ActionSA have confirmed that its Gauteng Premier candidate Funzi Ngobeni and Youth Forum chairperson Hluphi Gafane are unharmed but “undoubtedly shaken from being hijacked”.

It is confirmed that Ngobeni and Gafane were hijacked in Olivenhoutbosch, in Johannesburg at about 19:00 on Tuesday evening and held by the hijackers, eventually being located in the Benoni area.

The party confirmed the retrieval of Ngobeni and Gafane, at about 22:45 on Tuesday evening.

ActionSA said it was grateful to members of the South African Police Service who were “incredibly responsive” and “deeply humbled” by the overwhelming outpouring of support and concern from South Africans.

ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont said the party requested that Ngobeni and Gafane be afforded the space to recover from their ordeal with their families before a more substantive briefing of these events can be provided on Wednesday.