Two women who travelled to South America for a friend’s wedding were told by the South African government to wait until Peru’s state of emergency ends. Now they could be coming home.
Two South African women who are stuck in Cusco in Peru have been to “hang tight” while they wait for the state of the emergency in that country to be lifted.
and other travel restrictions. The lockdown was to have been lifted this week, but was then extended to April 12. “The decision [by the South African government] has always been to hang tight actually. They have constantly told us to hang tight and stay strong,” said Ngoasheng, laughing, during a Zoom call with theWhen the restrictions were first imposed, the two women said they were confused about what it meant for them and what they should do. While they were trying to contact the department of international relations and cooperation , their flight to Rio was cancelled.
“They told us they are going to assist us with flights and contacted the airline, but nothing came to fruition from that. We were in contact with Dirco almost from the moment they announced a state of emergency, but nothing has happened and we have not received any assistance from them,” said Ngoasheng.
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