South Africa has announced it is relaxing controversial travel rules that many believe have damaged the country’s vital tourism industry.
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said the changes would be introduced in time for the December holidays meaning more visas on arrival.
The government – anxious to revive a struggling economy – says foreign families will no longer have to produce their children’s birth certificates.
For the past four years, tourists trying to get into South Africa have been wrestling with an elaborate maze of red tape.
