 He and Botha grabbed a car, and drove to Johannesburg, without accompaniment by assistance or bodyguard.They drove slowly and quietly to the centre of Johannesburg, as best as they could without being seen.A meeting with the Strike Committee was arranged, but what Smuts and Botha had assumed would be a professional meeting resembled a hostage situation, as the two were held at gun-point as they were dictated the unions’ terms.