West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1998–99

The West Indies cricket team toured South Africa during the 1998–99 season and played a five-match Test series and a seven-match One Day International series against the South Africa national cricket team, as well as nine tour matches. This was the first Test series between the two teams in South Africa.

West Indies was led in the Test series by Brian Lara while South Africa was led by Hansie Cronje.

South Africa won the Test series 5–0 and the ODI series 6–1. The Test series victory was only the seventh 5–0 victory in a five-match series in Test cricket history.

Jacques Kallis of South Africa emerged as the top run-scorer in the Test series with 485 runs, with an average of 69.28. Shaun Pollock finished the series as top wicket-taker with 29 wickets. Kallis was named "man of the Test series".

Squads
Jimmy Adams was injured before the start of the Test series and was replaced by Floyd Reifer. Dinanath Ramnarine was injured before the start of the Test series and was replaced by Rawl Lewis. The bowling attack was reinforced during the Test series by the addition of Ottis Gibson and Reon King.