A mine employee was hijacked and kidnapped just as he was leaving Carletonville this week.

This crime took place on October 29.

A 61-year-old employee of Vaal Reefs mine was driving with his work bakkie, a Toyota Hilux, to Johannesburg on the R501.

He had just passed the four-way stop at Agnew Road in Carletonville when he saw a white sedan behind him flashing its headlights. Although this driver indicated that he must stop, the employee continued driving.

Soon afterwards, a white Toyota Quantum with blue lights overtook him and abruptly stopped in front of his vehicle. The employee was forced to stop.

Two armed men in traffic officer uniforms jumped out.

The thugs, who spoke isiZulu, grabbed him and forced him into the sedan, where another man was waiting. This man covered his face, and they drove off.

The hijackers took his cellphone and later dropped him off in a veld. As he walked he noticed a BP filling station where people told him he was in Zuurbekom and also helped him get to the police.