Sandra Munsamy details rescue by Hawks

The Westville businesswoman's testifying in the trial against four of her alleged abductors in the Durban High Court. 

The 46-year-old was rescued from a home in Mpumalanga, where she had been chained to a wall for six months after she was kidnapped in Pinetown in 2019.

Munsamy told the court that on the night of her rescue, she had heard movement and voices outside her bedroom window.

Munsamy told the court that one of her abductors then made his way into her room, revealing his face for the first time, since she was abducted.

She said another suspect, who she had never seen before, also came into the room and she was told to be quiet.

Munsamy said they both left the room and moments later she heard shuffling of paper and a loud bang.

She also told the court that a group of people then entered the room, including police and a short man began making his way towards her.

Munsamy said she immediately screamed for him to get away from her as she did not know him.

Munsamy said she burst into tears when the man identified himself as a Brigadier from the Hawks and said they were sent by her brother Inderan to rescue her.

She said she told the Brigadier which abductor had the keys to the iron chain around her ankle and he unchained her.

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On Tuesday the court heard that Munsamy's abductors threatened to kidnap one of her children when they became impatient about the ransom not being paid.

Munsamy told the court she would often get calls from two men about a 10 million dollar ransom demand they had made.

She said she named one of the callers 'Big Boss' and the second, 'Boss 4'.

Munsamy was also in contact with her brother, Inderan, begging him to get her home to her children.

She says he would tell her they were battling to come up with the money but were trying.

Munsamy says the 'bosses' later became anxious and irritated, saying her family wasn't cooperating.

She says they warned her if the ransom wasn't paid, they would take one of her children next.