Preyed on by scammers during 12-day hellish search for missing family

During the search for the missing family, the brother received calls from a hitman and a sangoma trying to solicit money

16 January 2024 - 21:47 By MFUNDO MKHIZE

Unscrupulous scammers, including a hitman and a sangoma, preyed on the distraught family of KwaZulu-Natal man Mandlendoda Hlongwane, who went missing with his fiancé and son on January 1...

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