Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas, The Fall Of Herman Pretorius

In November 1977, one of South Africa's most mysterious murders occurred. For decades, people have wondered who killed Dr. Robert Smit and his wife, Jeane.

Chantelle Barnard was brutally raped and murdered in a smallholding in Benoni. After the main suspect fled during the trial, the family still struggles to find closure after all these years.

On March 27 1985, a total of 42 high school students from Hoërskool Vorentoe lost their lives when the double-decker bus they were travelling in ended up in a dam.

On May 19 2014, a boy escaped from his parents' home, ran to his neighbours and asked them to hide him because his father was going to 'beat him to death.' We revisit the shocking story of the infamous "Springs Horror House".

One day, Natasha Mans disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Two weeks later, her body was found. More than a year later, there are still more questions than answers.

The Meyer family from Moorreesburg was found dead in June 2019 on a farm in the Clanwilliam district. Both parents and their children are dead, and the evidence points to a family murder. But why?

Pieter Pieterse was a barefoot vagrant, writer, storyteller, and Afrikaans icon. He was tragically murdered in March 2002 in his home in Marloth Park.

Jessica Wheeler and Victoria Stadler were both murdered in Knysna within a month of each other. The plate boy, Heinrich van Rooyen, is currently serving two life sentences for these murders.

We revisit the story of Herman Pretorius, who defrauded R2.2 billion from investors in a pyramid scheme. Herman fatally shot a former business associate, Julian William, in downtown Cape Town on July 26 2012, and then took his own life.

Jacobus Eksteen raped and murdered Erin van Rensburg on June 1 2009, after which he buried her body in a dune grave outside Elands Bay on the West Coast.

After it initially appeared that Odette Barkhuizen had been shot dead in a hijacking, the truth came out that her ex-husband, George, was the one who pulled the trigger.

Among his Springbok teammates, he was loved for being kind-hearted. On and off the rugby field, this passionate 'bad boy' of the Springboks lived life to the fullest and by his own rules.