More than money — why SA’s digital nomad visa needs a multidimensional approach

Daily Maverick | 08.05.2026 02:31
In March 2024, Parliament approved and gazetted the digital nomad visa for global remote workers and flexible lifestyle tourists to live and work in South Africa while employed by a non-South African corporation. Applications began to be accepted at the Department of Home Affairs a year later in March 2025, and South Africa joined about 75 other countries around the world who have such remote visa provisions.