When 13-year-old Jerobiojin van Wyk went missing on February 2, his mother tried to get assistance from Klawer police. Eventually, five days later, her pleas were taken seriously when human remains were found on the property of train driver Daniel Smit. When Smit’s attorney told media her client said he was responsible for multiple murders Read more
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One week ago, four young brothers from Polokwane were kidnapped on their way to school. Their father, a wealthy businessman, awaits a ransom demand as it seems clear that the Moti family have been targeted by an organized crime ring. In this minisode, we discuss kidnapping for ransom in South Africa. Content hosted by iono.fm
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Focus on femicide and female victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse is often significant, but then the victim is a man, it’s difficult to get the public and sometimes even the justice system to treat the crime with the same level of seriousness. In this week’s spotlight minisode, we discuss the recent second season
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In this week’s minisode we discuss a family murder in Oranjeville, the conviction of baby Orderick Lucas’ murderer, and the escape from custody of Mohammed Nasir, who is accused of murdering his wife and 8-month-old baby. Oranjeville Family Murders The bodies of 80-year-old Johannes Van Vuuren and 58-year-old Dorothia Van Staden were discovered in Oranjeville,
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On the 22nd of February 2018, the night sky around Diep Rivier train station was lit up with the embers of a burning vehicle. Emergency personnel would find the body of a female in the boot of the car. How she came to be there was a matter of betrayal of the worst kind. On
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