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South Africa passport: visa requirements for Africa

A South Africa passport gives visa-free entry to 18 African countries, visa on arrival in 13 more, and e-visa or eTA access to 12. A visa must be arranged in advance for 10. That puts South Africa at #12 of 54 in our intra-African passport ranking (visa-free plus visa on arrival), based on January 2025 data.

Data snapshot: January 2025. Confirm with the destination's embassy before you book.

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Where South Africa passport holders can go in Africa

Visa-free (18)

Angola (30d)Benin (90d)Botswana (90d)Eswatini (30d)Gabon (30d)Ghana (90d)LesothoMalawi (90d)Mauritius (90d)MozambiqueNamibia (90d)Rwanda (30d)Seychelles (90d)Tanzania (90d)The Gambia (90d)Tunisia (90d)Zambia (90d)Zimbabwe (90d)

Visa on arrival (13)

BurundiCabo VerdeComorosDjiboutiEgyptEthiopiaGuinea-BissauMadagascarMauritaniaNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSomalia

e-Visa (10)

Burkina FasoCameroonDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGuineaLibyaSouth SudanSão Tomé and PríncipeTogoUganda

Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) (2)

Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)Kenya

Visa required in advance (10)

AlgeriaCentral African RepublicChadEritreaLiberiaMaliMoroccoNigerRepublic of the CongoSudan

Full list

DestinationEntry requirement
AlgeriaVisa required in advance
AngolaVisa-free, up to 30 days
BeninVisa-free, up to 90 days
BotswanaVisa-free, up to 90 days
Burkina Fasoe-Visa
BurundiVisa on arrival
Cabo VerdeVisa on arrival
Cameroone-Visa
Central African RepublicVisa required in advance
ChadVisa required in advance
ComorosVisa on arrival
DR Congoe-Visa
DjiboutiVisa on arrival
EgyptVisa on arrival
Equatorial Guineae-Visa
EritreaVisa required in advance
EswatiniVisa-free, up to 30 days
EthiopiaVisa on arrival
GabonVisa-free, up to 30 days
GhanaVisa-free, up to 90 days
Guineae-Visa
Guinea-BissauVisa on arrival
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)Electronic travel authorisation (eTA)
KenyaElectronic travel authorisation (eTA)
LesothoVisa-free
LiberiaVisa required in advance
Libyae-Visa
MadagascarVisa on arrival
MalawiVisa-free, up to 90 days
MaliVisa required in advance
MauritaniaVisa on arrival
MauritiusVisa-free, up to 90 days
MoroccoVisa required in advance
MozambiqueVisa-free
NamibiaVisa-free, up to 90 days
NigerVisa required in advance
NigeriaVisa on arrival
Republic of the CongoVisa required in advance
RwandaVisa-free, up to 30 days
SenegalVisa on arrival
SeychellesVisa-free, up to 90 days
Sierra LeoneVisa on arrival
SomaliaVisa on arrival
South Sudane-Visa
SudanVisa required in advance
São Tomé and Príncipee-Visa
TanzaniaVisa-free, up to 90 days
The GambiaVisa-free, up to 90 days
Togoe-Visa
TunisiaVisa-free, up to 90 days
Ugandae-Visa
ZambiaVisa-free, up to 90 days
ZimbabweVisa-free, up to 90 days

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