67 years ago an 18 year old girl lost her life to a calculated predator and although her memory should have long faded from the minds of those who knew her, for some, Myrna Joy Aken remains very much alive in their memories. Content hosted by iono.fm SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht Read more
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When paramedics arrived at a home in Johannesburg in June 2016, they found the lifeless body of a 3-year-old boy. His caregivers claimed he had died after an accidental fall into a bath of water, but the autopsy would tell a very different story. Content hosted by iono.fm SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht
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In 2012, Hawks and officials from Cape Nature uncovered the largest single haul of illegal ivory in the country to that point. The discovery would herald changes in the way South Africa prosecuted wildlife crimes but the true horror of these crimes lies in their connections to a range of other underworld activities. Content hosted
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In March 2011, a series of horrific murders terrified the people of Kwazulu-Natal. Within just a few days, four people had been attacked on the streets and butchered with an axe. The attacks were so violent that many of the victims sustained completing severing of body parts. Although a South African Police Service task team
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On December 4 2001, the body of Marike de Klerk was found in her apartment at the Dolphin Beach estate in Bloubergstrand, Cape Town. Widespread speculation that the former first lady had taken her own life seemed supported by the years of turmoil she’d experienced after her divorce and a public breakup from her fiancé.
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