Telling the Told and Untold

In August 2019, the bodies of 18-year-old Jesse Hess and her 85-year-old grandfather, Chris Lategan, were found. The culprit was a lot closer to home… Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/jesse-hess-killer-gets-another-life-ter...

Nandi Mbizane disappeared in March 2012, her body has never been found but her killer is serving a life sentence. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://www.news24.com/news24/wrongly-accused-boyfriend-wants-cops-punished-for-torturing-me-20160309 https://www...

On Saturday, 17 October 2015, a walk in Rhodes Park for two couples turned into a deadly nightmare when they were attacked by a group of 12 men. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Outopsie https://showmax.com/eng/play/71db0995-5fcb-4f0e-a974-c15853e547dd/8184ed4c-86a6-4...

In July 2008, the bodies of Johnny and Rickie Lotter were found by their daughter, Nicolette. Her brother, Hardus, barely survived having been tied up and badly beaten. Within hours the two of them were arrested alongside Nicolette’s boyfriend. Confessions of their crimes would lead police down a rabbit hole of; dark magic, exorcisms, evil and the ‘Third Son of God’.     Case Suggestions https://d...

In 2007, the first gruesome murder scene was discovered. As the years went on more than 10 women and children would be killed by the Tholeni Monster. The once peaceful village of Tholeni would be known as the “Village of Death”. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Monste...

A case of stalking gone horrifically wrong and a justice system that failed Andrea Venter and her family for 10 years. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com CCTV Footage 01:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZpSMqDOUdo&t=0s&ab_channel=CarteBlanche Sources https://...

In March 2013, Phoenix reported her mother missing. Little did police know that she and her boyfriend, Kyle, knew exactly where Rosemary Theron was buried. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://ewn.co.za/Topic/Rosemary-Theron-murdered https://www.timeslive....

In 2017, the mutilated body of Hlompho Mohapi Koloi’s was found. The strange messages she had sent to her boyfriend and friend would lead the detective down a rabbit hole. The perpetrator? A man of God. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/msspeechdetail.php?nid=36432 https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Em...

In July 2016, it was reported that Susan Rohde had taken her own life. It would later turn out her husband, Jason Rohde, was more involved than he led on. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAWCHC/2018/146.html https://www.timesli...

In November 2021, body parts were found in Flavio Hlabangwane’s freezer. They belonged to 23-year-old Tshepang Pitse, his cousin but also his lover. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources Imibuzo: True Crime Stories https://showmax.com/eng/play/49037d09-922b-42ac-a3...

In April 2013, the body of a 23-year-old sex worker was found in Woodstock, Cape Town. Despite all odds, her murder was solved and her killer? A well-known artist whose artwork is still hung on walls today. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://ewn.co.za/to...

In January 2018, 20-year-old Siam Lee was abducted and when her killer was finally apprehended the truth about who he really was came to light. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Siam Lee Instagram https://www.instagram.com/siamese__/?hl=en Interview with Lucky Mthembu...

In March 2023, news broke that convicted killer Thabo Bester had escaped prison. Follow his life and crimes that got him convicted 10 years before his escape. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources Thabo Bester Confession https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0wQKSIsR4&...

In June 2020, the body of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule was found hanging and it was clear that she hadn’t taken her own life and that of her baby, she was 8 months pregnant. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources Imibuzi, True Crime Stories https://showmax.com/eng/p...

In 2012, a letter is found under a carpet with the words, “… if you’re reading this, I am dead”. This letter, along with others, would lead detectives to solve the murder of Tandiwe Betty Ketani. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://ewn.co.za/2015/04/30/Co...

In 2012, a letter is found under a carpet with the words, “… if you’re reading this, I am dead”. This letter, along with others, would lead detectives to solve the 13 year disappearance of Tandiwe Betty Ketani. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://ewn.co.z...

In May 2018, the Hough and Engelbrecht family received calls that would change their lives forever. Their daughters, Sharnelle Hough and Marne Engelbrecht, had taken their own lives but they didn’t believe it and knew who did. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources...

In 2001, Cezanne Visser, dubbed Advocate Barbie, met Dirk Prinsloo and their whirlwind romance left many lives changed forever. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/503738/s01-e05-sordid-lies-the-cezanne-visser-story?start=truehttps://e...

In March 2009, Father Lionel Sham was nowhere to be found and no one knew what happened. A couple of days, an accident and a confession in front the judge would reveal what Father Lionel Sham went through in his last hours alive. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sourc...

In September 2007, the body of 2 women were found in the sugarcane fields in Shayamoya, KwaZulu-Natal. A search of the sugarcane fields would confirm investigators terrifying theory, that there was a serial killer. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit https://linktr.ee/tshegopaledi Email Address tpaledi@gmail.com Sources https://tubi...

In October 2005, the tightknit Muslim community of Crown North were shocked to hear that the prominent Dr Anwar Kadwa and his wife Munira had been killed. Questions about who had killed them would leave everyone shocked. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rosinapaledi/ Email Address tpaledi@gmail...

If you have any information, please contact: Don Chadler 061 487 2570 impisicollectionsp@gmail.com In 1990, a 16-year-old girl managed to escape after she had been abducted that morning. Police would identify her abductors and link Gert van Rooyen and Joey Haarhoff to multiple disappearances. Today the question still remains, was it the work of a serial killer or sex trafficking ring? Case Suggest...

Telling the Told and Untold Podcast https://anchor.fm/tshego-paledi/episodes/Serial-Killer-Pied-Piper-of-the-Mine-Dumps-e1tsrmt In October 2005, the body of Jessica Wheeler was found and less than one month later Victoria Stadler was found. Both cases with striking similarities. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit Instagram https://...

In September 1989, Namibian anti-apartheid activist and advocate Anton Lubowski was assassinated outside of his home. Questions about whether or not he was a spy for the South African military intelligence arise soon after his death leading to more questions than answers. Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/edit Instagram https://www.ins...

Andre Stander was South African criminal and policeman. One of South Africa’s most infamous bank robbers. He was notorious for the audacious manner with which he carried out his crimes; he sometimes carried out the crime on his lunch break, often returning to the scene as an investigating office Case Suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8Q7Ze079uicu5fAKQi503zy9LVroSekrdaMuygfqQI/editht...