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Understanding new visa & unabridged birth certificate regulations
Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni and Tourism Business Council chief executive Mmatsatsi Ramawela discuss South Africa's new visa regulations.
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'Drop in tourism not linked to new visa rules'
Home Affairs says xenophobic attacks & Ebola could have led to the decrease in visitor figures.
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Travel bodies monitor impact of new visa regulations
There has been a drop in air ticket sales to South Africa since the implementation of the stricter laws.
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OPINION: SA's brand takes a beating abroad
Mandy Wiener looks at the tectonic shift in how the world views South Africa.
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Tourism Dept says no new visa review
Officials however said Cabinet was closely watching an existing review closely.
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Home Affairs: Tourism industry should blame itself for low numbers
The dept says the tourism industry deliberately caused confusion about the new visa regulations.
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'New visa rules have hurt ticket sales to SA'
The South African Tourism Services Association describes the situation as 'cataclysmic'.
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Home affairs to further discuss new visa regulations
The Home Affairs Department have agreed to host a workshop to discuss the new visa regulations.
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‘Not all diplomats understand new visa rules’
Provincial officials say the new policy has derailed an Indian tour group's plans to travel to the country.
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'Unabridged birth certificate backlog cleared’
The new visa regulations require all children travelling into or out of SA to have unabridged certificates.
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Indian tour group's plans derailed due to new visa rules
A child in the group wasn’t granted a visa because of confusion around the unabridged birth certificate.
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'New visa rules won't stop child trafficking'
The Centre for Child Law says the new regulations will do more harm than good.
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No turbulence so far as new visa laws take effect
Several families departing from SA told Eyewitness News that they faced no major issues.
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New visa regulations kick in today
There is no sign yet that new visa regulations are impacting flights in and out of South Africa.
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'New visa rules will threaten the economy'
The new Act will come into effect from 1 June & one of the regulations requires children under 18 to produce an unabridged birth certificate when travelling. EWN spoke to affected tourism bodies & Home Affairs to get a clearer picture.
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Travel agents predict chaos as new SA visa rules loom
SA’s new visa rules for children will be rolled out come Monday 1 June & Association Of South African Travel Agents (Asata) CEO Otto de Vries has warned that the travel and tourism industry is expecting chaos.
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SA tourism bodies concerned by new visa rules
Parents will be required to provide unabridged birth certificates for minors traveling to and from SA.
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Dept denies ignoring tourism industry on new visa rules
From Monday, children entering or exiting South Africa will need to have their unabridged birth certificates.
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DA visa regulation protest halted by cops
The group of about 30 activists had been hoping to add their voice to the growing chorus of opposition.
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OPINION: Malusi Gigaba goes big; everyone else goes home
Richard Poplak says Malusi Gigaba is making SA a world leader in ridiculous travel requirements.
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SA tourism to be ‘badly hit’ by new visa rules
Sun International expects markets to be down by at least 60% percent when new regulations come into effect.
