By Akani Nkuna
South Africa’s Chief of State Protocol at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Clayson Monyela, has urged South African citizens trapped in the war-torn Middle East to register with the country’s diplomatic missions to help facilitate a possible evacuation once conditions improve.
DIRCO released an informational video on Thursday in which Monyela encouraged citizens abroad to contact South African mission officials while remaining vigilant for any opportunity to leave Iran and Israel safely.
“We are hoping this will continue and hopefully the airspace in these countries will reopen because it is currently closed, which makes it difficult for us to get our people out of those countries and back to South Africa,” he said.
“But we continue to monitor the situation. This is why we want to have the contact numbers of all South Africans trapped in these countries so that we can maintain regular
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