Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane announces that the South African national who was rescued by EU naval forces from a yacht off the coast of Somalia over the past weekend following attack by pirates has safely arrived in South Africa and was received by support staff of government. Sustained efforts to attain the release of two other South African nationals being held by as yet unidentified parties in Somalia are continuing.
For more information, please contact:
Mr Saul Kgomotso Molobi
Cell: 082 940 1647
Tel: +27 12 351 0083
E-mail: molobisk@dirco.gov.za
