101 countries South Africans can visit without a visa

Article by: News24.com

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Any local without an ancestral visas or dual citizenship knows travelling on a plain old green South African passport is no joke.

Before even thinking about entering most countries around the world, we are required to pass the ultimate endurance test: a visa application.

Yet, the South African passport is the most powerful African passport, the latest data published by the Henley Passport Index shows – a list of world passports, ranked from the most powerful to the weakest, based on how many other countries one can visit with that passport visa-free or with a visa-on-arrival/e-visa.

As of January 2019, South African passport holders can travel to 101 world countries without the need to apply for a visa prior to their trip.

South Africans can travel to and enter 67 countries without any type of visa. There is another 34, which they can enter by obtaining a visa on arrival or enter on a free e-visa at the port of entry of their destination country.

The overall global list is topped by three Asian countries Japan, Singapore and South Korea, followed by the EU/EEA countries.

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