Democratic Alliance Applauds Intervention to Secure Release of Detained SA Engineers in Equatorial Guinea

The Democratic Alliance in S.A welcomes the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s intervention to secure the release of two South African engineers detained in Equatorial Guinea for over 15 months. Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were arrested on suspected false drug charges, seen as retaliation for the seizure of assets belonging to Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president, Teodore Nguema Obiang Mangue. The DA’s Emma Louise Powell says International Relations and Cooperation minister Naledi Pandor is scheduled to visit Equatorial Guinea on Saturday, to negotiate their release: