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Kidnapping in South Africa is a common crime in the country, with over 4,100 in the 2013/2014 period, and a child going missing every five hours. [1] [2]The 1966 kidnapping for ransom of Etty Glazer for R140,000 was 4 times the ransom paid in the Lindbergh kidnapping and was the highest paid ransom demand in the world at the time.
Zephany Nurse (born 28 April 1997), is a South African woman who was abducted from Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa on 30 April 1997, when she was two days old. Nurse was reunited with her biological parents, Morne and Celeste Nurse, 17 years later, after DNA tests confirmed her identity. [1] [2]
Stompie Seipei Born James Seipei 1974 Parys, South Africa Died 1 January 1989 (aged 14) Soweto, Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa Cause of death Murdered (by Jerry Vusi Richardson) Other names Stompie Moeketsi James Seipei (1974 – 1 January 1989), also known as Stompie Moeketsi or Stompie Sepei, was a teenage United Democratic Front (UDF) activist from Parys ...
Leigh Matthews (8 July 1983 – 9 July 2004) was a South African university student who was kidnapped and murdered. Her disappearance and murder sparked a media frenzy, with the ensuing investigation and court case being one of the most closely followed in South African history.
Hannah Cornelius was a 21-year-old South African Stellenbosch University student. Hannah, along with her friend Cheslin Marsh, were abducted by a gang in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in May 2017, which led to Cornelius being raped and murdered. [2] Her body was found by two borehole pump technicians. [3]
A close call. Rebel Wilson opened up about the “petrifying” moment she got kidnapped and held at gunpoint while visiting a country in southern Africa. Rebel Wilson and Jacob Busch: A Timeline ...
Benedict Cumberbatch is recounting a harrowing experience he had 20 years ago while working overseas.. Speaking with Variety ahead of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of his movie The ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. Indian-Swedish engineer murdered in South Africa Anni Dewani Born Anni Ninna Hindocha (1982-03-12) 12 March 1982 Mariestad, Sweden Disappeared 13 November 2010 (aged 28) Gugulethu, South Africa (33°58′42″S 18°34′26″E / 33.97833°S 18.57389°E / -33.97833; 18.57389 ...