ZA/Joburg resident here - he was actually located after he SMS'd his girlfriend, and the cops used his mobile phone signal to locate him. It was widely tweeted,

ZA/Joburg resident here - he was actually located after he SMS'd his girlfriend, and the cops used his mobile phone signal to locate him. It was widely tweeted, but from what I gather it had very little to do with the actual recovery of the gent in question.