Govan Whittles’ account of SA flight's grounding in Poland

Questions continue to be raised about why President Cyril Ramaphosa's security team was blocked from proceeding from Poland to Ukraine and Russia. There are also calls from the EFF for the Polish embassy to be downgraded and the ambassador to be expelled from South Africa. Newzroom Afrika’s Govan Whittles unpacks how the drama unfolded.

Tune into Newzroom Afrika DStv channel 405 for more.

[tyf-scott]

LOL, You have to understand South Africa, the rest of the world isn't your playground like it is in South Africa. The rest of the world has rules and regulations, now lets see you talk your way out of this one! LOL

[thenyloncurtain]

YOU CAN'T ENTER ANYWHERE WITHOUT ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🇿🇦‼️

[isaaclusunzi]

This is the result of south African incompetence

[halunkedestodes]

One thing is fact, polish police is super professional and I NEVER experienced racism from the side of the in Poland. Still, there are super strict procedures now in Poland, because of the dangerous situation just beside the boarder in Ukraine. Rzeszów, where the delegates arrived is a super sensitive hub/place, because of the multinational weapons deliverys to Ukraine. Therefore everything must be water tight. Poland doesn’t want to be dragged into this war.

[Gerrardboss-vg]

SA govt at new lows ! What a disgraceful debacle .... you can't make this stuff up !🤪☹️
Who's paying for this mess :'(

[nickmatyida]

So we trusted this head of security who can't even speak properly to tell us what happened at Phala Phala..mxm

[ronalddippenaar]

Why land in a country that's at 'war' with Russia when you are actually on your way to Russia? Does the South African government think that the Poles are unaware of the relationship between South Africa and Russia?

[michaelhardman]

Mate that's an arms caches, sniper rifles, handguns AR`s WTF. Crazy, madness for a President that`s insignificant in the world political in the sphere of leaders. Well done Poland.

[anticorrup-go]

What a cuuuute man and so intelligent. I appreciate when he unpacks and speaks with such clarity.

[marianetleroux]

If the SA government didn't sell weapons to Russia, they might have been treated with more trust

[VictorScic]

good fair comments from the reporter, not every incident has a racial background, the previous security expert pointed out that it's not normal to have a larger than 100 team of armed security personnel and he gave the example that with Nelson Mandela only two pistols were allowed. Sorry, a team of 100 plus armed staff is a private army.

[annecelestin]

Snipers, sounds a bit fishy and the SA officials are not going to give any explanation 😂😂😂

[cliffsdepot]

When the British PM visits Kyiv he goes with a 12 man security team. The SANDF warned this lot that they needed to sort out their paperwork before they flew.

[ChristianBennett]

This gent made me understood this better then a gossip story.👑🔥

[topweddingsa]

Govan is a legend, great reporting on plane

[JSepa]

The Polish officials should have arrested the entire anc delegation. Well done Poland

[budyn]

Not a fan of the Polish government or bureaucracy, but why is the first reaction from SA authorities to call them racist? Was there anything to suggest that race played a role in any of this?

[sonjaleroux]

And the rest of the WORLD is watching and laughing at SA

[ritahunter]

Oh please
cyril sort out south Africas problems. Tiresome

[wouterkellerman]

Inadequate preperation.
Amateur hour.
Poland is not Africa.
Rules are rules.