Festive Season 2019/20: Extended operational hours at South Africa's 11 busiest land border crossings!

South Africa's Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is set to extend operational hours at the country's 11 busiest land border crossings to avoid delays over the festive season (04 December 2019 - 13 January 2020). During the festive season, high volumes of people are usually recorded at South Africa's borders with Mozambique, eSwatini and Lesotho. The DHA, as well as the South African Police Services (SAPS) and the South African Revenue Services (SARS), will deploy additional officials at selected ports of entry during the festive season. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) implores all travellers leaving and entering South Africa to ensure that all their travel documents are in order to avoid unnecessary delays at the border crossings. These include passports, visas, health certificates, permits for specified goods, plants and animals and vehicles insurance and bank authorised cross-border documents for vehicles.

Mpumalanga

• Lebombo (South Africa - Mozambique)
• current hours of 06:00 – 00:00 will be extended to 24 hours from 13 December 2019 - 13 January 2020
• Mananga (South Africa - eSwatini)
• current hours of 07:00 - 18:00 will be extended to 07:00 - 20:00 from 21 - 24 December 2019
• Jeppe's Reef (South Africa - eSwatini)
• current hours of 07:00 - 20:00 will be extended to 07:00 - 22:00 from 21 - 24 December 2019
• Oshoek (South Africa - eSwatini)
• current hours of 07:00 - 00:00 will be extended to 24 hours from 19 - 21 December 2019
• Mahamba (South Africa - eSwatini)
• current hours of 07:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 07:00 - 00:00 on 21 December 2019 & 24 December 2019
  

Eastern Cape

• Qacha's Nek (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 07:00 - 20:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 22:00 from 21 - 24 December 2019
• current hours of 07:00 - 20:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 20:00 on 25 December 2019
• Tellebridge (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 05:00 - 23:00 on 13 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 05:00 - 23:00 on 17 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 05:00 - 23:00 from 22 - 24 December 2019

KwaZulu-Natal

• Kosi Bay (South Africa - Mozambique)
• current hours of 08:00 - 17:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 20:00 from 13 December 2019 - 09 January 2020

Free State

• Van Rooyenshek (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 20:00 on 20 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 20:00 on 23 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 24 hours on 24 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 00:00 on 05 January 2020
• Caledonspoort (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 00:00 on 14 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 24 hours on 21 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 00:00 on 01 January 2020
• Monontsha Pass (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 08:00 - 16:00 will be extended to 08:00 - 18:00 from 14 - 15 December 2019
• current hours of 08:00 - 16:00 will be extended to 08:00 - 18:00 from 21 - 24 December 2019
• current hours of 08:00 - 16:00 will be extended to 08:00 - 17:00 from 28 - 31 December 2019
• current hours of 08:00 - 16:00 will be extended to 08:00 - 17:00 from 01 - 03 January 2020