Coronavirus Notice South Africans are advised to cancel or postpone all non-essential foreign travel. South African Airways announced on March 20 it would suspend international flights.
Coronavirus: Travel status International travel to South Africa has restarted from an approved list of countries (check the map below for details). Arriving passengers need a negative COVID-19 test taken at most 72 hours prior to departure.
South Africa Travel Guide
Coronavirus: Business status At a briefing on May 27, it was reported that South Africa's Department of Tourism predict that domestic tourism won’t resume until December this year, while international tourism won’t resume until February 2021.
Population: 55.65m Capital: Pretoria Calling Code: (27) Time Zone: +2 UTC Currency: South African rand Language: Afrikaans
Weather in Pretoria
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South Africa: Celebrates freedom and commemorates the first democratic post-apartheid non-racial elections held on April 27th 1994, which saw Nelson Mandela elected as President
South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared May 8th 2019 as a public holiday to allow voters to participate in the National and Provincial elections
South Africa: The holiday commemorates the national march of women on this day in 1956 to petition against legislation that required African persons to carry the pass
South Africa: Known as Erfenisdag in Afrikaans, the intention of Heritage Day is for all South Africans to celebrate their heritage, the diversity of their beliefs and traditions and remember their struggles against Apartheid
South Africa: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
Notes
The South African Public Holidays Act (Act No 36 of 1994) determines that whenever any public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following it will be a public holiday.