No visa needed

Do citizens of Mozambique need a visa for South Africa?

Citizens of Mozambique don’t need a visa for South Africa and can stay up to 30 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Mozambique: the passport opens 32 countries visa-free; Maputo — Pretoria: ≈ 440 km, about 1 hour of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to South Africa without a visa on a Mozambique passport?

Yes, citizens of Mozambique don’t need a visa for South Africa for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

South Africa visa rules at a glance

With a Mozambique passport you can visit 32 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mozambique passport ranks 141st of 199.
Mozambique passport: visa-free access to 32 countries; South Africa passport: 60.
Citizens of Mozambique and South Africa can travel together visa-free to 29 countries, for example: Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Mauritius, Rwanda, Kenya, Angola, Seychelles, Benin, and Ghana.
Mozambique and South Africa share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of South Africa, in turn, don’t need a visa for Mozambique. Mozambique visa for citizens of South Africa

Travelling to South Africa: good to know

Maputo — Pretoria: about 440 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: South African Rand.
Languages: Afrikaans, English, South Ndebele, and Northern Sotho.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZAR 16.
South Africa is the 2nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mozambique.