Cape Town Mayor wants Minister to 'block' sanctioned Russian oligarch's megayacht from entering South African waters

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- Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis wants Minister Naledi Pandor to stop Russian businessman Alexey Mordashov's megayacht from coming to South Africa.City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor to "block" Russian businessman Alexey Mordashov's megayacht, Nord, from entering South Africa next month.He said South Africa was bound by the Constitution to take a strong stance against Russia and that it had a "moral duty" not to support the businessman amid his home country's illegal invasion of Ukraine.He continued:Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) spokesperson Clayson Monyela told News24 that Lewis' request was "strange" because that was not Pandor's jurisdiction.It left the island republic due to a fear of sanctions after several yachts belonging to sanctioned Russians were seized by the US and European governments."

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