They came to New Zealand from South Africa for a better life, expecting their families to follow. “We don’t have much money left.”RICKY WILSON/STUFF South African mechanic Petrus Janse van Rensburg spoke to Stuff from his south Auckland Airbnb. A pilot and fellow South African, Myburgh lives in Canada and has spent much of 2020 organising repatriation flights. Two years later the airline was prohibited from using South African airports until it settled unpaid debts. He said it was not possible for the Government to provide the level of support and information that the South African authorities required for passengers leaving South Africa.

Source: Stuff August 26, 2020 16:52 UTC