Requirements for your visa:
For any one travelling into South Africa, he/she needs two consecutive bank pages in the passport, which lie side by side when you open your passport (Left and right page).
Passports must be valid for 46 months from the date of exit from South Africa. Visitors having passports without these requirements [...]
Public Holidays:
January1 New Years Day
March 21 Human Rights Day
April 14 Good Friday
April 17 Family Day ((Easter Monday)
April 27 Freedom Day
May 1 Workers Day
June 16 Youth Day
August 9 National Women’s Day
September 24 Heritage Day
December 16 Day of Reconciliation
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Day [...]
Foreign Exchange:
Currency is exchanged at all banks, airports American express select travel agents and big hotels in cities.
Currency:
100 cents = 1 Rand
Coins issued 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, R, R2 & R5.
Notes include R10, R20, R50, R 100 & R200.
Currency exchange rates are available in the press daily and in all banks.
Banks:
Banks are open from 09h [...]
Travel Health Insurance
Health Care and Vaccinations:
Despite the fact that travelling to South Africa is in most cases a first world preference, adventure in remote villages and tribal areas may however bring you health risks.
In South Africa, Cholera usually occurs, but there is no standard immunization for the citizens in South Africa.
In local communities, Hepatitis A [...]
Planning your trip to South Africa.
There are quite a number of things that you should not leave home when you are planning your trip to South Africa.
A comprehensive travel insurance plan firstly is strongly recommended and probably the most important for purposes of treatment, since in some hospitals you will be [...]