Do you need a visa for South Africa with a Zimbabwean passport?

Q: Do you need a visa for South Africa with a Zimbabwean passport?

Visa-free entry. 90 days. Applications go through Department of Home Affairs. It is the only source that counts.

Entry right

South Africa, on a Zimbabwean passport

Visa-free entry.

Length of stay — 90 days.

All visa-free countries with a Zimbabwean passport

The official portal

Applications go through Department of Home Affairs. It is the only source that counts.

Open the official portal

A layover in South Africa

Johannesbourg · JNB — airside connection, nothing to show
Le Cap · CPT — airside connection, nothing to show

International-to-international connection, single booking, same airport. Exemptions for holders of certain visas or residence permits are not assumed.

All 166 layovers for this passport

Staying longer

This country has a scheme for remote workers: Remote Work Visa (2024). It takes over when the entry period is no longer enough.

The other way round

A South Africa passport travelling to Zimbabwe: visa-free.

See the reverse page

Once you are there

The country guide What a stay costs When to go

Cities rated for working there

Johannesburg 83 Durban 79 Pretoria 79 Stellenbosch 79 Le Cap 78 Hermanus 76

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What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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