Petty Crime South Africa

Fatima Zahra wanted an early start to her day but had her plans derailed when she couldn't find her shampoo. Little did she know that this would trigger a series of events taking her and Phil down a path of property invasion and theft. But things aren't as they seem and we could be dealing with something more than a common thief...

There are 11 million vehicles on South African roads. Phil delves into the dark underbelly of criminality of people who mutilate working cars for insignificant parts. He encounters a underworld of danger and theft in his most challenging case yet.

Mo, an accounting student from Durban, faced the most difficult test of his life: leaving Mosque with one shoe. In his most difficult case yet, professional in amateur forensics Phil de Lange tries to track the footsteps of a thief who had the audacity to steal a single shoe at a place of worship.

Phil puts his expert skills of investigation to the test to try help Sa'eed find his beloved cactus. An underworld of party drugs, unrealistically long spikes and horticultural heists awaits Phil in this gripping episode of South Africa's best true crime podcast.

Amateur sleuth, Phil de Lange takes on the curious cold case of Maxine Peters, who has been effected by the pettiest of petty crimes: a car being broken into and valuables or stuff that isn't that valuable, being taken in the cold of night. If you have been a victim of petty crime, please contact us with your story.