Leslie van Zyl booked into the Protea Hotel in George on the 28th of August 2000. She did not leave alive. In the years that followed her family would push for justice, but the “do not disturb” sign Leslie’s killer hung on the hotel room door, seemed to apply to his crime too. The next Read more
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In 1991, Mukosi Freddy Mulaudzi was handed down two life sentences for murder. This should have been the end of Mulaudzi’s murderous rampage, but it wasn’t. For the residents of Limpopo, it was just the beginning of their nightmare. Content hosted by iono.fm SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht Music: Snippet from Prime Circle’s
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In 1983, a Bonnie and Clyde-like scenario played out in South Africa that would end in the deaths of four innocent people and the death sentence of one of the perpetrators. The surviving perpetrator, a 19-year-old girl, remained the subject of many unanswered questions. The killer couple were Charmaine Phillips and Pieter Grundlingh and they
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When controversial local gun enthusiast James Thorne was peppered with seven bullets at his farm in the Eastern Cape town of Lady Grey one Friday afternoon, it was the beginning of a huge drama. Then his 19-year-old daughter, Sweeny-pai Thorne — the product of his marriage to a Chinese woman – — walked into the
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In this episode I interview Vanessa Lynch, DNA Crusader, and representative for DNA for Africa. Vanessa’s journey into DNA advocacy started with a devastating loss and her refusal to accept the status quo. She has since been instrumental in the passing of several vital pieces of DNA legislation in South Africa Major new crime-fighting law
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