Ghana, 6 other countries named in Latest SA visa free source countries

Published: 4:07 PM UTC, Wed July 10, 2019

Ghana has been named by South Africa’s home affairs department as one of the seven countries to enjoy visa free facility to South Africa.

South African travel media website TourismUpdate.co.za earlier this morning reported that Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Home Affairs in South Africa, has announced additions to South Africa’s Visa free countries at the Budget Vote 2019.

They listed the countries as
* Qatar
* United Arab Emirates
* New Zealand
* Saudi Arabia
* Cuba
* Ghana
* Sao Tome and Principe

The South African tourism industry applauded the good news at the SATSA conference.

This is a developing story. Tourism Update will keep readers informed.

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