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The Murder of Lucky Dube. Episode 94 + Bonus Interview with Dr Richard Shepherd

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On the 18th of October 2007 South African music icon Lucky Dube was murdered in a botched hijacking. The 43-year-old musician was shot by three gunmen as he dropped off his son in the Rosettenville suburb of Johannesburg. Born in 1964 to an impoverished family in northeastern Mpumalanga Province, Lucky Dube released his first album Read more

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The Windward Episode 91

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On March 1 2021, the Saldanha Bay harbour was swarming with police officers. The object of their attention was a fishing and small-cargo vessel – The Windward – which had docked in Saldanha two months earlier. Aboard the boat, special operations officers would uncover the Western Cape’s largest haul of cocaine up to that point

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The Murders of Brett Goldin & Richard Bloom Episode 90

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On the 15th of April 2006, Brett Goldin and Richard Bloom said goodbye to friends in Camps Bay and headed down the street to their cars. That was the last time they were ever seen alive. The four men lurking in the shadows were looking to steal a car, and when they saw the two

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The Hunt Family Massacre – Episode 89

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When Ronnie Hunt, his wife Elise, and his son Ronnie Junior were found shot to death in their Reitz home in 2002, one member of the family was conspicuous by his absence. 16-year-old Elro was nowhere to be found and police had to wonder whether he was a victim or the perpetrator? Family murders are

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The Serial Crimes of Havenga & Wessels. Episode 88.

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In 1991, four provinces across South Africa experienced disturbingly similar murders across a short space of time. Soon, police recognized that they were on the hunt for, not just one serial killer, but a pair of them. Though the thought of one serial predator on the prowl is frightening enough, when the rarest phenomenon happens

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