Just a quick update. We went to Pretoria and didn't get our visas. Firstly they said no but then let us in to speak to the boss. After waiting for him for 4 hours he referred us directly back to the first office and were told absolutely we could get the visa and go and deposit the payment in the bank. He then came running after us as we were about to drive off and said he had just realised we didn't have long enough on our South African visas - you need at least 3 months and as we'd already been in the country for a few weeks we didn't have long enough left. He advised we should apply for our SA visas to be extended and then we would be able to get the Ethiopian one no problem. I don't really understand why having 3 months on a SA visa counts and it doesn't say this on the application form (Non - RSA applicants must have a 6 month temporary permit for SA).
So we gave up there and are going down the DHL route...
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