More than 120 South Africans were repatriated last week, and those still waiting to get home are running out of money.
South Africans still stranded in Saudi Arabia fear they will be on the street if they are not helped soon.The second flight was for the South Africans who arrived in JeddahAfter a frantic journey from Khobar to Jeddah, 13 people again missed their flights home and say they are running out of money.
The group of 13 are now holed up in one of the few hotels still open in Jeddah. A night in the cheapest hotel costs about 450 Saudi Riyals, or R2 261.on Monday that they struggled to get permits to make the trip to the airport. “We just drove … The bus really tried. It really, really tried. But on the way there were just too many roadblocks.”
Mahmood Amod is also anxious about getting home to his children. “As a father, you want to make sure they are safe,” he said. “If there was proper planning in place — proper communication between Dirco [the department of international affairs and cooperation], the South African consulate and the Saudi embassy — then we would have made the flight,” Kapery said.
Earlier this month, authorities in Saudi Arabia announced a lockdown and a partial curfew in several neighbourhoods in the port city. By Monday morning, the number of Covid-19 cases in Saudi Arabia had risen to 17 522, with a death toll of 139.
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