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Original Post Date: 2009-05-18 Time: 17:00:03 Posted By: Jan
By Poloko Tau
Eleven Zimbabweans were freed in Yeoville, Joburg, after they were locked up by kidnappers for more than a week without food and proper sanitation. All they had until police found them in a smelly, windowless room on Thursday were three broken chairs, one blanket and a “bucket toilet”.
Police believe a Zimbabwean syndicate that preys on their fellow countrymen is responsible for this crime.
Six men and two women, together with three children between one and two years old, were promised jobs and cheap transport to Joburg from the Beit Bridge border post near Musina in Limpopo.
| ‘There was not much I could do but give them some water’ |
When they arrived in Joburg, they were locked up in a room at a block of flats, with their abductors demanding R1 500 from their families in exchange for their freedom.
A 23-year-old woman and her two children were locked up with a group of men with whom they shared a bucket which served as a toilet.
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“I didn’t know what to do to my children as they cried; we would all cry. There was not much I could do but give them some water,” she said.
“We sat all day and night cramped in that room with no blankets. We prayed for our freedom until we ran out of energy.”
The fatigued group sat in an office at Joburg Central police station on Thursday night, feasting on chips, bread and cooldrinks organised by the officers.
Police spokesman Captain John Maluleke said three Zimbabweans had been arrested following a tip-off from someone who was previously locked up with the group before his ransom was paid.
One man was arrested after police set him up to meet a woman who he thought was going to pay a ransom for one of the abductees.
“This man then took us to Elmont Court, where we found a group of people locked up in a small room with an awful smell,” Maluleke said.
“The men have been charged with kidnapping and assault, and are expected to appear in court soon.
“We believe this is a syndicate operation and we could possibly make more arrests.”