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The Tanzanian authorities released Muthoki Mumo, a former journalist from Nation Media Group, and Angela Quintal, former editor-in-chief of Mail & Guardian, who had been arrested in unclear conditions.
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) said the two journalists were back at their hotel.
"South African High Commissioner Thami Mseleku is meeting with them to discuss the night's events and will meet with the Tanzanian authorities." Dirco's spokesman Ndivhuwo Mabaya said met with Ms. Quintal this morning, "said Thursday the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dirco tweeted.
The Mail & Guardian said that, according to Mabaya, the South African High Commissioner would like the Tanzanian authorities to address a number of issues.
Read: Journalist Muthoki Mumo, Former Guardian Editor, Arrested in Tanzania
Among the problems, there is the reason why Quintal and Mumo were arrested and why the authorities still hold their passports.
Quintal tweeted Tuesday morning before 1am that she and her colleague had been released.
However, his family has expressed concern that the tweet appears as if it came from Quintal whose Twitter account had been suspended.
"SOS, we are taken for interrogation to Dar, we do not know why, taken from the Southern Sun Hotel," she said.
Mumo's former colleague at Nation Media Group said: "They sit on the South African High Commission, and the High Commission of Kenya is also looking into the matter."
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