The following info was downloaded from the Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs websites on 1st December 2010 and is therefore presumed accurate. However, please check before relying on this information 100% – particularly for the more unusual countries!

Clients, Models and Crew from the following countries are able to enter on Visitors Permits that are issued at the point of entry:

Exempt and intend to stay 90 days or less
If you hold a national passport (diplomatic, official or ordinary) or a travel document for the any one of the following listed countries / territories / international organisations, you will not need to apply for a visa before arriving at a South African port of entry if you intend to stay in the country for 90 days or less:

Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Botswana
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Liechtenstein
Luxemburg
Malta
Monaco
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Paraguay
Portugal
San Marino
Singapore
Spain
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Uruguay
Venezuela
United Kingdom incl. Northern Ireland, British Islands of Bailiwick, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Virgin Islands plus British Overseas Territories namely: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and Dependencies (Ascension Island, Gough Island and Tristan da Cuna), Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, the Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the Turks and Caicos Island
United States
Zimbabwe

Exempt and intend to stay for 30 days or less
If you hold a national passport (diplomatic, official or ordinary) or a travel document for the any one of the following listed countries / territories / international organizations, you will not need to apply for a visa before arriving at a South African port of entry if you intend to stay for a period of 30 days or less, or are in transit:

Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Cape Verde
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Gabon
Guyana
Hong Kong (only with regard to holders of Hong Kong British National Overseas passports and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports),
Hungary
Jordan
Lesotho
Macau (only with regard to holders of Macau Special Administrative Region passports (MSAR))
Malaysia
Malawi
Maldives
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Peru
Poland
Seychelles
Slovak Republic
South Korea (Republic)
Swaziland
Thailand
Turkey
Zambia