Donations that were raised to help rescue Pierre Korkie, killed in a US rescue operation, will now be used to assist his widow and children.
Yolande Korkie repeated: "He’s a teacher, he’s a teacher, he’s a teacher", as if she had not accepted her husband’s death.
The body of Pierre Korkie, who was killed during a US rescue operation, returned to South Africa this morning.
The widow of Pierre Korkie, who was killed Saturday morning during a rescue operation in Yemen, says people have choices and she chooses to forgive.
Kidnapped South African Pierre Korkie has been seen for a third time in Yemen, according to the Gift of the Givers Foundation.
On May 27 Pierre Korkie will have been held captive by al-Qaeda extremists in Yemen for one year.
Gift of the Givers says it has received feedback about kidnapped South African Pierre Korkie as al-Qaeda militants still want ransom money.
Gift of the Givers says there is no certainty about the health or whereabouts of kidnapped South African Pierre Korkie in Yemen.
There has been no word from the Yemeni kidnappers of South African Pierre Korkie, according to Gift of the Givers.
The kidnappers said they won’t execute Pierre Korkie despite their deadline for receiving -million in ransom expiring Saturday, a mediator said.
Yolande Korkie, the wife of a South African man being held hostage by al-Qaeda in Yemen, has made a final video appeal for his release.
The al-Qaeda militants who kidnapped Pierre Korkie in Yemen have made contact, wanting to know where the ransom money from the SA government is.
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.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim will travel to Yemen in a bid to secure the release of Pierre Korkie, who was kidnapped with his wife in 2013.
