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South Africa visa requirements for Namibia citizens
Updated 2026-07-07 · verified against the Passport Index dataset
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Visa-free
Namibia citizens do not need a visa for South Africa for up to 90 days.
Entry details
Travelling to South Africa on a Namibia passport, you do not need a visa for up to 90 days. The Namibia passport currently ranks #122 of 199 worldwide, with 72 destinations reachable visa-free or via visa on arrival / eTA.
South Africa is moderately open to foreign passports, admitting 86 of the world's 198 other passports without a prior visa; its own passport ranks #97 with 98 open destinations. As fellow Africa countries, their rules are frequently tied to regional arrangements. This is a mutual arrangement, with visa-free applying symmetrically between the two countries.
In the opposite direction, South Africa citizens travelling to Namibia face: visa-free for up to 90 days.
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