Foreign students stranded in SA

28 July 2015 - 02:01
By Sashika Pillay

A number of international students at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth are stranded in South Africa because of study permit delays. The students, mainly from Cameroon and Zimbabwe, have been waiting for more than six months for their visa renewals.This means they are unable to leave South Africa or visit their home countries.

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