The Gift of the Givers has engaged the captors of paramedic Gerco van Deventer, who has been held hostage in Mali since November 3 2017, said director Dr Imtiaz Sooliman on the return of their negotiator this week to South Africa.
In a video released by the humanitarian aid organisation last month, Van Deventer confirmed that he had been kidnapped by an Al-Qaeda splinter group and was being held captive.