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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 pandemic.
Speaking on 14 December 2020, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said that the African Union has established a task team for Africa to ensure there are vaccines available for the continent. Pandor said “vaccine nationalism” was a problem, and that richer countries might try to hoard the medication.
Minister Pandor is joined by other senior officials of the department including deputy ministers Alvin Botes and Candith Mashego-Dlamini.
Pandor said the 'Independent Media' should retract a suggestion that she was involved in the saga while threatening that her department will seek legal advice.
International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi held a briefing to announce the directives and regulations related to travel and transport under level 1 of the national COVID-19 lockdown.
Ministers in the Cabinet addressed the nation on Wednesday, detailing what changes will come into effect with regards to international travel now that we're under level 1 lockdown.
"She was a very angry young woman; and she was a voice of young people, clear about everybody’s role in the struggle."
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng drew criticism last week after he seemed to publicly support Israel, contradicting South Africa's official foreign policy.
Speaking at a briefing, the minister said over 3,600 South Africans had asked to be brought back home through various missions.
Minister Naledi Pandor said of the 1,471 South Africans were stranded overseas, 723 were students, 204 were employees, 224 were tourists while the status of 320 was unknown.
US-Iran relations are now on shaky ground after US President Donald Trump authorised a drone strike which killed Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad on Thursday.
The minister was speaking at a memorial service she hosted for the Western Sahara Ambassador Radhi Bashir who died last week.
More than 180 of the refugees appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Monday and insisted they wanted to be moved to a country where they would be safe from xenophobic attacks.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will join about 40 other African leaders as the first-ever Russia-Africa summit begins on Wednesday.
Speaking in New York on Saturday night, she highlighted intolerance as the biggest obstacle to building a world free from poverty and inequality.
The UN Climate Action Summit kicked off on Monday as world leaders gathered in New York for the annual event, which the minister attended on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The minister is leading the South African delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week.
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.