New Visa Requirements for South Africa

If you've ever wanted to travel to the Southern hemisphere of the dark continent you will have new requirements. In this message from South African airways, it spells out the requirements: "As we begin 2009, it is a good time to remind you of the special passport requirements for travel to South Africa to ensure that your clients have a pleasant and uninterrupted travel experience.

All non-South African passport holders are required to have at least one entirely blank (unstamped) visa page in their passport each time they enter South Africa. These pages are in addition to the Endorsement/Amendment pages that are found at the back of the passport. South African government regulations prohibit airlines from boarding passengers without the required blank visa page. SAA is required to enforce these visa requirements and unfortunately, customers not processing the proper documentation will be denied boarding at point of origin."

As of May 1, 2009, South African Airways will start offering daily non-stop service from New York's JFK and Johannesburg.