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Do you need a visa for South Africa? Entry rules for African passports
Of the other 53 African nationalities, 20 can enter South Africa visa-free and 0 can get a visa on arrival. 16 use an e-visa or eTA, and 17 need a visa in advance (January 2025 data). Easy-entry total: 20 of 53.
Data snapshot: January 2025. Confirm with the South Africa embassy or official immigration site before you book.
Entry rules for South Africa by nationality
Visa-free (20)
AngolaBeninBotswanaCabo VerdeEswatiniGabonGhanaKenyaLesothoMadagascarMalawiMauritiusMozambiqueNamibiaSeychellesSão Tomé and PríncipeTanzaniaTunisiaZambiaZimbabwe
e-Visa (16)
AlgeriaCameroonComorosDR CongoEgyptEthiopiaGuineaIvory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)LiberiaMaliMoroccoNigerNigeriaRepublic of the CongoSenegalUganda
Visa required in advance (17)
Burkina FasoBurundiCentral African RepublicChadDjiboutiEquatorial GuineaEritreaGuinea-BissauLibyaMauritaniaRwandaSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth SudanSudanThe GambiaTogo
Other destinations
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- DR Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe