Jacaranda FM listeners (and other Afrikaans speakers) will now be able to listen to Mzansi’s most listened to true crime podcast, True Crime South Africa, in Afrikaans.
Jacaranda FM has partnered with Nicole Engelbrecht – True Crime South Africa podcaster – to bring her wildly successful podcast to the Afrikaans community.
Nicole Engelbrecht started her True Crime South Africa podcast in August 2019, steadily growing her show during lock-down, and now three years later; True Crime South Africa is Mzansi’s most listened to true crime podcasts at over 3 million downloads to date.
Transforming these intriguing True Crime stories from English to Afrikaans is Gerda de Sousa, beloved newscaster at Jacaranda FM.
“This is a breakthrough podcast project for Jacaranda FM as it’s the first series in which we capture the listener’s imagination with true crime stories that come from our country, translated specifically for our Afrikaans market,” comments Gerda de Sousa, News Editor and Podcaster.
The first six episodes to feature in Afrikaans, focus on the most famous true crime events that still has the country talking. The stories that are told include the Lotter family murders, the Krion scheme that almost ruined Vanderbijlpark financially, the Griekwastad murders that shocked the country, and the story behind the Krugersdorp murders that recently made national headlines again.
“You might think you know the whole story – wait until you hear these podcasts!” adds De Sousa.
“True Crime South Africa – die Afrikaanse weergawe” launches on 16 August 2022 on Jacaranda FM’s JacPod, with a new episode released every second Tuesday thereafter.
