Originally Posted by
ibbitsc
I'm flying into OR Tambo in Jo'berg in March and am due to land at 0750 local. I need to get a connecting flight over to Cape Town and am thinking of booking the 1250 BA Flight.
Is 5 hrs sufficient to negotiate immigration (I've flown into Jo'berg a lot and know it can be bad - just never needed to make a connection), collect baggage, recheck and pass back through security for the Cape Town flight?
That's tonnes of time, you'll have no problem.
When I came into OR from HKG I somehow managed to get landside (by presenting an African visa, which is irrelevant as it is, of course, a totally different country) and then had to navigate the airport. It's a bit befuddling but managed it - locals will try to help you (for cash). Information from staff was poor re: bag collection, which was the only thing that slowed me down.