Negotiator from Gift of the Givers passes on video to intermediaries in Mali.
Tanya FarberMembers of Cape Town’s large Muslim community are supporting the campaign to release South African hostage Gerco van Deventer, who has been held in Mali for more than five years.Libya by a splinter group of Al-Qaeda before being “sold off” to captors in Mali.
“We have proceeded with a campaign focusing on the month of Ramadan as a month of mercy,” Gift of the Givers head Imtiaz Sooliman told TimesLIVE. The placard display formed part of the Iftar meal which was attended by more than 3,000 people and hosted by Gift of the Givers. “He has pushed those items to the intermediaries to forward to the captors. We remain hopeful during this month of mercy things will change and the captors will look at Gerco with a compassionate eye,” Sooliman said.
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