Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas

When Leigh Matthews was kidnapped and held hostage, everything went wrong for everyone involved. Her body was later found in a field, leaving the entire country wondering what truly happened.

Bob Hewitt was a successful tennis player, but despite his achievements, he will be remembered as a monster after being found guilty in 2015 of raping several minors.

Few events in South Africa have shocked the public as much as when four seemingly exemplary students from a prestigious school were found guilty of murdering an innocent man one night.

We revisit the shocking day when a student brought death and destruction with a samurai sword to the school.

In 2018, Gill Packham's body was discovered in the trunk of her burning car. In 2019 her husband, Rob, was found guilty of her murder.

With at least R1,5 billion collected by Marietjie Prinsloo and her co-directors, the Krion Ponzi scheme is one of South Africa's largest criminal enterprises ever.

Alan Heyl, André Stander and Patrick Lee McCall, better known as the Stander Gang, had South Africa in a frenzy during the '70s and '80s with their daring crimes, which included bank robberies and shootouts.

In April 2011, one of South Africa's most bizarre and brutal murders took place: Chané van Heerden and her boyfriend, Maartens van der Merwe, murdered Michael van Eck in a cemetery in Welkom.

For Hein Knoetze, it is still unthinkable that four young lives were lost on the school grounds when a walkway collapsed. This tragedy, which occurred on February 1 at Driehoek High School in Vanderbijlpark, gripped South Africans.

The legendary detective Piet Byleveld made a significant impact with his investigation of various high-profile crimes. We revisit some of his most famous cases and learn more about this remarkable man.

The murder of Chanel du Toit in a cottage on a farm in the idyllic Boland town of Franschhoek gripped South Africans in 2010. We revisit the tragedy that unfolded when the young woman was strangled.

Months before her death, Suna Venter, a senior SABC producer was so afraid that she delivered a statement to Huisgenoot, 'in case something serious happened.' She was allegedly shot at, kidnapped, and someone tampered with her brakes.

In the early morning of 2018, young student Hannah Cornelius was kidnapped along with her friend Cheslin Marsh. What followed was a nightmare ride through Stellenbosch from which she never returned.