The two South African engineers – Frederic Potgieter (53) from George and Peter Huxham (55) from Langebaan – are still imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea and are trying to appeal their drug smuggling conviction.
On Sunday, Obiang’s superyacht sailed away from Cape Town, released as it was apparently “unlawfully attached” and leaving South African businessman Daniel Janse van Rensburg in the lurch.
Cape Town’s high court has cracked down on the vice president of Equatorial Guinea, seizing two homes and a superyacht that belonged to him.