At the height of the frantic search mounted for kidnapped Gqeberha biokineticist Riana Pretorius, the estate of her boyfriend, Carel du Preez, was placed under final sequestration in the city’s high court.
After a week of intense negotiations behind closed doors, payment of a R1.1m ransom, prayer services and an arrest, Riana Pretorius, 26, was finally released by her kidnappers in the early hours of Friday.