Year later, still no release for SA hostage couple

The family of two South Africans abducted by Somali pirates over a year ago are still trying to raise money for their release.
By Dan Swinhoe
A fundraising event was held last week at the Bluff Yacht Club in Durban, which Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz, who were taken hostage by Somali pirates, often visited. Bruno’s sister Vera Hecht, who was running the event said, “The fund raiser went very well, we made more than R10,000. There was a great turnout and it

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