The Department of Home Affairs has revoked South Africa's 90-day visa exemption for holders of ordinary Palestinian passports after an investigation found deliberate, ongoing exploitation of the rule, reports Cape town Etc .
According to SA News the department said intelligence and security cluster findings showed intermediaries-chartered flights to move people from Gaza in ways that were not consistent with short-stay travel.
The move follows the arrival in November of two charter flights, including one carrying 153 Palestinians who were held on the tarmac at O.R. Tambo before 130 were admitted after humanitarian assurances.
