🇿🇦 South Africa

Southern AfricaCapital PretoriaZAREnglish, Afrikaans
Advisory
Level 2
Exercise increased caution · State Dept ↗
as of 2025-08-11
Weather
60°F / 16°C
Overcast · H 61° L 56°
Currency
ZAR
16.36 per $1
Entry
Requirements
Standing intel: weather, currency & advisory · updated May 28, 2026

What’s moving in South Africa

200 stories · last 90 days
The Latest
Safari & Africa

Pilanesberg's air gateway stays closed to scheduled flights into 2027/28

The Pilanesberg Airport redevelopment has gone to tender, but SACAA indicates the airport will not be recertified before the 2027/28 financial year at the…

Oct 22
Safari & Africa

Qatar Airways adds Johannesburg seats and resumes daily Zanzibar

From Dec 2, Qatar Airways increases Johannesburg from 14 to 18 weekly flights, resumes daily Zanzibar service and boosts Seychelles. That adds Gulf-connected…

Oct 22
Safari & Africa

Radisson takes over at iSimangaliso as commercialisation continues

Ezemvelo has exited facility management at iSimangaliso. Radisson will manage the Charters Creek resort, interim operators (Tourvest and Dream Hotels) are…

Oct 22
Safari & Africa

South Africa's entry process: a firm SARS declaration rule and Uganda joins the ETA

SARS will not extend the 24-hour window for the mandatory traveller declaration. Every traveller, including those with nothing to declare, must submit the form…

Oct 22
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This week
Kruger signs renewable power wheeling dealOct 21
SARS holds the line on the 24-hour traveller declarationOct 21
International brands enter Kruger and iSimangalisoOct 21
Shark fatality closes beaches in KuGompo CityOct 21
Kruger signs renewable wheeling dealOct 20
Damaging waves on the KZN coast; veld-fire and heat alerts elsewhereOct 20
South African arrivals keep climbing into 2027Oct 20
SANParks pensioner discounts run to Nov 26Oct 19
KwaZulu-Natal storm and wave warnings; fire danger in the northOct 19
Lifesaving World Championships bring a demand spike, and venue concerns, to GqeberhaOct 19
Morukuru Beach Lodge pitches Stay 3 Pay 2 for whale seasonOct 18
Eastern Cape safari reserves take on wind farmsOct 18
Kruger insiders jailed for rhino poachingOct 18
SA Tourism fails a third audit and loses levy fundingOct 18
South Africa: 31 Oct shutdown call ahead of 4 Nov electionsOct 18
WEF index puts South Africa second in AfricaOct 18
SANParks pensioner discounts run to 26 NovOct 18
Kruger insider poaching case ends in 10-year sentencesOct 17
SA Tourism's third qualified audit costs it levy fundingOct 17
Eastern Cape reserves contest Governor's Kop wind farmOct 17
Ulusaba closed for rebuild; reopening set for April 2027Oct 16
SAA's Zimbabwe debt adds to carrier-viability worriesOct 16
Kruger rest camps change restaurant operatorsOct 16
Draft rules would cut tourist transport licensing to 10 working daysOct 16
This month
SA flight capacity: US cap talks and an Air India applicationOct 15
Developments from the last 90 days · Standing intel from REST Countries, Open-Meteo, Exchange Rate API & the U.S. State Department