The Hawks believe the kidnappers could be part of a syndicate responsible for kidnappings in the Western Cape.
The unhinged pastor was confronted by teachers at the school but with the masked bodyguard waving his weapon around and the pastor yelling “I will fight you”, they had little choice but to watch the men drag the screaming children away.
According to the police report, the pilot endured hours of torture and physical assaults. It only ended when he was left penniless. He is just happy to be alive.
Where the boy has been for the last few years remains a mystery, but investigators will be interviewing him this week to try and put the pieces together.
Kayla Unbehaun went missing in 2017 after she was believed to be abducted while in the care of her mother, Heather Unbehaun.
A suspect has been detained in connection with the abduction and will appear in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court for a bail application on Friday.
Instances of abduction have almost doubled in South Africa, with 4,028 cases of kidnapping being registered in 2022.
When investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck looked at the eyes of the little girl who sat next to her father in that picture back in 2002, he immediately knew something was “terribly wrong”.
California law enforcement wrongly accused a couple of lying about their kidnapping ordeal, likening it to ‘Gone Girl’, until the perpetrator was finally arrested.
Reports allege that 162 schoolkids have been abducted from a school in the North West by drunk people posing as parents.
In 2001, a young mother had her newborn baby snatched from her outside a shop. More than two decades later a random picture on Facebook has helped crack the case.
In a shocking incident that played out in a Jozi restaurant, a man attacked a four-year-old as she sat at a table with her mother.
Social media has been blowing up with stories about abducted children in Cape Town, causing mass panic. But how much of it is actually true?
A 20-year-old Brit, abducted on her way to a photoshoot in Milan, was set to be auctioned off online. Luckily for her, one detail ensured her freedom.
Almost a week after being hi-jacked with his father, Mongezi Phike saw his mother on TV when she appeared on the Saturday night news. The appeal got straight to the very person she was hoping to find, her son.
Kobus du Plessis gave his daughter a Winnie The Pooh umbrella he bought for her fifth birthday. The thing is, she’s not five, she’s fifteen. The Durban policeman had tracked down his 15-year-old daughter Zandrea and her sister, Leonie, 18 after their mother vanished overseas with them ten years ago. Check this out.