SHE called her husband as they passed through towns along the N12 in the North West on that long dark night, reassuring him she and the rest of the family were safe.
All evening his phone rang, calls coming from Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp, Wolmaransstad, Bloemhof.
Debbie Christie knew her husband, Sam, was anxious about them and wouldn’t relax until he knew they’d arrived safely at their destination.
There was nothing unusual about the calls – Debbie (50) and Sam (55) had the habit of keeping each other updated about their progress when one or the other was on the road.
Debbie was travelling to see family in the Northern Cape and in the car with her were her daughter, Sammy-Jo (27), Sammy-Jo’s fiancé, Nico Venter (30), and their two children, Mia…
