Unsolved Murders South Africa

On 11 April 2021, Anele “Nelli” Tembe fell from the tenth floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in Cape Town. Her death was ruled a suicide, but her family rejected that conclusion from the start.This episode of Unsolved Murders SA examines Anele’s life, her relationship with Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, the documented hotel room incidents, the inquest findings and the recent parliamentary testimony from former Police Minister Bheki Cele.He stated that investigators believed Anele was murdered, which raised new questions about the handling of the case.Subscribe to the show and share your thoughts after listening to the full episode below.

On 13 December 2019, Rashied Staggie — Cape Town’s most feared gangster — was gunned down in Salt River, the same street where his twin brother was murdered two decades earlier. For some, it was justice. For others, the start of another war. In this episode of Unsolved Murders SA, we trace the rise, reign, and assassination of the Hard Livings gang boss who ruled the Cape Flats with blood and fear. Stream the latest episode of Unsolved Murders SA below and support independent journalism via https://paypal.me/unsolvedmurderssa.

On a quiet April morning in 2024, 30-year-old engineer Armand Swart was gunned down in Vereeniging — hit with 23 bullets in what investigators immediately recognised as a professional execution. At first, whispers claimed mistaken identity. But the truth revealed something darker: tender fraud, organised crime, and a murder value chain stretching from Transnet to the police ministry. In this episode of Unsolved Murders SA, we trace how Swart’s killing exposed the dangerous intersection of corruption, assassination networks, and whistleblower silencing in South Africa.

In February 2023, 22-year-old German tourist Nick Frischke vanished while hiking the Karbonkelberg trail in Hout Bay, Cape Town. What began as a missing hiker case soon turned into a suspected robbery and possible murder, with gang ties and stolen belongings linking five suspects to his disappearance.But Nick’s body has never been found. In this season opener of Unsolved Murders SA, we reconstruct his last movements, the investigation, and the haunting questions that remain unanswered.

Unsolved Murders SA returns with a deep dive into the tragic death of Juandré Kidson, a 30-year-old father and businessman who was viciously murdered on Saturday, 7 May 2022.