Saffers stuck in passport limbo in Oman

South Africans who are being offered employment abroad must interact with the authorities before leaving the country to avoid a situation where they find themselves stranded in foreign countries.

- Masoka Dube

This is the view of the department of international relations and cooperation spokesperson Clayson Monyela, who was reacting to the three South African women stuck in Oman, Middle East after their employers reportedly confiscated their documents, including passports and identity books.

Monyela said the department was in the process of assisting two of the three women through South Africa's embassy in Saudi Arabia as they do not have an office in Oman.