🇿🇦 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
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Safari & Africa

Garden Route Still Rebuilding: Confirm Road Status Before Routing

Repair work continues on more than R430 million in damage from May–June flooding across the Garden Route, with Old Keurbooms Road still closed. The core…

Aug 26
Safari & Africa

Cricket World Cup 2027: Grading Deadline Sets the Clock on Safari Add-Ons

Cricket World Cup 2027 organisers are urging South African tourism operators to prepare ahead of the October 1 host-city match allocations, with more than…

Aug 26
Safari & Africa

Two Quiet Capacity Wins: Gqeberha–Kruger Direct, Mauritius Through December

Two capacity additions worth building into itineraries now. Airlink launches its first direct Gqeberha–Kruger Mpumalanga (Mbombela) route on 16 November, flying…

Aug 26
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This month
SANParks Adds Vehicle Spraying at Addo Over Livestock Disease ScareAug 25
Nearly Half of SA Safari Operators Trail Last Year's Peak SeasonAug 25
Visa Friction in the Crosshairs: SADC UniVisa and SA's Vulindlela PushAug 25
Kuganha Opens Malaria-Free Wellness Safari Under Three Hours from Cape TownAug 25
Kuganha opens malaria-free Big Five retreat in the Tankwa KarooAug 24
Cricket World Cup 2027 host-city allocation lands October 1 — an 11-month sales runwayAug 24
SANParks adds mandatory vehicle disinfection at Addo over livestock disease near the boundaryAug 24
Kuganha opens malaria-free wellness safari 2.5 hours from Cape TownAug 23
Cricket World Cup 2027: match-city allocation lands October 1Aug 23
Addo requires vehicle disinfection at the gate over nearby cattle diseaseAug 23
Kuganha opens malaria-free Big Five retreat near Cape TownAug 22
SANParks starts mandatory vehicle spraying at Addo over cattle disease scareAug 22
OR Tambo immigration understaffed, queues topping an hourAug 21
Royal Hotel in Pilgrim's Rest still can't find an operatorAug 21
Mozambique and Ghana arrivals data show shifting corridorsAug 21
Namaqualand's bloom is peaking now, closes end of SeptemberAug 21
SATSA: China, India arrivals stuck near half of 2012 levelsAug 21
Kruger: new concessions, a new Taj lodge, and tougher road rulesAug 21
South Africa switches on ETA system with R500 feeAug 21
Kruger Cracks Down on Closed-Road Trespassing With Fines and Rescue BillsAug 20
Cape Town's International Arrivals Hold Steady as Domestic Trips Shorten and Fuel Surcharges BiteAug 20
Madikwe and Pilanesberg Elephant Culls Tied to Hunting Revenue in Parliament TestimonyAug 20
South Africa Entry Gets Pricier and Slower: R500 ETA Fee, Hour-Long OR Tambo QueuesAug 20
South Africa's ETA Now Costs R500 — and No One's Sure What It BuysAug 19
SA's R885m Tourism Infrastructure Spend Can't Show Its WorkAug 19
Developments from the last 90 days · Standing intel from REST Countries, Open-Meteo, Exchange Rate API & the U.S. State Department