Despite a petition to ease the UK’s travel restrictions on South Africa, new UK quarantine prices will put travelling South Africans under pressure.

Revised quarantine requirements for UK residents returning to England from trips abroad brings no joy to tourist-hungry South Africa.

Travellers from red-list destinations face fines of up to £4,000 if their UK quarantine hotel stay was not booked before their arrival.

The UK-based airline has announced it is scrapping all flights to South Africa until mid-April.

Visiting friends and family in the UK may soon be out of the question for most South Africans if proposals for self-paid hotel quarantines get the green light.