‘Beaten with a spade, sjambok and hammer’: couple’s R1m kidnap ordeal in Cape Town
Kidnapping cases have increased dramatically over the past year as a lucrative alternative to armed robbery
06 August 2023 - 19:48
A kidnapping victim in Cape Town was told to sell his family farms to pay the R1m ransom demanded for his release...
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