Gift of the Givers on negotiator sent to Mali for safe return of SA citizen held hostage

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On That Weekend Feeling with Daron Mann this week, Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman takes us through the foundation’s mission to negotiate the release of South African Paramedic, Gerco van Deventer, who was kidnapped in Libya in 2017 and later sold to al-Qaeda terrorists in Mali.
14 Apr 2023 English South Africa News · Sports News

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