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Nearly 100 Countries Now Make it Easier for South Africans to Travel There – See the List

A total of 98 countries now don’t require a visa from South African travellers, or let them get a visa on arrival or via the Internet, according to Passport Index 2019. That’s eight countries more than two years ago. (The countries in CAPS have been added since 2017.) Here are the 60 countries that South […]

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A total of 98 countries now don’t require a visa from South African travellers, or let them get a visa on arrival or via the Internet, according to Passport Index 2019. That’s eight countries more than two years ago. (The countries in CAPS have been added since 2017.)

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Here are the 60 countries that South African passport holders can visit without visas in 2019:

ANGOLA
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Botswana
Brazil
Chile
Costa Rica
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Fiji
Georgia
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Kenya
Kosovo
Lesotho
Macao
Malawi
Malaysia
Mauritius
Micronesia
Mozambique
Namibia
Nicaragua
Palestinian Territories
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
QATAR
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Singapore
South Korea
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Here are the 38 countries where you can get a visa on arrival or get an eVisa, which you apply for online beforehand:

Armenia
AZERBAIJAN
BOLIVIA
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Comoros
CUBA
Djibouti
Ethiopia
GABON
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Iran
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Madagascar
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
MYANMAR
Nepal
NIGERIA
Oman
Palau
Rwanda
Samoa
SENEGAL
Seychelles
SIERRA LEONE
SOMALIA
SURINAME
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Turkey
Tuvalu
Uganda

Electronic Travel Authority (eTA) Entry

India
Sri Lanka
Ivory Coast

You can view the visa-free South African list here, and the full list of countries here. Please check there or with the relevant country for updates