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Travel advisory · South AfricaCape Town is in or near an area where governments advise against all but essential travel: Cape Flats.Advice depends on your passport. Read your own government's advice before you book.Official advice
Areas with warnings
  • Alexandra (Johannesburg) · avoid non-essential travel · France, Italy
  • Berea · avoid non-essential travel · Spain, France, Italy
  • Cape Flats · avoid non-essential travel · France, Italy
  • Hillbrow · avoid non-essential travel · Spain, France, Italy
  • Pretoria Central · avoid non-essential travel · Spain, Italy
  • Sunnyside (Pretoria) · avoid non-essential travel · Spain, Italy
  • Yeoville · avoid non-essential travel · Spain, France, Italy

Also named by one government: Arcadia (Pretoria) (Spain), Area near Phabeni Gate and Numbi Gate (Hazyview) (France), Atteridgville (Pretoria) (Italy), City centres (general) (Spain), Durban CBD (Germany), Durban marginal neighbourhoods (Spain), Johannesburg CBD (Germany), Mamelodi (Pretoria) (Italy), Marabstad (Pretoria) (Spain), Old city centre (France), Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) CBD (Germany), Pretoria CBD (Germany), Rotunda bus terminal (Johannesburg) (Spain)

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United Kingdom (FCDO)No specific advice against travel; general precautions only–Read the advice
United States (State Dept)Exercise increased cautionMay 27, 2025Read the advice
Canada (Global Affairs)Exercise a high degree of caution–Read the advice
Germany (Auswärtiges Amt)Keine generelle Warnung für das gesamte Land (regional advisories)Oct 28, 2026Read the advice
New Zealand (SafeTravel)Exercise increased caution due to violent crime–Read the advice
France (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs)Vigilance renforcée (zone de vigilance renforcée pour l'ensemble du pays) (regional advisories)–Read the advice

Checked daily from the governments' published advice; last checked Nov 2, 2026. RoamLedger summarises official advice; it is not advice from any government.

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