Abducted South African activists to return home from Israel on Tuesday, Dirco confirms

South African flotilla activists detained by Israel arrive in Jordan

South African flotilla activists detained by Israel arrive in Jordan

Abducted South African activists to return home from Israel on Tuesday, Dirco confirms

South Africa: South Africans on Gaza Flotilla 'In Good Health', Release Under Way

Procedures for ensuring the safe return of the six South Africans detained by Israel after taking part in the Gaza flotilla are 'advancing steadily,' says Dirco.

Six South Africans freed after Gaza aid mission arrest – CAJ News Africa

from DION HENRICK in Cape TownWestern Cape BureauCAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa’s Parliament has welcomed the release of six activists detained by Israeli authorities while en route to Gaza as part of a humanitarian flotilla mission. The South African Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation confirmed that the group, members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, had been freed and were returning home via Jordan. They are expe…

Israel releases South African humanitarians abducted delivering aid to Gaza

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has confirmed that South African humanitarians, including activist Mandla Mandela, that were abducted by the Israeli authorities will arrive home on Tuesday. They were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian mission delivering aid to Gaza when they were intercepted by the Israeli authorities last week. Chrispin Phiri, ministerial spokesperson, said the department has b…

The Moral Bankruptcy of the Flotilla Activists

The inversion could not be more grotesque. While Israeli hostages languish in Hamas’s tunnels — starved of sunlight, medicine, and human contact — activists in New Zealand plaster walls with posters portraying themselves as “abducted.” These are not prisoners of war or victims of terror. They are self-styled crusaders, smugly waiting for their flights home […]