The government will spend R25 million in an operation by the defence force to repatriate 151 South Africans from China to SA following the outbreak of the coronavirus.
The figures are contained in a letter by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Speaker, Thandi Modise, and National Council of Provinces chairperson Amos Masondo on Thursday.
Ramaphosa said 151 members of the South African National Defence Force will be deployed for the operation.
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