Recent reports reveal that Buffalo City Metro is the epicentre of kidnappings in the Eastern Cape.The trend has been growing in recent years, usually targeting people in foreign-owned businesses, but recent months have seen a dramatic rise in cases targeting South Africans.
East London businessman who was abducted at his Amalinda business premises on Thursday afternoon is back home safe, Hawks said on Monday. Pramesh Hooka, 47, the owner of Autostyling, is believed to have been released by his kidnappers around midnight on Sunday. A manhunt was launched by Hawks shortly after his kidnapping incident, by five men, which went viral on social media.