Ramaphosa stated the South African authorities, working carefully with Russian officers, had secured the boys’s return residence – with most anticipated again quickly.
“Two remain in Russia with one in a hospital in Moscow, while the other one is being processed before finalising his travel arrangements,” his spokesperson Vincent Magwenya stated in a press release on Tuesday.
Ramaphosa had spoken to Putin concerning the scenario on 10 February, he defined.
“President Ramaphosa has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to President Vladimir Putin who responded positively to his call to support the process of returning the men home,” Magwenya stated.
South Africa’s embassy in Moscow would proceed monitoring the lone citizen nonetheless in hospital till he was in a position to journey residence, he added.
The daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, has been named because the alleged recruiter within the scheme, an allegation she denies.
Zuma-Sambudla, who was pressured to resign as an MP over the scandal in late November, stated in an affidavit that she thought the boys – some of whom are her kin – had been going to Russia for “lawful” coaching.
“I would not, under any circumstances, knowingly expose my own family or any other person to harm,” she added.
The former MP filed her assertion with police after her half-sister, Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube, accused her of tricking South Africans to affix the war and laid a prison grievance towards her in November.
In a separate case, police arrested 5 folks in December – together with a radio presenter with South Africa’s public broadcaster – on a charge related to the alleged recruitment of men for the Russian military.
The 5 had been launched on bail – and the trial has but to begin.
