Another eight held in a different province will be released on Saturday when plan will be made for their deportation.

Nineteen-year-old Tristan-Lee Niemand is the best known of the South Africans who went to China and fell foul of local visa regulations.

Their parents have been informed of their release.

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu has been kept abreast of developments by South Africa’s diplomat mission in Shanghai.

She has urged South Africans going to work in China, or anywhere else abroad, to ensure they have the correct visa and travel documents.

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She says every effort is made to ensure they have consular access.

A fifth of the South Africans in foreign jails have been convicted of drug offences in South American countries.

At least 98 people are being held in China on alleged visa irregularities.

Foreign Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says officials are in touch with the family of English teacher Tristan-Lee Niemand being denied consular access where she held in Jiangsu on visa offenses.

Sisulu urges South Africans planning to teach English in China to check with authorities that they have the correct documentation.

South Africans travelling abroad must ensure they have legal documents and visas.

They just familiarize themselves with details of South African diplomatic missions in their countries of destination and remember the DIRCO telephone number 012 351 1000.

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