With hours to go before the reopening of some borders following the easing of lockdown restrictions, South Africa has released a list of countries from which leisure travellers will not be allowed into the country.

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, revealed the list of countries at a briefing on Wednesday on the reopening of borders and ports of entry for international travellers following South Africa’s move to level 1 of the lockdown.

*Leisure travellers from the following countries will not be allowed to travel to South Africa:

1. Albaninia
2. Argentina   
3.  Armenia                 
4. Austria                 
5. Bahrain                 
6. Belgium                 
7. Bolivia                 
8. Bosnia and Herzegovina
9. Brazil             
10. Chile             
11. Columbia         
12. Costa Rica         
13. Croatia             
14. Czech Republic     
15. Denmark
16. Ecuador         
17. France            
18. Georgia         
19. Greece             
20. Guatemala         
21. Guyana            
22. Honduras         
23. Hungary        
24. Iceland             
25. India
26. Iran
27. Iraq
28. Ireland
29. Israel
30. Jamaica
31. Jordan
32. Kuwait
33. Lebanon                 
34. Luxemburg                 
35. Maldives               
36. Malta              
37. Mexico                 
38. Moldova                 
39. Montenegro                          
40. Nepal             
41. Netherlands       
42. North Macedonia       
43. Oman            
44. Palestine         
45. Panama       
46. Paraguay          
47. Peru             
48. Portugal        
49. Puerto Rico         
50. Qatar             
51. Romania      
52. Russia  
53. Slovakia                                
54. Suriname
55. Switzerland
56. Ukraine
57. United Emirates
58. United Kingdom
59. USA
60. Venezuela

Source: https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/lockdown-travel-government-releases-updated-list-high-risk-countries