True Crime South Africa

When 36 year old Danielle Labuschagne made a very ordinary trip out to a fellow animal rescuer to collect a cat trap, she had no idea that she was about to encounter three armed assailants. Two years later, her mother is still fighting for justice for her daughter.

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When eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk disappeared somewhere between her home and a tuckshop, just two houses down, in 2020, the country held its breath. Her community expressed its rage at how dangerous their neighbourhoods had become. But even with the perpetrator behind bars 10 days later, an almost unbelievable tale of systemic failures leaving behind a trail of victims, came to light.

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When Margaret Rheeder’s husband Ben suddenly fell ill, the local doctor suspected he was suffering from a particularly bad case of gastroenteritis, but after his painful death, neighbours and family started wonder whether Margaret’s visit to a local pharmacy may have somehow contributed to his demise.

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On a single night in 1990, three innocent people lost their lives to a crime spree by a 19-year-old soldier. When his past and the workings of his mind were examined, though, some would question whether it should have been much of a surprise to anyone that he ended up where he did.

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When the Kesa family started a building project at their homestead in the Eastern Cape in 2018, they had no idea that it would devolve into a deadly family feud. By the time both the proverbial and literal last embers had burned out, four people had lost their lives.

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This is a rewind episode - designed to bring new attention to the back catalogue of the podcast. But it's also something else. The audio you'll be hearing is actually a chapter of my audiobook for my book, Bare Bones. I included Meadowbrook Doe's case in that book and thought I'd share that chapter here to help bring some new ears to the case.

If you'd like to listen to the whole audiobook you can purchase it on any audiobook platform including at any of the following links:

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The Get Out is in cinemas right now!

In this minisode I explore the Bonnie & Clyde vibe that two of the characters have in The Get Out. Who were the original Bonnie & Clyde and why do we continue to use them as a reference to criminal couples 92 years after their deaths? Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

When Franz Richter bought a piece of land just outside Muldersdrift in the 70s he envisioned creating a bubble of African paradise where guests could watch zebras graze while they ate their breakfast and his family could thrive and one day raise their own families there. And for decades that is what Heia Safari Lodge was until one day in November 2007 when three gunshots changed everything.

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I'm sharing this investigative podcast series by Anthony Molyneaux of 122 Podcasts in the TCSA feed because I think it's fascinating and I hope that some additional reach can help find resolution for the people who suffered in this situation.

Where is Robert-John? is an ongoing investigative podcast in which journalist Anthony Molyneaux tracks down a lifelong friend who allegedly fled South Africa after losing millions of rands of his friends' and family's savings.

Episode 3: We tracked down Robert-John, who breaks six years of silence to tell us his version of events... Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn

I'm sharing this investigative podcast series by Anthony Molyneaux of 122 Podcasts in the TCSA feed because I think it's fascinating and I hope that some additional reach can help find resolution for the people who suffered in this situation.

Where is Robert-John? is an ongoing investigative podcast in which journalist Anthony Molyneaux tracks down a lifelong friend who allegedly fled South Africa after losing millions of rands of his friends' and family's savings.

Episode 2: Robert-John surfaces in Spain living openly under a new identity, with a story about his past that his new community appears to have believed. Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn