Dirco officials to escort SA group in Egypt
The Department of International Relations says officials will escort a group of 22 South Africans making their way home from Sudan.
The evacuees, who were struck on a boat in Egypt, have been cleared to board a flight from Cairo.
They were hired by a company to work on a project in Sudan when the violence broke out in mid-April.
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After a gruelling emergency evacuation, 51 South Africans arrived at OR Tambo International this past weekend.
The department's Clayson Monyela says the group travelling from Egypt should return this week.
"We sent officials from the South African Embassy in Cairo to go and sign them off and get them cleared. This has now been successfully done."
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"They are off the boar and will be headed to Cairo, where they will catch their flight back to South Africa."
