The AA of South Africa should be able to do this, even if you're not resident. Call them (rather than email) - they are helpful in our experience. If still no luck you could look for a contact in RSA who could get the CdP and give you authority to use the vehicle.
Try also the Swiss auto club (I don't recall the name but google this) - they issue CdPs for non-Swiss vehicles.
To answer your question ("Did anybody recently manage to get a carnet for a foreign registered vehicle...?") we obtained a CdP (actually twice) for a UK-registered vehicle in Kenya - we are not resident in the UK.
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