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'You're travelling at your own risk', Pandor warns South Africans going abroad
Many South Africans were left stranded in foreign countries when the world imposed travel bans in March in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19...
Minister Pandor is joined by other senior officials of the department including deputy ministers Alvin Botes and Candith Mashego-Dlamini.
The ‘Sunday Independent’ reported that Dirco assisted the fugitive couple to leave on the Malawian president’s plane with diplomatic passports, which contained false names and cosmetic facial changes.
International Relations and Cooperation Minister (Dirco) Naledi Pandor said in the coming days and weeks the mission would continue to bring nationals home.
Most of the South Africans there are tourists, but many say they need urgent medical attention.
Last week, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) expressed its concern over reports that Africans were being evicted, forced to get tested and quarantined.
Speaking at a briefing, the minister said over 3,600 South Africans had asked to be brought back home through various missions.
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor is giving an update on the repatriation of South Africans stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The international relations department noted Donald Trumps' decision came right at the time when the COVID-19 outbreak hit Africa.
Officials said they would assist and prioritise people stuck at airports, students, the elderly and the sick.
This after a number of complaints from South Africans abroad, saying they had not been helped.
According to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, more than 1,470 South Africans are stuck in a number of countries as a result of coronavirus regulations.
Eighty-one people died in mainland China and around 2,800 people were infected with the virus.
The landing of the plane in 2013 caused an uproar because it carried over 200 wedding guests for the Gupta family.
Minister Naledi Pandor has delayed her trip to the united nations to meet diaspora civil society organizations in Pretoria to find solutions to the violence.
The pair together with ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo have been appointed envoys by President Cyril Ramaphosa following weeks of violence against foreign nationals in the country.
Bruce Koloane came under the spotlight after testifying at the state capture inquiry that as chief of protocol in 2013, he enabled the Guptas to land their privately charted jet at the Waterkloof Air Base.
Mushfiq Daniels (28) was last seen in Ho Chi Minh City earlier this month. He'd been teaching English.