News More than 3,000 South Africans return as others devise new plans to come home By ERNEST MABUZA – 04 May 2020 
South Africans stranded in Morocco are working on another plan for their repatriation to SA.
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In an update on Sunday, the department of international relations & co-operation said it had facilitated the repatriation by air of more than 3,000 South Africans stranded abroad.
The department said hundreds of other South Africans had returned by land.
On Sunday afternoon, 275 South Africans who were stranded in the US arrived back home.
Others, also from the US, are expected to arrive back in SA on Tuesday and Saturday.
“Given the challenges we have been experiencing regarding the repatriation of our nationals, mainly from Asia and the Middle East, the department is pleased to announce that on Friday May 8 2020, about 600 South Africans from Bangkok, Thailand, Bali and Jakarta will be repatriated.”
It said the majority of South Africans who were stranded in Europe and the UK had been repatriated.
The department said a further 400 South Africans were stranded in African countries.
“We are working with various stakeholders to explore options on how best to facilitate their return,” the department said.
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