Actor Nyaniso Dzedze and his wife found themselves stuck in “detention” at OR Tambo International Airport on Friday as government enforced a ban on all passengers flying into the country from high-risk coronavirus countries.

Dzedze shared a video on social media claiming that he and his wife, Yana Seidl, an English-German dancer, had been detained at the airport because she held a German passport. Germany is one of the countries SA regards as high risk. Dzedze is South African.

“Being forced to fly out of my own home?!! My wife and I’s current situation … This Corona Pandemonium has brought us to a place of non sensical resolve.

“Yana and I have not been anywhere near the “High risk countries” yet we are both not allowed back home. Dear South Africa … Please release us from detention (sic),” Dzedze said in a message on Instagram.

WARNING — Strong language in the video clip below: