It Happened Here

Uyinene – sometimes called Nene – was just 19 years old when she disappeared while out and about running errands, prompting a nationwide alarm and search. It is often credited as the spark of the #aminext movement, which was a local iteration of the global #metoo movement. This case was so shocking to South Africans that it sparked protests in both the real world and social streets, calling on our government to do something, anything, to turn the tide on the seemingly endless instances of gender-based violence and femicides.

An obvious but necessary trigger warning: This episode covers gender-based violence, including sexual assault, so please consider your own emotional and mental wellbeing and how they may be affected by these topics, before listening.

Sources:

· https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50431903

· https://www.capetownetc.com/news/uct-students-rally-to-bring-missing-girl-home/

· https://www.change.org/p/south-african-government-bring-back-the-death-sentence-in-sa-for-crimes-against-women?

· https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/15/africa/south-africa-student-murder-sentence/index.html

· https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/South_Africa_2012.pdf?lang=en

· https://www.instagram.com/uyinene/

· https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/publics-rallying-cry-as-pi-hired-to-help-find-missing-uct-student-uyinene-20190828

· https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/uyinene-mrwetyanas-body-was-hidden-in-post-office-safe-overnight-says-state-20191107

· https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-death-of-uyinene-mrwetyana-and-the-rise-of-south-africas-aminext-movement

· https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/uyinene-mrwetyana-more-investigators-join-the-search-for-missing-student/

· https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/uyinene-mrwetyana-uct-intensifies-the-search-for-missing-student/

· https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-08-31-man-arrested-in-connection-with-disappearance-of-uyinene-mrwetyana/

· https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-11-15-in-his-own-words-luyanda-botha-this-is-how-i-killed-uyinene/

Bed music: Awen by The Mind Orchestra is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License(https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Mind_Orchestra/The_Mind_Orchestra_-_Singles/awen)

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This is the story of eleven murders and six accused murderers. There are multiple methods of killing, multiple disposal MOs, a period of almost a decade from the first slayings to the sentencing, and many locations. You will meet some of the strangest characters, and hear bizarre, meandering stories of events and reasoning built on a flimsy pretext of belief, but this is also the story of a small group of friends, in a small town, a teacher, a school girl, her brother. On paper, at least at a surface level, they sound like no one you’ve ever encountered before and like 500 people I knew growing up– the extraordinary in the mundane. When this group and their crimes were finally exposed, the whole town of Krugersdorp was left grappling with a new and uncomfortable insight into itself.

This is episode 8 - Devil in the ‘dorp: The Krugersdorp cult killers

SOURCES:

· 'My mother put the hammer down and started stabbing her': chilling evidence in Krugersdorp murder trial

· 'Over-protected' Zak Valentine earned R70,000 a month when he began killing

· 'Pray, I am going to kill you now,' Krugersdorp murderer tells victim

· 'Remember I love you' - murdered Krugersdorp victim's last words to fiancée

· ‘Ria Grunewald is dead. I lost everything’: Witness in Krugersdorp killings case tells how her life fell apart

· #KrugersdorpMurders — State says Cecilia was the 'CEO' of this murderous 'company' | Krugersdorp News

· #KrugersdorpMurders — The State's keywitness tells her story | Krugersdorp News

· Devilsdorp - Showmax

· Flats to Rent in Krugersdorp Central - 28 Apartments | RentUncle

· Inside the mind of a teen drawn into the Krugersdorp killing spree

· Key witness in Krugersdorp murder trial tells court of Wimpy werewolves | The Citizen

· Krugersdorp killers strangled most victims to death

· Krugersdorp Killers trial: Everything that’s happened so far | You

· Krugersdorp Killers: Marcel Steyn has the mindset of a 10-year-old - defence | News24

· Krugersdorp killers: Psychologist believes Marcel Steyn can be rehabilitated | All4Women

· Krugersdorp killings: 'Witches w...

The subject of today’s episode is Nkululeko Habedi – also known by his musical persona or nickname “Flabba.” Flabba’s case attracted a lot of media attention, because he was already famous as a member of the South African hip-hop collective Skwatta Kamp, and for his work as a solo artist. On the evening of March 8 2015, Flabba, his girlfriend Sindi and some of their friends, are all set for a night out at one of Joburg’s swankiest spots – The Sands, in Sandton. But the night would end in his death - a death that sparked a national debate about self defence versus premeditated murder...

Sources:

https://www.iol.co.za/news/i-was-there-the-night-flabba-was-killed-1911965

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/murder-shattered-flabbas-family-1995987

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/music/skwatta-kamp-hip-hop-shugasmakx-new-album-the-clap-song-flabba-nish/

https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2015-03-14-flabba-crazy-gifted-loving2/

https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/opinion-and-analysis/2015-03-15-obituary-nkululeko-flabba-habedi-rapper-who-found-art-in-the-ghetto/

https://www.enca.com/south-africa/flabbas-girlfriend-tempers-were-high-fatal-stabbing

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2015-09-23-sindisiwe-and-flabba-how-love-affair-went-wrong/

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/if-flabba-didnt-die-sindi-would-be-dead-1949559

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/sindis-rights-infringed-says-lawyer-1915866

https://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2015/09/17/day-8-flabba-trial-and-i-stabbed-him-2/

https://www.all4women.co.za/490546/news/south-african-news/flabbas-girlfriend-felt-degraded-and-disrespected-by-him

https://www.news24.com/News24/flabbas-killer-expected-longer-jail-term-20160311

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Today I’m talking about hate crimes and homophobia in South Africa. For this episode, we are traveling to KwaThema, a township in Gauteng. There is electricity in kwathema, but there are also these huge towering spotlight-style street lights. They’re lifted that high to try provide a measure of light and security, but there are always bits the light doesn’t reach. And it was in a patch of deep shadow, in an alley between buildings that a woman called Noxolo Nogwaza was killed in April 2011. Noxolo – which means peace in Zulu - was just 24. She was a mum to two small kids, and she lived with her gran Vuyelwa. She loved soccer, and kwaito music. And, she just so happened to be gay – and it was this fact that made her the target of violent homophobes.

Music by Matt Riggen:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=APy4JmdZRj8&list=RDAMVMAPy4JmdZRj8

https://www.amazon.com/An-Afterlife-for-Noxolo-Nogwaza/dp/B075BHNLDM

https://open.spotify.com/album/6szYBqJ2QLPyZilbB57Z3S?highlight=spotify:track:3zwt18c7a6EiKhc62so6nj

Sian Green Psychology: https://sgpsychology.co.za/

SOURCES

· http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/07/26/opinion/26corrective-rape.html

· https://inkanyiso.org/2013/05/06/2013-may-6-archiving-noxolo-nogwazas-funeral/

· https://kemptonexpress.co.za/270983/ekurhuleni-pride-to-be-hosted-in-tembisa/

· https://open.spotify.com/show/3FvJkU9NUNNKGRoTUgNDwr

· https://outrightinternational.org/content/call-action-against-brutal-rape-and-murder-south-african-lesbian-noxolo-nogwaza

· https://wazimap.co.za/profiles/ward-79700074-ekurhuleni-ward-74-79700074/

· https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2013/04/two-years-on-no-justice-for-hate-crime-in-south-africa/

· https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2012/10/blog-south-africas-townships-still-not-safe-gay-lesbian-and-transgender-people/

· https://www.hrw.org/node/242800/printable/print

· https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/no-progress-in-corrective-rape-probe-1284429

· https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-may-27-la-fg-south-africa-gay-killings-20110528-story.html

· https://www.pride.com/soapbox/south-african-lesbian-activist-murdered

· https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311717843_What_is_wrong_with_'Corrective_Rape'

· https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/four-years-on-still-no-justice-for-noxolo/

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