CHAPTER TWO
Four-hour effects
When they reached the countryside, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) into the terrifying journey, the kidnappers ordered Ms Tau to stop.
Then a red car arrived at the scene and a man got out, took his bank cards and forced him to reveal his PIN numbers.
''Other people from the car... started going through all my different cards. They were giving [money].''
At the same time, his captors were repeatedly hitting him on the head with a gun, ordering him to increase the amount he was allowed to withdraw.
The horrific incident continued for more than four hours.
At one point he heard someone on the other end of the phone say: ''Just finish him off. We are done.''
''I looked for peace of mind knowing that they would kill me, but I thought again that I need to fight. I have to fight. If they kill me, just fight with me,'' Ms Tau said.
He struggled to get out of the car, but the kidnappers grabbed him and started hitting and scratching him.
He got a chance and ran and crossed the road on the side of the oncoming cars.
This story and that of Mr Bhiku are not theirs.
In February, Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed that 2,605 cases of kidnapping were reported to authorities in the last three months of 2021.
In the decade of 2010, kidnappings more than doubled in South Africa and there are now 10 times more kidnappings per 100,000 people, according to the South African Institute for Security Studies.
This is one of the highest levels in the world.
In 2018, Mr Cele promised to give priority to dealing with kidnapping.