Pierre Korkie is confirmed to be alive after kidnappers threatened to execute him on Friday, The Gift of the Givers Foundation said.
Gift of the Givers Foundation says there has been no word from Pierre Korkie’s kidnappers in Yemen, as the ransom deadline looms.
Gift of the Givers is pushing ahead with its strategy to secure the release of SA teacher Pierre Korkie, who was kidnapped in Yemen last year.
International relations says the embassy in the Republic of Congo is ready to help South Africans affected by munitions blasts in Brazzaville.
Relief and charity organisations have initiated a wide-scale aid relief effort after tornadoes wreaked havoc in Gauteng and the Free State.
Although difficult to quantify, SA’s contribution to relief efforts in Somalia exceeds R20-million so far, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
South Africans have donated another 600 tonnes of supplies to famine victims in Somalia, aid group Gift of the Givers said on Friday.
African countries ought to do more for the people affected by famine in the Horn of Africa, says international aid group Oxfam.
At least seven people have died in Somalia after government troops clashed with refugees in a food riot outside a humanitarian camp in Mogadishu.
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/ 26 January 2009
A South African charity worker has been detained by Egyptian security officials on route to Gaza, a media report said on Monday.