By Johnathan Paoli
After more than two years of relentless advocacy, legal appeals, and international diplomatic engagement, South Africans Peter Huxham and Frederic Potgieter have been released from prison in Equatorial Guinea.
In a media statement issued by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), the government confirmed that the men were freed following a Presidential Clemency Order and have since returned home to South Africa.
“The Government of the Republic of South Africa welcomes the release of Mr Peter Shane Huxham and Mr Frederic Potgieter from detention in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. This release follows the granting of clemency by the President of Equatorial Guinea,” the statement read.
The release follows a pardon issued by Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mbasogo, bringing a long and painful chapter to a close for the two families and marking a major diplomatic milestone for South Africa.
Huxham and Potgieter,
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