Ransom Demand For Kidnapped Alize Van Der Merwe

Private investigator Mike Bolhuis has confirmed that the search for kidnapped Alize van der Merwe was on-going and a ransom demand had been made.

The 39-year-old was kidnapped in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Friday.

Van der Merwe was travelling alone in a rented a white Toyota Fortuner on September 20.

According to Bolhuis from Specialised Security Services, a private investigations company based in Gauteng, the victim left East London and had been travelling alone on the N2 towards Umngazi Resort in Port St Johns.

Her last communication with her family was around 11.30am when she mentioned she was planning to stop, likely at the Shell Ultra City in Mthatha N2.