The Hostage

A young man’s miraculous escape from his murderous kidnappers

By

Oliver T. Spedding

Sibosiso walked through the dusty streets of the northern town of Polokwane. He needed to get food and drink and then make his way to the main road to Johannesburg and hopefully get a ride. Once he reached Johannesburg he knew that he would be able to find work that offered some advancement. There were no prospects working on the citrus farm where he had spent all nineteen years of his life so…