Health & Safety in South Africa

Health Information

Information supplied by TWgroup LTD. This page was last updated on 2011-05-27.

Compulsory Vaccinations

Yellow fever certificate if arriving within 6 days after leaving or transiting countries with endemic or infected areas.

Exempt: A) Babies under 12 months providing a medical certificate can be provided stating that it is undesirable to inoculate the baby.

B) Pax not leaving transit areas in airports of countries affected.

Recommended Immunisations

Diphtheria, Tetanus,�Hepatitis A, Influenza A (H1N1).

In addition, the following recommendation(s) may also apply to those travelling frequently or intending to spend extended time in this country: Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Rabies, Cholera, Typhoid.

Risks

Malaria exists throughout the year in the low altitude areas of the Mpumalanga Province (including the Kruger National Park), Northern Province and north eastern Kwazulu-Natal as far south as the Tugela river. Risk is highest from Oct-May.

Rabies.

Safety

Despite South Africa's terribly high crime rate, most visitors to South Africa come and go without incident.

Crime is probably the most serious problem facing the country, but it is highly concentrated in the poor African and coloured townships, and in Johannesburg. Precaution rather than paranoia is the way to remain safe.

The greatest danger to your personal safety is probably on the roads, where South Africans mix drinking and driving to an atrocious extent.

The following advice may be of use:

• Dress down, and try not to look like a tourist.
• Don't wear jewellery, fashion sunglasses or expensive watches.
• Know where your valuables are.
• Carry your bag under your arm.
• Don't let groups of strangers get too close to you.
• Lock all car doors at all times in the city.
• Take the bare minimum of accessories to the beach.
• Keep your passports, plane tickets, jewellery of value and large sums of money in safe custody.

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