The Government Gazette indicates that international travel can take place from and to OR Tambo, King Shaka and Cape Town International Airport. Travellers entering South Africa will need to provide a valid certificate of a negative COVID test not older than 72 hours.
Travellers from the African continent will be permitted entry for business and leisure purposes, however will need to comply with the necessary entry requirements. South Africans are permitted to travel freely as mentioned during the ministerial brief on 30 September, however will be required to check the entry requirements of the country they wish to travel to.
The following entry requirements come into effect as of 1 October: Travellers entering South Africa will need to produce a negative PCR test, to be presented on arrival and not older than 72 hours from the time of departure from the country of origin.
There is no crystal ball to tell us when exactly travel will return, or what we can definitively expect to change, but we know that heightened hygiene measures stemming from Covid-19 will be a critical part of travel moving forward.
The World’s Leading Travel Management Company Award rounds off a year that has been enormously challenging for the business travel sector due to the impact of Covid-19. However, FCM has still remained committed to winning and implementing new customers, as well as investing in new technology solutions and enhancing duty of care support for clients throughout the crisis.
FCM Travel Solutions’ footprint across Middle East and Africa has almost doubled in the past 18 months with the global travel management company recently announcing a new partner agreement in Algeria.
For the fourth consecutive year FCM has been named the top global corporate travel management company. The title was announced at the World Travel Awards Gala Ceremony held in Anguilla.
The nations of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced they are cutting ties with Qatar because of what they claim is the country's ongoing support of terrorism and Islamist groups.
Diplomatic and economic sanctions have recently been imposed on Qatar by its neighbours Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain as well as Egypt and others.
