A truck driver was hijacked while driving through Carletonville on March 10.

The employee of a business in Potchefstroom was driving his employer’s Fuso four-ton truck on the R501 road, known to local as the P111. The truck was loaded with recycled items from a mine in the area.

As he was driving past the turn-off to East Driefontein on his way back to Potchefstroom, the driver noticed that the rear flap of the truck was open.

He stopped and had just closed the door when two unknown men ambushed him.

The thugs, who spoke isiZulu and Sesotho, pointed him with firearms before jumping inside the truck with him. They forced the victim to drive for some time before they stopped and tied him up in a veld.

The hijackers then drove off with the truck.