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Negotiations between disaster relief organisation, Gift of the Givers and Al-Qaeda militants keeping a South African man hostage in Yemen, are severely strained.
The foundation says Pierre Korkie's kidnappers refuse to believe that the South African government is not willing to pay the requested 3 million US dollars in exchange for his safe return.
The head of Gift of the Givers, Imtiaz Sooliman says the kidnappers insist that their office manager in Yemen, Anas al-Hamati has stolen the ransom money that the SA government brought to give them.
Al-Hamati has been facilitating the negotiations.
Sooliman says the militants sent them a picture of a bomb belt, emphasising that al-Hamati is now their target for "stealing" their money.
The South African government has been in talks with the Yemeni government regarding Korkie's release, and have maintained that the government does not pay any ransoms.
