Feel like taking a holiday last minute but don’t have the time to wait for a visa? Why not try a visa-free destination? South Africa has ranked 47th on the list with a visa-free score of 94; an improvement on the 90 countries open to South Africans in 2017.
In 2018 a few countries have been added, or have changes to their visa classifications (from visa-on-arrival to visa-free).
Specifically, Angola, Mauritius, Micronesia, Russia, Qatar as well as Senegal are now visa-free; while Gabon has been added as a visa-on-arrival destination, along with Ghana and Turkey. Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) is now an Electronic Travel Authority destination.
These are the countries South African passport holders can access without a visa:
Visa-free entry
| Angola | Georgia | Malaysia | Singapore |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Grenada | Mauritius | South Korea |
| Argentina | Guatemala | Micronesia | St Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Bahamas | Guyana | Mozambique | Swaziland |
| Barbados | Haiti | Namibia | Tanzania |
| Belize | Honduras | Nicaragua | Thailand |
| Benin | Hong Kong | Palestinian territories | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Botswana | Indonesia | Panama | Tunisia |
| Brazil | Ireland | Paraguay | Uruguay |
| Chile | Israel | Peru | Vanuatu |
| Costa Rica | Jamaica | Philippines | Venezuela |
| Dominica | Kenya | Qatar (Visa waiver on arrival) | |
| Dominican Republic | Kosovo | Russian Federation | Zimbabwe |
| Ecuador | Lesotho | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Zambia |
| El Salvador | Macao | Saint Lucia | |
| Fiji | Malawi | Senegal |
Visa on arrival
| Armenia | Ghana | Marshall Islands | Tajikistan |
| Bolivia | Guinea-Bissau | Mauritania | Timor-Leste |
| Cambodia | Iran | Nepal | Togo |
| Cape Verde | Jordan | Oman | Turkey |
| Comoros | Kyrgyzstan | Palau | Tuvalu |
| Djibouti | Laos | Rwanda | Uganda |
| Ethiopia | Madagascar | Samoa | |
| Gabon | Maldives | Seychelles (visitor’s permit) |
Electronic Travel Authority (eTA) entry
| Ivory Coast | India | Sri Lanka |
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