South Africa’s recent rise in the Henley Passport Index has sparked optimism, but what does it truly mean for African ...

The Henley Passport Index compares the visa-free access of 199 different passports to 227 travel destinations.

South Africa is set to introduce significant technological upgrades to its ID cards and passports, with the Department of Home Affairs working to make these documents safer and harder to fake.

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said the government is ramping up its “Home Affairs @ home” initiative to make getting a ...

Achieves its highest position in the Henley & Partners Passport Index in over a decade – with plans to ‘meaningfully increase ...

The latest Henley Passport Index shows that more destinations are offering visa-free access to its holders. The passport ranking increased by 10 percent between 2024 and 2025. This means South Africa ...

Leon Schreiber, South Africa’s home affairs minister, expressed satisfaction with the achievement, attributing it to reforms within the department.

The South African “green mamba” passport has broken into the top 50 most powerful passports in the world for the first time in a decade, according to the Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber.

South African passport-holders can currently visit 106 countries visa-free, and three of these are in Europe. Take a ...