VISA for the UK The British government ran adverts in the major newspapers this weekend notifying South Africans intending to visit that country that a Visa will be required upon arrival. In the past any South African visiting the UK did not require a Visa, provided their stay was only a month. One gets the feeling that the English had long gone fed up with South Africans, possibly of the darker hue! A colleague of mine who was visiting Hungary (via the UK) was turned back at the Heathrow for no reason. Heathrow immigration officials denied my colleague entry, or least transit .They booked him the next earliest flight back to South Africa immediately after refusal. What is so strange about this whole saga is that my colleague was not alone on this journey to Hungary, he was with another colleague. Before they left for Hungary (via Heathrow), they had made sure that their papers are in order. Surprisingly one colleague was allowed transit, even though he had the same papers as the othe...