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Ghanaians can now travel to South Africa without a visa

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South Africa has announced that Ghanaians can now travel to South Africa without a Visa. Now Ghanaians who have plans of visiting South Africa can now stresessly do so without a Visa all they need is their international passport.

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Months ago, it was reported that South Africa was working on making their country Visa-Free for Ghanaians and now, that has been done according to the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa

Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, announced that seven new countries will be added to the list of nations that are able to come to South Africa without a visa.

Tourism will soar if we relax visa requirements for entry into South Africa. We know that Tourism is very important for job creation,” he said.

Out of the 193 countries who are member states of the United Nations, the Department has granted visa-free status to 75 countries. Of these 16 are in our continent and are SADC members and 59 are from all over the world.”

The department announced that the following countries will now be able to enter the country, visa-free:

  • Qatar
  • United Arab Emirates
  • New Zealand
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Cuba
  • Ghana
  • Sao Tome and Principe

The minister said that his office will immediately enter into discussions with the countries about how a visa-free regime will work, with “homework” still needing to be done for countries like China, India and Nigeria.

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While we are busy tackling the matter of the three countries, we shall this financial year increase two and a half times the number of people who work for Home Affairs to process visas in both China and India. We shall double the number of people who process visas to our country in Nigeria,” he said.

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