True Crime South Africa
True Crime South Africa
True Crime South Africa
True Crime South Africa
Saturday 14 May 2022 : In 2008, the body of 28-year-old Norman Watermeyer was discovered after he had been missing for several days. When one dogged detective was...
Friday 06 May 2022 : Between 2010 and 2011 a serial predator was hunting young girls in various towns around Gauteng. When it became clear that his crimes were...
Friday 29 April 2022 : As digital sex crimes become more prevalent, it is vital that we understand how these crimes take place and what adults and children can do...
Saturday 23 April 2022 : When Anisha and Joey van Niekerk went missing on the 11th of December 2017, their families immediately suspected foul play. What they could...
Friday 15 April 2022 : Mystery and fear have always surrounded prison gangs, especially the infamous Numbers gangs. In today's episode we strip away the veil and...
Sunday 03 April 2022 : In 1971, one of the biggest bank robberies in South African history took place in Commissioner Street, JHB. Police were convinced it was the...
Friday 25 March 2022 : In July 2019, mother and son, Dora and Rorisang Matseme were brutally murdered in their home in The Orchards, Pretoria. Almost four years...
Saturday 19 March 2022 : On the 21st of April 2015, Jayde Inggs disappeared while waiting for a ride to work. When her body was discovered the next day, the...
Friday 11 March 2022 : Rape and sexual violence is a huge issue in South Africa. Ronel Koekemoer is the counselling coordinator for Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust and...
Friday 04 March 2022 : On the 25th of October 2017, a paramedic spotted a man running toward him in the parking lot of Brits Provincial Hospital. In his arms was...
Friday 25 February 2022 : On the 6th of January 2012, Valencia Behrens was 9 months pregnant when she went to visit a neighbour and never returned. Her baby would be...
Sunday 20 February 2022 : A 13-year-old boy is murdered in a small Western Cape town and South Africa loses its mind, but not for the reasons we'd expect. In this...
Friday 11 February 2022 : In 1998 a prisoner was released from jail after serving just 3 years for a violent rape. By 1999, at least 7 people had lost their lives in...
Friday 04 February 2022 : In 2001, the South African public was horrified by the news that two teenagers, dubbed Adam and Eve, had been arrested for the vicious...
Friday 28 January 2022 : On the night of the 21st of October 1987, police received a panicked call from the neighbour of the Krebs family. A gun shot had gone off...
Friday 21 January 2022 : Between 1999 and 2016 the strange legend of a Houdini-like prisoner haunted South Africa. Was Ananias Mathe really the highly-skilled escape...
Friday 14 January 2022 : In 2002 the bodies of five women were found in a quarry. Four years later when more started to be found, South Africa's IPU realized that...
Friday 07 January 2022 : When a couple delivered their first child on the 3rd of May 1994, they could have no idea that within hours a nightmare would begin that...
Thursday 30 December 2021 : As we bid farewell to 2021, I've put together a wrap of the year in true crime in SA as well as a blooper reel of my recording mishaps for...
Friday 17 December 2021 : Leslie van Zyl booked into the Protea Hotel in George on the 28th of August 2000. She did not leave alive. In the years that followed her...
Friday 10 December 2021 : In 1991, Mukosi Freddy Mulaudzi was handed down two life sentences for murder. This should have been the end of Mulaudzi's murderous...
Sunday 05 December 2021 : In 1983, a Bonnie and Clyde-like scenario played out in South Africa that would end in the deaths of four innocent people and the death...
Thursday 25 November 2021 : In this episode I interview Vanessa Lynch, DNA Crusader, and representative for DNA for Africa. Vanessa's journey into DNA advocacy started...
Friday 19 November 2021 : On the 7th of October 2014, 15-year-old Le-Jeandre De Bruyn disappeared without a trace after receiving a series of notes from an anonymous...
Saturday 13 November 2021 : In March 2012, a family tearing up carpets in their property make a strange discovery. A confession letter will lead a group of...
True Crime South Africa
True Crime South Africa
Episode 80 - The Serial Crimes of Tommy Williams
In 2008, the body of 28-year-old Norman Watermeyer was discovered after he had been missing for several days. When one dogged detective was...
Episode 79 The Serial Crimes of Jaco Steyn
Between 2010 and 2011 a serial predator was hunting young girls in various towns around Gauteng. When it became clear that his crimes were...
Combatting Digital Sex Crimes with Colonel Kirsten Clark
As digital sex crimes become more prevalent, it is vital that we understand how these crimes take place and what adults and children can do...
Episode 78 - The Murders of Anisha & Joey Van Niekerk
When Anisha and Joey van Niekerk went missing on the 11th of December 2017, their families immediately suspected foul play. What they could...
Prison By Numbers: Understanding Prison Gangs with Dr. Liza Grobler
Mystery and fear have always surrounded prison gangs, especially the infamous Numbers gangs. In today's episode we strip away the veil and...
Episode 77 - The Great Trust Bank Robbery
In 1971, one of the biggest bank robberies in South African history took place in Commissioner Street, JHB. Police were convinced it was the...
Minisode 41: Here's Your Outrage - The Murder of Dora & Rorisang Matseme
In July 2019, mother and son, Dora and Rorisang Matseme were brutally murdered in their home in The Orchards, Pretoria. Almost four years...
Episode 76 - The Murder of Jayde Inggs
On the 21st of April 2015, Jayde Inggs disappeared while waiting for a ride to work. When her body was discovered the next day, the...
Interview: Ronel Koekemoer Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust
Rape and sexual violence is a huge issue in South Africa. Ronel Koekemoer is the counselling coordinator for Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust and...
Episode 75 - The Murder of Poppie van der Merwe
On the 25th of October 2017, a paramedic spotted a man running toward him in the parking lot of Brits Provincial Hospital. In his arms was...
Episode 74 - The Murder of Valencia Behrens
On the 6th of January 2012, Valencia Behrens was 9 months pregnant when she went to visit a neighbour and never returned. Her baby would be...
Spotlight Minisode His Name Is Jerobiojin: The Ethics of True Crime
A 13-year-old boy is murdered in a small Western Cape town and South Africa loses its mind, but not for the reasons we'd expect. In this...
Episode 73 - The Capital Hill Murders
In 1998 a prisoner was released from jail after serving just 3 years for a violent rape. By 1999, at least 7 people had lost their lives in...
Episode 72 - The Murder of Santa Pretorius
In 2001, the South African public was horrified by the news that two teenagers, dubbed Adam and Eve, had been arrested for the vicious...
Episode 71 - The Murder of Ralf Krebs
On the night of the 21st of October 1987, police received a panicked call from the neighbour of the Krebs family. A gun shot had gone off...
Episode 70 Serial Offender: Ananias Mathe
Between 1999 and 2016 the strange legend of a Houdini-like prisoner haunted South Africa. Was Ananias Mathe really the highly-skilled escape...
Episode 69 - The Serial Crimes of Richard Nyauza
In 2002 the bodies of five women were found in a quarry. Four years later when more started to be found, South Africa's IPU realized that...
Episode 68 - Finding Baby Micaela
When a couple delivered their first child on the 3rd of May 1994, they could have no idea that within hours a nightmare would begin that...
Spotlight Minisode 2021 Wrap & Bloopers
As we bid farewell to 2021, I've put together a wrap of the year in true crime in SA as well as a blooper reel of my recording mishaps for...
Episode 67 - The Murder of Leslie Brockbanks Van Zyl
Leslie van Zyl booked into the Protea Hotel in George on the 28th of August 2000. She did not leave alive. In the years that followed her...
Episode 66 - The Limpopo Serial Killer
In 1991, Mukosi Freddy Mulaudzi was handed down two life sentences for murder. This should have been the end of Mulaudzi's murderous...
Episode 65 - The Serial Crimes of Charmaine Phillips & Pieter Grundlingh
In 1983, a Bonnie and Clyde-like scenario played out in South Africa that would end in the deaths of four innocent people and the death...
Interview with Vanessa Lynch - DNA For Africa
In this episode I interview Vanessa Lynch, DNA Crusader, and representative for DNA for Africa. Vanessa's journey into DNA advocacy started...
Episode 64 - The Disappearance of Le-Jeandre De Bruyn
On the 7th of October 2014, 15-year-old Le-Jeandre De Bruyn disappeared without a trace after receiving a series of notes from an anonymous...
Episode 63 - The Murder of Tandiwe Betty Ketani
In March 2012, a family tearing up carpets in their property make a strange discovery. A confession letter will lead a group of...
