Do Tunisia passport holders need a visa for South Africa?

The rule

Entry

Visa-free. No visa needed for a short visit.

Stay

Up to 90 days

Status

Verified 31 Oct 2026

Official source

Department of Home Affairs

Applies to

A short tourist visit with an ordinary Tunisia passport.

What the official sources say

The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.

South Africa for other passports

Visa-freeUp to 90 days

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Visa-freeUp to 30 days

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Eswatini, Gabon, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jordan, Macao, Malawi, Maldives, Mozambique, Peru, Poland, South Korea, Thailand, Türkiye

Visa-freeUp to 90 days per year

Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia

Visa-freeUp to 30 days per entry

Angola

eVisaPublic data

Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Liberia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Uganda

Visa required

Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, North Korea, North Macedonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Vietnam, Yemen

Visa requiredPublic data

Armenia, Bangladesh, Colombia, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Palestine, Serbia, Taiwan, Ukraine

Every passport for South Africa

How this rule was checked

On 31 Oct 2026 we checked this rule against the official sources that govern entry to South Africa, chiefly Department of Home Affairs. Two independent checks reached the same result.

Public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said the same; the check confirmed it.

See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.

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Plan your trip

• Check a trip with more stopsRoute check: the best passport at each stop
• Compare the Tunisia passport with anotherWhat a second passport changes, destination by destination
• See what a second passport addsCombine passports and count the destinations they open together
• South Africa visa requirements for every passportThe full table for this destination
• All destinations for Tunisia passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the Tunisia passport

Before you travel

This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of South Africa.