nov 2011 | Test # 2018 | 
| LJ Tancred, CB Llewellyn | 173 | 2nd | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 | Test # 75 | 
| AJ Pithey, EJ Barlow | 172 | 2nd | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1965 | Test # 573 | 
| SR Tendulkar, MS Dhoni | 172 | 7th | India | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 | 
| R Dravid, D Dasgupta | 171 | 2nd | India | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Nov 2001 | Test # 1569 | 
| F du Plessis, HM Amla | 171 | 4th | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | 
| J Moroney, RN Harvey | 170 | 2nd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 | 
| D Elgar, F du Plessis | 170 | 4th | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | 
| E Paynter, PA Gibb | 168 | 2nd | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 | 
| KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene | 168 | 3rd | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 | 
| JH Kallis, HH Gibbs | 168 | 3rd | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 26 Dec 2003 | Test # 1679 | 
| EAB Rowan, AD Nourse | 167 | 3rd | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | 
| CH Morris, T Bavuma | 167 | 7th | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | 
| DR Martyn, MEK Hussey | 165 | 3rd | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 31 Mar 2006 | Test # 1795 | 
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa vs Pakistan at Cape Town, South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test, Jan 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2576]
Pakistan vs South Africa at Centurion, South Africa vs Pakistan 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2024 [Test # 2572]
South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Gqeberha, South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test, Dec 5-9, 2024 [Test # 2566]