WATCH: ‘Drugged’ woman on the West Rand uses social media to plead for help
The video received numerous views, shares and comments from people who intended to assist or find out more about her whereabouts.
Social media proved its worth in engaging and connecting people when a woman, who claimed to have been drugged and allegedly kept hostage, went live on Facebook to seek help, Roodepoort Northsider reports.
The woman, Lerato Letsie, as she appears on Facebook, initially posted that she needed help on a property in Weltevreden Park, claiming that a man had drugged her and locked her inside the house.
She then recorded a live video on top of the roof, appealing for help from anyone and claiming that she had called the police, but they had not arrived on the property as yet, and she was passing out.
The video received over 10,000 views, numerous shares and comments from people who intended to assist or find out more about her whereabouts.
Following this, she posted another video saying she was safe and the police had arrived to rescue her.
Blue lights could be seen in the background of her second video.
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