Nobanda nolubabalo biography books

The help and support given freely for years by Henk Vanstaen to South African women abused as drug mules and abandoned in Bangkok’s Lard Lao women’ prison is an uplifting story.

The Belgian man, born in Rwanda but living in Thailand, has formed a special bond with Thando Pendu and her close friend ‘Babsie’ or Nolubabalo Nobanda, another drug mule who returned home to South Africa last month directly after both women were freed under a royal amnesty.

The Belgian believes that both women were innocent victims of human trafficking.

Over a month after being granted a Royal pardon, a South African woman was on the verge of returning home this week when the Home Affairs Office in Pretoria instructed the South African Embassy in Bangkok to issue her with a temporary visa.