Police launch manhunt after Limpopo businessman kidnapped

Limpopo police are on the hunt for a group of armed suspects who attacked, robbed and kidnapped a local businessman in Polokwane on Saturday night.

"It is alleged that on Saturday at about 9.30pm, the businessman was at his home with his employees when unknown suspects emerged, pointed at them with firearms and ordered them to lie down," police spokesperson Col Moatshe Ngoepe said.

"During the process, the suspects robbed the victims of their cellphones, forced the owner inside his Porsche vehicle and drove away, leaving behind the employees. The car was later found abandoned near Ivy Park suburb within the city of Polokwane."

The victim is still missing.