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Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs says South Africans who want to travel to Botswana must make the necessary arrangements to get their travel documents, which will allow them to enter Botswana without any hindrance.
This follows a notification from the government of Botswana that it will no longer accept emergency travel documents for routine visits to the country.
“In a diplomatic note to governments, including the South African government, the Botswana government said the Republic of Botswana wishes to communicate a notice from the Immigration Department informing that travellers using emergency travel documents will not be admitted to the Republic of Botswana for routine visits,” said Home Affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa.
Only travellers travelling under circumstances of emergency will be admitted under the authority of an emergency travel document.
Mamoepa said the use of emergency travel documents will be limited only to emergency situations, which must be supported by documentary proof, which will enable Botswana authorities to allow such visitors to their country. – SAnews.gov.za
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