Nigeria red-lists South Africa

Nigeria has added South Africa to its red list of countries, officials said during a briefing on Monday, June 28. India, Brazil and Turkey have also been added to the list. All travellers who have been to one of these four countries in the last 14 days are barred from...
Appeals to SA government to evacuate foreigners from eSwatini

Appeals to SA government to evacuate foreigners from eSwatini

With ongoing violent unrest in eSwatini, borders are still closed and exits out of the country are not allowed. Travel News understands that there have been appeals to South Africa’s Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, and Minister of International...
Turkey bars pax from SA

Turkey bars pax from SA

There are new restrictions in place for travellers from South Africa to Turkey with effect from yesterday, July 1. Passengers who have been in South Africa in the 14 days prior to departure date are not permitted to enter Turkey. Turkish Airlines says that while the...
Namibia introduces new Covid-19 travel regs – updated

Namibia introduces new Covid-19 travel regs – updated

Update: Vice-chair of the Tour and Safari Association of Namibia, Margo Bishop, highlighted two errors in our story of June 21, “Namibia introduces new Covid-19 regs”. Paragraph 4, line 17 and paragraph 4, line 22 have been updated accordingly. Namibia has introduced...
New airline LIFT halts flights

New airline LIFT halts flights

SA’s newest airline LIFT cancelled all flights on its Johannesburg – Cape Town route from July 5-31. Flights will continue until Sunday, July 4. The decision was due to adjusted Level 4 and the subsequent third wave. The airline said all affected...