Seven South African citizens, including 19-year-old Tristan-Lee Niemand from the Eastern Cape, have been released from prison in China and will be deported to South Africa.
This was confirmed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) on Tuesday.
Niemand has been detained in Nanjing City since November and her family, along with Dirco have been working tirelessly to bring her back home.
She took a job as a teacher in China through an agency that promised they would get her a work Visa. Niemand, however, only had a student visa.
The arrangement is that the school that employed the seven as English teachers should provide the return tickets for the flight on which they are to be deported. They are expected to return to South Africa before Friday, 21 December 2018.
The Department urged travellers to ensure that they check with the relevant authorities before travelling to other countries.
In June Algoa FM News ran a similar story in June when several South Africans were caught in a similar Visa scam.
Read the story here:
https://www.algoafm.co.za/article/global/94779/sa-students-stranded-in-china-following-visa-scam
