He says he has been traumatised by the experience and cannot sleep at night, but is grateful that he wasn’t harmed during the ordeal.<\/p>\n
He went to visit a friend at Chromeville flats and says that he noticed a Toyota double cab bakkie following him, but didn’t give it too much attention.<\/p>\n
“As soon as I parked my car, three armed men rushed towards me, opened the car, jumped inside and forced me into the back. They threatened to kill me if I looked at them or if I tried to escape,” he said.<\/p>\n
The suspects, who appeared to be professional criminals, immediately set up a signal jammer to block the tracker and drove on the Loskop road. They became agitated at the Stop\/Go and eventually turned at the dirt road towards Dennilton just after Loskop.<\/p>\n
It was here that they met up with a Toyota double cab, where another two armed men appeared. They stripped the dashboard and removed the tracker from the Ford Ranger Wildtrak.<\/p>\n
But they weren’t satisfied and demanded cash and bank cards with pins from Mr Mokgoroane.<\/p>\n
The men then drove towards a remote part of KwaMhlanga, where they told Mr Mokgoroane they were now taking his car and he could ask for help from one of the houses in the area.<\/p>\n
“It was a very rural area and the time was 23:00. People didn’t want to open their doors because they were scared. Eventually, one lady opened her window and called the police. I was taken to KwaMhlanga Police Station where I called my brother and returned to Middelburg at 02:00”.<\/p>\n
Mr Mokgoroane says that he is grateful that he was unharmed and has opened a case at the Mhluzi Police Station.<\/p>\n
His car, an orange Ford Ranger Wildtrak with personalised number plates, is now being searched for by police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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