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‘We should respect each other’: South Africa says notification not given before travel ban imposed

A Global Affairs spokesperson says the South African High Commission was notified on the same day that the travel ban was announced, which the mission disputes.

Following the announcement on Nov. 26 of travel restrictions being imposed on South Africa and neighbouring southern African nations by Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, middle, and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, South African High Commissioner Sibongiseni Dlamini-Mntambo, left, took issue with the Canadian government's lack of notification. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

January 19, 2022

It’s not just the decision to implement a controversial travel ban on southern African nations, which since has been revoked, but the way in which Canada went about announcing the plan, that irked South Africa's envoy in Ottawa. Outgoing South African High Commissioner Sibongiseni Dlamini-Mntambo...

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