Opposition parties, the Economic Freedom Fighters and the uMkhonto weSizwe, are urging the President Cyril Ramaphosa-led administration not to complete the deal.
Africans across the world organized themselves into becoming reliable resources for African students stranded in war-torn Ukraine to depend on - as their home embassies suggested "staying calm".
African students left their homes and families to receive a good education. Now a war that has little to do with them, has interrupted their education and forced them to flee for their lives towards an uncertain future.
As the hashtag #AfricansinUkraine gets more attention, African students and workers trying to escape danger in Ukraine are experiencing unfair, racist treatment.