Thapelo Dhludhla, a 27-year-old soccer player, is suspected of staging a kidnapping in Mpumalanga.
Police have begun investigating what they suspect is a staged kidnapping, centering on a 27-year-old professional soccer player from Witbank, Mpumalanga.
Provincial police spokesperson Mavela Masondo said Marumo Gallants midfielder Thapelo Dhludhla's family reported him missing on Sunday.
The family also alleged that it received a call from suspected kidnappers demanding a ransom.
Masondo reports that after seven days, the player reappeared at home without a scratch, fuelling investigators’ suspicions that he may have orchestrated his own disappearance.
