The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, two South African engineers who have been imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea for 558 days, this week attended a session of Parliament to appeal to the International Relations Committee to prioritise efforts to secure the men’s release. Potgieter’s wife Sonja and Huxham’s life partner Kathy McConnachie, were present at the meeting of the International Relations Committee, where the Democratic Alliance tabled a request for the committee to include a formal hearing with the families in its programme for this term and to invite representatives from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) to provide feedback on the steps government is taking to secure their release.
