{"id":44707,"date":"2026-03-10T16:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/man-presumed-kidnapped-located-hambanathi-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:12:43","slug":"man-presumed-kidnapped-located-hambanathi-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/man-presumed-kidnapped-located-hambanathi-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Presumed Kidnapped Located: Hambanathi – KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received a call for assistance from a cashier at the Tongaat Toll Plaza on the N2 – KZN who believed that a male had been kidnapped yesterday afternoon (Monday). <\/p>\n

Reaction Officers were dispatched and interviewed the witness on arrival. She explained that a white Suzuki Ertiga had stopped to pay the toll fee when a male passenger exited the vehicle crying and appeared emotional. A female began consoling him while another male assisted in escorting him back into the vehicle. The vehicle thereafter proceeded southbound on the N2.<\/p>\n

A witness at the toll plaza informed Officers that he recognised the male and provided a contact number. Officers made telephonic contact with him and were informed that he had been dropped off in Hambanathi – KZN.<\/p>\n

Reaction Officers proceeded to the location (picture 2) and found the 34 year old male heavily intoxicated. He explained that he had been consuming alcohol at a tavern when three (3) males convinced him to accompany…<\/p>\n

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Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received a call for assistance from a cashier at the Tongaat Toll Plaza on the N2 – KZN who believed that a male had been kidnapped yesterday afternoon (Monday). Reaction Officers were dispatched and interviewed the witness on arrival. She explained that a white Suzuki Ertiga had stopped to pay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/647389839_1368159822004440_7406782208833775719_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-44707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/647389839_1368159822004440_7406782208833775719_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}