The dancer had hoped his mother Jacobeth, and siblings would be able to fly into the UK from South Africa to watch his show at the london Palladium, but 'Visa issues' prevented them from doing so.
Strictly Come Dancing pro Johannes Radebe fought back tears during the opening night of his show after revealing his family's trip to the UK was delayed by 'visa issues.'
Speaking about his family's absence, he told the audience: 'I was hoping that they were going to be here this evening, but because of visa issues.' After a battering from the Tory backbenches over annual net migration hitting a record 745,000, the Home Secretary said it would lead to the 'biggest ever reduction in net migration'.
'While currently only several hundred such claims are made a year it is likely a greater proportion of people will no longer meet the threshold based on earnings alone and rely on their Article 8 rights. The proportion of those that would be successful is uncertain.' Before adding: 'But then I was paired with this wonderful woman. Not only did Annabel make sure I was OK emotionally, her family also opened their doors to me'.He said he wasn't happy with the producers partnering choice as while Annabel was coming to terms with the death of her husband while he was also also dealing with his own grief.
In between his performances, Johannes was joined by his celebrity dance partner Annabel Croft, who praised him after they competed on Strictly together last year
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