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We take a look at the Griekwastad-murders.

Die Griekwastad-moorde

Inge Lotz Moord

Marthella Steenkamp

Joost van der Westhuizen

Hansie Cronje

Vanessa Goosen

Baba Jordan-moord

Chris Barnard

Adlington-moorde

Taliep Petersen

Gert van Rooyen & Joey Haarhoff

Lotter-moorde

Oscar Pistorius

Pippie Kruger

Andrea Venter

Advokaat Barbie

Chenelle Henning

Die Ina Bonnette-storie

Die Jayde Panayiotou-moord

Mundolene Vosloo

Anika Smit

Louisa Chatburn

Zephany Nurse

Henri van Breda

Die Rohde-saak

Die Afspraakmoorde

Leigh Matthews-ontvoering

Bob Hewitt

Die Waterkloof-4

Die Samoeraaiswaard-moord

Gill Packham-moord

Krionskema

Die Standerbende

Michael van Eck

Hoërskool Driehoek

Piet Byleveld

Chanel du Toit-moord

Suna Venter

Hannah Cornelius

RAU-TEM Raaisel

Chantelle Barnard-moord

Westdene-busramp

Springs gruwelhuis

Natasha Mans-moord

Swartland-gesinsmoord

Pieter Pieterse

Knysnamoorde

Herman Pretorius Swendelsage

Erin van Rensburg-moord

Episode 11

Episode 12

James Small

Liam Nortje

Oceanos

Wynand du Toit

Johan Heyns

Martin Brits Pastoriemoord

Merriespruit-slikdamramp

Ralph Rabie, better known as Johannes Kerkorrel, was part of the Voëlvry movement which protested against the apartheid government through music. His musical contribution is still celebrated years after his death.

Johannes Kerkorrel

Cathy was adopted as a small child by Chris and Jorina from Oudtshoorn. She would later marry her adopted father and also be charged with his murder.

Van Oudtshoorn-moorde

Helderberg-vliegramp

Uyinene Mrwetyana became a symbol of the gender-based violence movement when she was raped and murdered by Luyanda Botha in the Clareinch post office in Cape Town.

Uyinene Mrwetyana-moord

Piet Koornhof was a prominent figure in the South African government during the apartheid era. In a shocking turn of events, Piet leaves his wife for Marcelle Adams in 1993.

Piet Koornhof

Jealousy drives Johan Rosslee to kill his ex-girlfriend and three other innocent victims.

Heidelberg-moorde

Sharnelle Hough and Marna Engelbrecht's young lives were tragically cut short in Stella High School's dormitory. Sharnelle's ex-boyfriend, Xander Bylsma, is found guilty two years later.

Stella-moorde

Corrie Sanders became the WBO heavyweight champion in 2003 when he knocked out Wladimar Klitschko in the second round. He was fatally wounded on 22 September 2012 during an armed robbery.

Corrie Sanders

We look at the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean in 2004 and triggered a series of fatal tsunamis. The impact of the tsunamis was also felt on the South African coast, some 5000 miles from the earthquake.

Oos-Asië Tsoenamie

Gé Korsten won hearts with the iconic song "Liefling". However, few people knew about his battle with depression which in all probability led to his suicide in 1999.

Gé Korsten

In 2019, the euthanasia activist and founder of Dignity South Africa, Sean Davidson, is found guilty of murder for his role in the assisted suicide of three people.

Sean Davidson

William Endley

Charmain Phillips & Pieter Grundlingh

Ruben Kruger, a captain in Cravenweek rugby and later a member of the 1995 World Cup team that won the tournament, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2000 and died from it in 2017.

Ruben Kruger

We look back at the life of Bles Bridges before he died in a car accident in 2000. Bles is known for his song "Ruiter van die Windjie" and was also the first Afrikaans singer to perform in the Sun City Superbowl.

Bles Bridges

Flippie Venter

In January 1981, a large part of Laingsburg was washed away during a devastating freak flood. A cloudburst resulted in a bank of water rushing down the Buffalo River, destroying everything in its path.

Laingsburg-vloedramp

Deon Helberg

Retief Liebenberg

Shrien was charged in 2010 with planning the murder of his bride, Anni, during their honeymoon in South Africa. It took four years to get him extradited from Britain to South Africa. In 2014, judge Jeanette Traverso found him not guilty in an application for dismissal.

Shrien Dewani

Die Sondagverkragter

Tereza Troskie-Herbst is a well-known social butterfly, beauty queen and businesswoman, but in 2016 she and her family had to deal with an incredibly traumatic loss.

Tereza Troskie-Herbst

One night, an innocent 16-year-old boy, Nathaniel Julies, stands in front of a truck in Eldorado Park and eats cookies, not knowing that these would be his last moments on earth.

Nathaniel Julies

Michael Bush, aka Beau Brummell, was known as South Africa's naked king, but his controversial nudist resort near Bela-Bela in only a small part of its colorful history.

Beau Brummell

In 2017, the Garden Route was crippled by a devastating fire. The fire destroyed almost everything in its path - houses, vehicles and unfortunately also several lives.

Die Knysnabrande

When Springbok legend Naka Drotské and his loved ones were attacked on a farm in 2018, he instinctively did what he had done for years on the rugby field and outwitted his attackers. The act of heroism almost cost him his life.

Naka Drotské

Sizzlers-moorde

Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari are kidnapped by Somali pirates. For 20 months they were held at 17 different places and their lives were hell on earth.

Somalië-ontvoering

Jimmy Abbott was not only a giant in the boxing ring, but also in the lives of the people he touched. All his life he fought against his circumstances, his opponents and his weight. Unfortunately, in his last battle, against his health, he bowed the knee.

Jimmy Abbott

On August 25, 2017, Verna and Ryno Mulder had to live out their biggest nightmare, when their daughter Mienke choked on milk at her daycare and stopped breathing. Miraculously, the doctors were able to revive her, but Mienke had already suffered severe brain damage. This is where the Mulder family's difficult path began.

Baba Mienke

Shaninlea Visser is not someone who just lies down. After literally losing half her body to sepsis, she has a renewed zeal to make a difference. While she inspires others, she also dreams of being able to walk on her own again.

Shaninlea Visser

She was a formidable first lady who had to endure the pain and humiliation of her divorce in the public eye. Just when it seemed that she had found her feet again, she was murdered in her apartment on Bloubergstrand.

Marike de Klerk

In the 1970s, in conservative South Africa, a young stripper, Glenda Kemp and her python "Oupa" made headlines. She was arrested several times and even named Rapport's "Newsmaker of the Year". Her life then took several interesting turns, from teaching to ministry.

Glenda Kemp

We are reliving the events of April 2021. On that day, three people died in mysterious circumstances in a house in Pretoria. Months later, police and private investigators are still scratching their heads over what exactly happened that night.

Driedubbele Raaiselsterftes

Anton Lubowski

Palma-aanval

Brett Goldin & Richard Bloom

Twee Seuns: Storm en Andries

Careltjie van Aswegen

Debbie Venter

Daniëlskuil-Watergraf

Melissa Dyer

The series is based on stories that appeared in Huisgenoot magazine. It focuses on the characters, experts and journalists behind the stories.

All Episodes of Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas

All Episodes of Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas

Season 1

Die Griekwastad-moorde

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/2017

Inge Lotz Moord

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/3/2017

Marthella Steenkamp

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/10/2017

Joost van der Westhuizen

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/17/2017

Hansie Cronje

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/24/2017

Vanessa Goosen

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/31/2017

Baba Jordan-moord

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/7/2017

Chris Barnard

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/14/2017

Adlington-moorde

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/21/2017

Taliep Petersen

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/28/2017

Gert van Rooyen & Joey Haarhoff

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/5/2017

Lotter-moorde

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/12/2017

Oscar Pistorius

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/19/2017