UDM’s Kwankwa released after kidnapping
The United Democratic Movement says its deputy president has been left shaken after a kidnapping.
The party says Nqabayomzi Kwankwa was abducted on Tuesday morning while on his way to Cape Town International Airport to board a flight to Gauteng for the President's inauguration in Pretoria.
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UDM Secretary-General Yongama Zigebe says the abductors demanded a ransom of R10 000.
"The UDM then paid the ransom and Mr Kwankwa was safely released. Shaken and traumatised, all his belongings including his vehicle was stolen.
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It was later found abandoned.
"Mr Kwankwa is in contact with the police and his family has been informed of what has happened,” says Zigebe.
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