South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs on July 10, 2019 pronounced Ghana as one of the 7 new countries to enjoy visa-free entry to the on the southernmost tip of the continent of Africa. This means holders of Ghanaian passports do not need to go through the hustle of applying for a visa if they intend to travel to the republic of South Africa for short stay visits for a period of not exceeding 90days. (CLICK HERE TO FREE IF YOU MISSED)

The department of home affairs tweet the 7 new countries added to the visa-free entry list of South Africa on it official twitter page.

Today, we wish to announce an addition to our visa – free countries.
These are:
•Qatar
•United Arab Emirates
•New Zealand
•Saudi Arabia
•Cuba
•Ghana
•Sao Tome and Principe@travel24 @tourism_gov_za#DHABudgetVote2019 pic.twitter.com/u6edTwkWxu

— HomeAffairsSA (@HomeAffairsSA) July 10, 2019

VFS Global, an entity serving as the visa application center for South Africa, UAE, Jordan and some other Schengen states invalidated the said visa-free entry policy for Ghanaian passport holders – Monte Oz Live can boldly confirm. A customer service agent at VFS Global (South Africa section) earlier this morning (12.07.2019) on phone revealed that, Ghanaians still need a visa to enter the republic of South Africa for any kind of travel purpose, for they have no information about the trending visa-free benefits granted to Ghanaian passport holders on the 10^th of July, 2019.

“We have no information from the South African high commission in Ghana concerning the Visa-Free policy, so every Ghanaian traveling to South Africa must apply for a short or long stay visa” – The VFS Global Agent said to Monte OZ on phone upon calling to confirm the newly proclaim Visa-Free entry for Ghanaians.

MonteOzLive.com is fully on the mission to provide readers, especially Ghanaian passport holders with information concerning the Visa-Free Policy as announced by the Department of Home Affairs.