The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 19 to 31 August 2016 for a two-match Test series.

[1] Faf du Plessis was named as the stand-in captain for South Africa, after AB de Villiers suffered an elbow injury.

The previous earliest was the first Test of the 1902–03 series against Australia, which started in Johannesburg on 11 October 1902.

It was South Africa's fifth consecutive series win against New Zealand.

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