On the 3rd of December 2001, the body of an identified man was found in Moreleta Park. 18 months later, a teenager would confess to his teacher that he and six of his friends had been keeping a deadly secret. The four are: Christoff Becker, Frikkie du Preez, Gert van Schalkwyk and Reinach Tiedt. Three Read more
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Sipho Dube is the embodiment of everything we fear. He is a child rapist and killer and he was as close to invisible as is humanly possible. Between 2002 and 2003, the undocumented and homeless Dube drifted between the mine dumps of Johannesburg like a phantom, luring unsuspecting children with promises of money, toys and
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When we think about the term ‘domestic violence’, we usually picture a woman being abused, whether physically or emotionally, by her male partner. There is another side to this coin, though, and it’s one that is rarely ever discussed. On December 16, 2006, SA lost one of its brightest stars in the arena of performing
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1997 was a year in which a rare type of serial killer would make himself known in South Africa. The Jeppe Pyromaniac was not one of the country’s most prolific serial killers by any stretch, but he was certainly one of the most unique. All the more confounding in this investigation was the discovery that
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On February 18 2007, a quiet Sunday afternoon in Pretoria Gardens, 7-year-old Sheldean Human disappeared from the front yard of her home. Sheldean’s mother, Elize, would report her missing almost immediately, but despite an intensive search and investigation by police, days and weeks ticked by with no news about the young girl’s whereabouts. Then, two
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