The Presidency says despite almost 100 security personnel accompanying President Cyril Ramaphosa on his African Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia being denied entry in Poland, his safety is not compromised.
Dozens of the SAPS and SANDF members and a group of local journalists were delayed for more than a day, on a separate aircraft from the president at the Warsaw Chopin Airport.
The Polish authority said they could not allow the group entry with weapons and ammunition that are illegal in their country.
Presidential spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya says in as much as it was regrettable, the president is safe wherever he is.
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