The Hawks in the Eastern Cape confirmed that a ransom demand was made after a 20-year-old foreign national student was kidnapped in Gelvan Park in Gqeberha on Saturday night.
A Gqeberha woman and the alleged hitmen who have been charged with the murder of her ex-husband made a brief appearance in the city's high court on Monday.
The leader of the world's Anglican communion faced growing pressure on Monday to resign after a damning report which concluded the Church of England had covered up a serial abuse case.