When Annie Liebenberg’s daughter couldn’t get hold of her mother on the 20th of August 2021, family members went to the home of her partner, Michael Zantow where they discovered a scene of horror. Content hosted by iono.fm SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht Music: Snippet (with permission) from Prime Circle’s Evidence We would Read more
In 2015, visitors to Rhodes Park in Kensington, Johannesburg, approached the multi-acre greenbelt with caution — but during the day it was often filled with picnicking families and groups of youngsters enjoying the fresh air who didn’t always leave as soon as dusk fell. On October 17 that year, though, that would all change. Two
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What would you do if you were wrongly accused, worst still, wrongly convicted of a murder you had no involvement in? In 2003, Thembekile Molaudzi was faced with this exact predicament as he and several other men were handed down life sentences for a crime they did not commit. Content hosted by iono.fm SHOWNOTES:
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‘True Crime South Africa’ delves into the killings of the teenagers and how young love can turn deadly. On May 26 2018, the house mother at Stella High School’s girls’ hostel awoke to horror. In the early hours of the morning, two young residents had been murdered. From initial evidence it appeared teenagers Marna Engelbrecht and
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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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