Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas

From 2009 to 2011, several girls on the West Rand were abducted, harassed and subsequently released. In 2011, the police finally arrested someone, a quiet, gentle man named Jaco Steyn.

Tereza Troskie-Herbst was a well-known socialite, beauty queen and businesswoman. In 2016, she and her family had to process an incredibly traumatic loss.

Nathaniel Julies stood in front of a truck in Eldorado Park eating cookies, unaware that these would be his last moments.

Michael Bush, or Beau Brummell, as he was known. His controversial nudist resort near Bela-Bela forms only a tiny part of his colourful history.

In 2017, the Garden Route was hit by a devastating fire. The fire destroyed almost everything in its path, including several lives.

When a Springbok legend and his loved ones were attacked on a farm in 2018, he instinctively did what he had done on the rugby field for years. The heroic deed almost cost him his life.

In the morning hours of 20 January 2003, Adam Woest and Trevor Theys walked into a gay massage parlour and brutally attacked ten men. Only one of the victims survived.

It sounds like something from a movie. Somali pirates kidnapped Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari. For 20 months, their lives were hell on earth.

Jimmy Abbott was not only a giant in boxing, but also in the lives of the people he touched.

On 25 August 2017, Verna and Ryno Mulder's worst nightmare came true when their daughter, Mienke, choked on milk at her daycare and stopped breathing.

While inspiring others, Shaninlea Visser dreams of walking on her own again.

Find out what happened to the woman Rapport once named the newsmaker of the year.