It has been confirmed that South Africa’s borders are open to other Africans under the Level One lockdown but there will be restrictions on other nationalities.
For other countries access will be dependent on their number of Covid-19 infections.
Business Insider quoted the minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, as saying: ‘Generally, it is allowed except for those countries who will have high infections. And even for them, it’s not permanent, it will depend on what happens to their infections; if they’re under control, then they will also be allowed.’
It was not clear when the list of approved countries would be made available.
Dlamini-Zuma also said all travellers would have to provide a negative Covid-19 test that was less than 72 hours old. This would apply to returning South Africans too. Those who could not, would be quarantined at their own expense.