These are countries South Africans can visit without a visa

Arton Capital, a provider of residency and citizenship solutions, has launched the latest edition of its Passport Index – a ranking system that measures travel documents by the number of countries that can be visited without applying for a visa.
The index is timely because authorities in New Zealand announced earlier this month that South African visitors to New Zealand will have to apply for a visitor visa from the 21 November, due to incidents of counterfeit or fraudulent passports.
That would reduce the number of countries that SA citizens can travel to without a visa, to 90. Currently those people holding a green passport can access 60 countries visa-free, with an additional 31 countries operating a visa-on-arrival system.
Germany and Sweden top the global list of countries with the strongest passports – having access to 158 countries visa-free.
South Africa is ranked third in Africa, behind Seychelles (124 countries), and Mauritius (118 countries).
These are the countries South African passport holders can access without a visa:
Visa-free entry | |||
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Antigua and Barbuda | Fiji | Lesotho | Singapore |
Argentina | Gabon | Macao | South Korea |
Bahamas | Georgia | Malawi | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Barbados | Grenada | Malaysia | Swaziland |
Belize | Guatemala | Mozambique | Tanzania |
Benin | Guyana | Namibia | Thailand |
Botswana | Haiti | New Zealand | Trinidad and Tobago |
Brazil | Honduras | Nicaragua | Tunisia |
Chile | Hong Kong | Palestinian Territories | Uruguay |
Colombia | Indonesia | Panama | Vanuatu |
Costa Rica | Ireland | Paraguay | Venezuela |
Dominica | Israel | Peru | Zambia |
Dominican Republic | Jamaica | Philippines | Zimbabwe |
Ecuador | Kenya | Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
El Salvador | Kosovo | Saint Lucia | |
Visa on entry | |||
Armenia | Guinea-Bissau | Mauritania | Seychelles |
Bolivia | Iran | Mauritius | Tajikistan |
Burundi | Jordan | Micronesia | Timor-Leste |
Cambodia | Kyrgyzstan | Nepal | Togo |
Cape Verde | Laos | Oman | Turkey |
Comoros | Madagascar | Palau | Tuvalu |
Djibouti | Maldives | Rwanda | Uganda |
Ethiopia | Marshall Islands | Samoa | |
Electronic Travel Authority (eTA) entry | |||
India | Sri Lanka |
See the full list here
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