Families of unlawfully convicted engineers plead with Dirco to ramp up bilateral efforts

It has been more than nine months since Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were arrested on fabricated charges in Equatorial Guinea, with their families urging the South African government to step up efforts to ensure their safe return home in time for Christmas.

Spokesperson for the Huxham family, Francois Nigrini says government has not done much to secure the two engineers’ release from prison, despite a few productive meetings with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) in August.