reporter: that s right, he s deeply frustrated, and for a president who is usually quite diplomatic named the countries ask regions one by one, which is unusual in these kinds of circles, and then slammed them for instituting these bans. these restrictions are completely unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. the only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage the economies of their affected countries and undermine their ability to respond to it and also to recover from the pandemic. now, if you look at the relative paems of south africa, u.s., u.k. and other regions,
so there has been extra vigilance at the mosque, but in terms of crossing the line, this is something no one saw coming. i have to say about community leaders in many communities, there is a lot of support for each other. there s community outreach on both sides. so people from reaching out to people vice versa that i really can t tell you the profound devastation. the head of the society called it carnage for the people and the shock. there were paems in there. this is a time of evening prayer. and they really did not foresee this kind of violence. important to also point out the backdrop of this happening at a time when there are tensions just south of the border here in the united states over the travel ban.