South Africa denied me entry over expired visa,but allowed Europeans without visas - BUA Chairman

The founder and Chief Executive Officer of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has revealed how he was denied entry into South Africa after his visa expired just a day before his arrival, while European travellers were reportedly allowed into the country without visas. Rabiu shared the experience on Thursday at the ongoing Africa CEO Forum holding in Kigali, Rwanda. The businessman narrated that the incident occurred in February 2025 when he travelled from Lagos to Cape Town for the Mining Indaba, only to be turned back at immigration after officials discovered his visa had expired. According to him, the oversight left him stranded for hours at the airport before he was eventually returned to L...