South Africa clarified that transiting a high-risk country is fine (we transited in Doha, Qatar, which is on the high-risk list), as long as you remain airside and do not formally "enter" the country (go through immigration). At JNB we saw several planes from airlines of "high-risk" countries -- e.g. British Airways, Emirates.
I think your biggest risk is that they're going to update the high-risk list every two weeks, supposedly. That makes it tough to plan ahead, since countries that are not on the high-risk list now could be by then.
Thank you. It is really helpful.
Do you have any official source confirming this (ie: transiting through a high risk country and stay airside)?
The reason i am asking is because i am planning to go to SA in November.
Right now i have a return ticket LHR-JNB booked with BA but i can easily spend 10 in Germany before flying to SA.
i would fly to FRA 10 before flying to SA, stay in Germany.
And then fly back FRA - LHR, stay airside and catch the BA flight to JNB on the same day.
Therefore if i could have some evidence to present to be allowed to board and/or enter SA, it would be helpful. I couldn't find any so far.
Thank you.