After almost 20 hours of being stuck at the Warsaw Airport in Poland, President Ramaphosa's special forces and a media contingent finally received clearance to depart for their next destination.
Drama ensued in the early hours of Friday after a breakdown in relations between the South African and Polish governments over permits.Head of the presidential protection services Maj-Gen Wally Rhoode accused the Polish government of “deliberately sabotaging” Ramaphosa's peace initiative after the aircraft was detained on Thursday. He described as “racist” the behaviour of some officials.
”He was referring to an incident in which a senior female PPS official was trying to organise accommodation for the police and members of the media. Shortly before the drama she entered the plane and informed journalists the police would offer accommodation to female reporters. She never returned.“Now they say that we don't have permits, we have permits. The only difference is that they are saying we cannot bring a copy of a permit, we must bring the original.
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