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- A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.
- A young woman comes to in a roadside diner with no idea where she is or how she got there. Split between two timelines, she gets taken on a violent journey as she seeks out the person responsible for her lover's death.
- When the daughter of a reformed criminal is kidnapped, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.
- On August 17th, 2008, eighteen year old Morne Harmse arrived at school in Krugersdorp. The slight pupil, described by his classmates as quiet, well mannered, and playful, then did something unthinkable. With accusations of Satanism, the idolisation of Heavy Metal bands like Slipknot, and the boy's use of a Samurai sword - this is one of the most unusual killings ever committed.
- Dubbed "Houdini" for his miraculous escape,Ananias Mathe is the first person to have escaped from Pretoria's C-Max prison. In just three days he single-handedly burgled 28 houses and poisoned 17 dogs in a small South African town. He created havoc in the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, raping 20 women and robbing over 30 houses, often assaulting the families too. This story traces the crimes of Ananias Mathe back to the start and reveals a real modern day Houdini who stunned South Africa with his cunning escapes.
- The brutal rape and murder of Anene Booysen caused a massive outcry from South Africans, but the national outrage was short-lived. One year later not much has changed in the small town of Bredasdorp since that February night.
- This documentary is about the tragic life of Charmaine Mare, a young girl who had come to Cape Town in search of work to help provide financial support for her poverty stricken parents. Mare arrived in Cape Town in January 2013 and stayed with a friend Kristina White in Kraaifontein. But, for a few days she would be left alone with Johannes de Jager, the boyfriend of her friend's mother. In those few days, court records show that Mare frequently had to plead with him not to make sexual advances, and even recorded their conversations. Sadly, nobody listened to her pleas for help, with tragic consequences.
- On a sweltering hot summer day in February 1992, the unidentifiable bloated body of a man was found floating in the polluted Black River in a picturesque suburb of Cape Town. He had a crossbow bolt through his head. Across town Louisa Chatburn had reported her husband Graham missing just a few days earlier, claiming he had gone for an early morning walk and never returned. Through a ground-breaking and ingenious new method, the pathologist on the case was able to take the victims fingerprints and he was identified. Slowly the police put the puzzle pieces together, and the facts about the horrific murder began to emerge. The evidence began pointing at the victim's wife Louisa Chatburn. Police discovered she had bought a crossbow a couple of months earlier.
- A 5 episode series that focuses on Chinese nationals of vastly different walks of life, occupations and backgrounds, all of whom have found a happy new foothold in Africa. We learn what enterprises they are involved with in Africa, hear what they love about their new homes, but also what challenges they've had to overcome while settling on a new continent.
- In a small village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, women and children are terrorized by nightfall, wondering who will be next. For four years they had to live in fear before the perpetrator was apprehended with 23 murders under his belt between 2008 and 2012. Little did they know that the murderer was the last person they suspected.
- In 2001, mass killings, rapes, hijackings, and armed robberies were frighteningly commonplace in the Cape Flats in South Africa. In 2005, the self-confessed killer Asanda Baninzi was handed 19 life sentences and an additional 189 years after pleading guilty to a long list of appalling crimes. We investigate the motivation for committing such crimes, and how the police tracked their man down.
- The tranquil lagoon-side town Knysna on the South African coast is hardly the setting one would expect for high stakes international crime. But in the summer of 2010, the town was the scene of the biggest drug haul in South Africa's history. In early December 2010, a trio of businessmen is renting a luxury apartment in the heart of the Knysna Quays. The men are planning a trip on their boat, the Toledo, a 42 foot luxury sport fisher. On Friday December 5, the Toledo leaves the marina on a trip into the deep blue. She returns five days later heavily laden. When suspicious police officers search the boat, they find nearly two tons of pure, uncut cocaine.
- This immersive film follows the story of South African convicted drug mule Tessa Beetge, who was arrested while attempting to smuggle 10kg of cocaine through Sao Paulo airport. The plot was thickened when it was revealed that Beetge was working on the instruction of the former wife of the State Security Minister. We follow Beetge back to South Africa to hear the whole true story.
- It's been over two decades since a serial killer's reign of terror hit Cape Town, South Africa. His targets were sex workers. Over the course of four years from 1992 to 1996, twenty six workers were killed and their bodies dumped all over the peninsula. This true crime film pieces together the facts and uses experts and witnesses to attempt to shed new light on the shocking events.
- The Final Curtain tells the story of the tragic and untimely death of legendary South African theatre personality, musician and playwright Taliep Petersen, who was murdered in cold blood in his home late one night on 16 December 2006. At first police believed it to be an armed robbery gone wrong. But later it came to light that the men were hired by Taliep's own wife Najwa Petersen to kill him.
- The African National Congress (ANC) is the grand old man of liberation politics on the African continent. As it marks its centenary, the party of Nelson Mandela stops to consider its epic past, which shaped South Africa's political evolution over the last century. From its founding in 1912 by African intellectuals, through the dark days of apartheid to the almost miraculous transition to democracy in the early 1990s, the ANC has been at the centre in the fight for human rights in South Africa.
- Murdered on Honeymoon, tells the story of the brutal murder of newly wed bride Anni Dewani while on honeymoon in Cape Town in November 2010.
- Rosslyn "Roz" scours newspapers and the Web for job offers until one day she spots an online ad for temporary work taking stock at a local chain store. Roz is thrilled when she gets an email saying she's been hired. The next day, a minivan picks her up and takes her to the store. In the parking lot, she's told that there's been a slight delay and the minivan driver offers her some juice while she waits in the vehicle. Several hours later on the side of a road many miles away, Roz regains consciousness. Dazed and seriously injured, she is rushed to hospital. With her life hanging by a thread, Roz manages to tell her friend she'd been raped and viciously beaten by four men. Tragically, she soon suffers a massive seizure and dies in her hospital bed. The men who murdered Roz have never been brought to justice. Somebody out there still knows something...
- The film centres on an extraordinary black lesbian activist called Funeka Soldaat. Through her, we are able to get to the heart of a chilling phenomenon known as "corrective" or "curative" rape that is sweeping across South Africa.
- In the rural village of Umhluwayo in Kwazulu-Natal, one of South Africa's worst serial killers was born. Sipho Dube came from a religious family but from a young age terrorised the community. By 2006, 30 year old Dube was found guilty of murdering six children, one woman, raping three girls and indecently assaulting two boys. He was also convicted of ten kidnappings, one theft, one robbery, one common assault and one assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Throughout his trial he remained unrepentant, rude and aggressive. He displayed nothing but contempt for the court. He was sentenced to ten life sentences and an additional 114 years. Some will say Sipho Dube was born to do evil.
- In 2005 a 12 year old girl was kidnapped and kept hostage by serial rapist Johnannes "Hansie" Mowers in a secret man-made bunker. She was forced to live in this tiny shelter as his 'wife' and take care of his two year old biological daughter. They eventually were forced to survive on sugar water, and even snails.
- In 2005, Jimmy Maketta terrorized a small farming community in Philippi, Cape Town. For more than 9 months Maketta raped and killed middle-aged couples. By the end of his killing spree, Maketta had butchered 19 people with an axe and raped more than 17 women. The community lived in constant fear. Nobody seemed to care, the police were slow to act and only one local journalist dared to raise the alarm. The only thing the few survivors could recall about the killer was that he had tattooed the word "Jesus" across his forehead.
- To bomb your way to freedom is a difficult decision for the leader of any liberation movement. Countless innocent people could lose their lives. Albert Luthuli was the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) when it embarked on an armed struggle. The timing could not have been worse for him - he had just won the Nobel Peace Prize, the first African to do so. It's a dilemma faced by the decision makers in political conflicts the world over - when, if ever, is it justifiable to resort to violence?
- In the East African country of Tanzania, its population of albinos face a deadly threat: there's a price on their white and pinkish skins. More than sixty albinos have been hunted down by unscrupulous witch doctors that sell their skins, bones, hair and an array of body parts as ingredients in potions that are promised to make them rich. The Tanzanian government has declared the killings a national crisis and has vowed to hunt the killers down and do more to protect albinos, but the killings have continued unabated. Curse of the Nobody People won 3 awards; the CNN African Journalist of the Year 2010, NPC Camera person of the Year award 2010 and the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Regional award.
- On 19 September 1996 a 43 year old businessman disappeared without a trace. He was sent to collect money for his brother and was not seen since. Police were of no help to the family, suggesting that he may have ran off with the money and another woman. But his family refused to believe the police's story. For eight years his daughter struggled to find out what exactly happened to her father. In 2004 she raised enough money and hired a private investigator. Within 4 days Botha discovered what police were unable to for 8 years - the remains of Alec Steenkamp, buried in a shallow grave in the back yard of a house in Brixton.
- Marike de Klerk was alone - as the ex wife of a famous president, she was no longer afforded security detail. She moved to a security complex in Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, where she lived in an apartment on the beach front. It was while at home that she was killed. A security guard working there broke into her flat in December 2001. She was stabbed and strangled with such force that all four bones in her throat were broken. Her body was only discovered two days later. This documentary examines the media frenzy that ensued, the investigation by a crack police team, and the trial of Luyanda Mboniswa that made international headlines.
- A Different Country is a character-driven documentary series that follows five children from Johannesburg, South Africa as they embark on a year's exchange programme at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, UK. The children are drawn from the Dominican Convent School in downtown Johannesburg - Thabile is an orphan; Dibaba, a refugee from the DRC; Lungelo lives in an informal settlement with no electricity; Thabo is from a single parent household in Soweto and Malemo, from an emerging middle class. In a country whose education system is in crisis, the Dominican Convent School is providing much needed skills for those who would otherwise not receive a quality education. We follow the five successful applicants during their year at Stowe School and find out what they learn while overseas. We meet their guardian families and their families back home in South Africa. We see how they change over the course of the year and hear them tell us what they have taken from the programme once back in the country for good. We also follow the story of Michelle, who was on the shortlist to go but who narrowly missed making the selection. She is devastated that she was not picked for the programme but does eventually make it to Stowe when the Dominican Convent School Choir is invited to the UK to perform at Stowe, South Africa House and at Salisbury Cathedral.
- Thandi Maqubela was the wife of acting judge Patrick Maqubela. But, in June 2009 he was found dead in his Sea Point flat. Shortly afterwards, his wife, the elegant and stylish Thandi Maqubela was arrested. What followed was a sensational trial that grabbed national headlines.
- Rhino Wars (a.k.a. Rhino Trade Uncover) goes undercover to explore organized crime's role in the illicit trade of rhino horn. We follow the activities of the Xasavang syndicate, tracking the multi million US$ illicit wildlife trade from South Africa to its headquarters in Laos. The program doesn't shy away from exposing the brutality of rhino poached in the "killing fields". Once used only as an ingredient in traditional Chinese Medicine, rhino horn has now become the "drug" of choice by wealthy Asian communities - more expensive than gold or cocaine. The war against rhino poaching is being lost. But the time has come to stop talking about what should be done to save the rhino but what can be done to rescue the species from extinction. With the tipping point for saving the species rapidly approaching, new techniques in ranger training plans to take the fight to the poachers.
- Ten thousand injured children pass every year through the spartan front room of this Trauma Unit in Cape Town. It is an extraordinary patient load for the relatively small staff of doctors and nurses here, who are exposed to the very worst of trauma through the experiences of their little patients, victims often of car accidents, family violence and fires which rage through townships. But this relatively modest hospital room is a place of hope, and has a life cycle of its own. We follow two exceptionally skilled women doctors who are on the front line of this trauma epidemic.
- Man in the Middle is the story of one big opportunity for a South African sportsman to walk into the spotlight during the biggest show on earth. In 2010, the FIFA World Cup was staged in South Africa, a huge acknowledgement of the progress the fledgling democracy has made since liberation in 1994. While the local South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, were unlikely to make the finals, one man stood the chance of getting special credit. The documentary follows the journey of the charismatic Jerome Damon, the only African to be shortlisted to referee at the tournament, and his quest to reach the heights of one of the world's most image-obsessed sports. Jerome, a teacher, comes from a modest home in Cape Town and is propelled into the high-stakes competition to earn a place to blow the whistle on some of the world's most extraordinary athletes.
- Tim Jenkin places himself in extreme danger by assisting the banned ANC. After an outrageous prison break, Tim goes to London, where he designs a secret communications system for Vula.
- The Trouble with Truth reveals the power of print in the face of oppression. As the South African apartheid government clamped down on free political activity and speech, a cheeky, independent-minded weekly newspaper shouted its protests. The Guardian developed into the intellectual voice of the liberation movement in South Africa, taking on the discriminatory ideology of apartheid and exposing its practices in print and photographs, headlines and provocative cartoons.
- Denis Goldberg was the only white anti-apartheid activist to be convicted at the 1964 trial in which Nelson Mandela and his comrades were sentenced to life imprisonment. The film opens with Denis returning for the first time to the cell at Pretoria Prison, where he was incarcerated for 22 years.He describes his journey into the shadowy world of underground resistance against apartheid, his dramatic arrest, prison and finally his controversial release, to observe apartheid's collapse from exile.
- In April 2006, a double murder in Cape Town makes world headlines. The two victims are Brett Goldin and Richard Bloom. Goldin - a 28 year old actor at the height of his career; Bloom - a 27 year old promising fashion designer.
- The city of Mumbai is home to 100 000 of sex workers, making it the largest sex industry centre in Asia. Many sex workers are either sold into the industry by impoverished families or a part of what is called the Chakri system - forced into prostitution to pay off family debts. Unfortunately, many are children. When walking through the red light district of Mumbai, one is confronted by row after row of cages "pinjara" which are essentially barred windows one floor up. From them the faces of young women stare blankly. This documentary follows the route from the picturesque mountain villages of Nepal and into the dark, back streets of India's sex trade business - the tragic stories told by three survivors.
- Two friends with a love for aviation and adventure decide to design and build their own tiny aircraft. They also want to attempt to fly the little single engine, two-seater around the world. Technically, attempting to fly around the world in such an aircraft may just be possible, and without doubt it would be a high-risk endeavor that most pilots would classify as insanity. James Pitman and Mike Blyth aren't aeronautical engineers, they're not even mechanics. But they have seen a gap in the market for an affordable, reliable light aircraft and decide to go for it, hoping to make the deadline for Oshkosh, the world's greatest air show. With the clock ticking down, they rush to complete the build of the plucky little plane that will become known as The Sling.
- A young South African storyteller Zwai Mgijima travels from the rural heartland of a Xhosa Kingdom to the cemeteries of Europe, in a quest to find out more about South Africa's biggest maritime disaster, the dramatic sinking of the SS Mendi during World War One.
- A South African news room braces itself to cover the biggest story of its existence - the death of the father of the nation. For many of the 35 young journalists working for eNCA, this is the most memorable story of their careers, involving heads of states, royalty, rock stars and celebrities. It is a week in which South Africa regains international currency, but also a time of embarrassment for the bungles, such as the posting of a schizophrenic criminal to interpret speeches in sign language at a significant memorial service. The story is shot as a behind-the-scenes account of the telling of the big story that gripped the world for more than a week.