Hearts held hostage
For five long years the family of kidnapped South African Gerco van Deventer have yearned for his release. Now, there is a faint flicker of hope, writes Claire Keeton
23 April 2023 - 00:00
Darkness was falling when Shereen van Deventer, the wife of Gerco van Deventer — a South African paramedic who has been held hostage for five years and five months in Mali — opened the gate to their garden in Swellendam, flanked by spirited dogs. ..
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