Eleven men lured to Ukraine war back on home soil
Eleven more South African men who were lured into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine have returned home.
Their plane landed at King Shaka International Airport in Durban on Wednesday night.
It is understood that 17 men were promised security training and jobs by their recruiters last year, but instead found themselves on the front lines and stranded in Ukraine's Donbas region.
A group of four men returned last Wednesday.
At the airport on Wednesday night, one of the arrivals was seen in a wheelchair.
ANC spokesperson in KwaZulu-Natal, Fanle Sibisi, says they're relieved.
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He told SABC News they are calling for action against those who played a key role in their recruitment.
"It is unfortunate that people are able to thrive on the problems that we are faced with as a country, because this is an issue of unemployment.
"What is happening here [is] desperate and needy, unsuspecting South Africans were lured through this process.
"We are calling for authorities to ensure that there is a clear accountability to those who were responsible for [their] recruitment, regardless of which family they come from and regardless of which political party they come from."
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