Africa
Healthcare and travel insurance in South Africa
$537health spend per person
Healthcare in South Africa
Private hospitals (Netcare, Mediclinic, Life) are excellent but costly without insurance; public hospitals are overstretched. Malaria risk around Kruger and the far northeast.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Clicks and Dis-Chem are everywhere, many with nurse clinics; antibiotics and many medicines need a prescription.
- Doctors: 0.8 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 10111 · Ambulance 10177 · All emergencies 112.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- Cape TownHealthcare & insurance
- JohannesburgHealthcare & insurance
- Kruger National ParkHealthcare & insurance
- DurbanHealthcare & insurance
- StellenboschHealthcare & insurance
- PretoriaHealthcare & insurance
- HermanusHealthcare & insurance
- KnysnaHealthcare & insurance
- Plettenberg BayHealthcare & insurance
- Port ElizabethHealthcare & insurance
- FranschhoekHealthcare & insurance
- UmhlangaHealthcare & insurance
- Jeffreys BayHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: South Africa
- SARS Customs online traveller declaration
- Department of Home Affairs: Remote Work Visa requirements
- Speedtest Global Index: South Africa
- World Bank open data
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