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A graphic rendition of Rosemary Ndlovu. (Multichoice)
ROSEMARY NDLOVU

Digging deep on a serial killer

Documentary probes the case of Rosemary Ndlovu, who killed six people close to her

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu reacts at the South Gauteng high Court in Johannesburg on September 27, 2021. – The chilling trial of a policewoman accused of murdering five relatives and a boyfriend to cash in on insurance claims, has captivated South Africans, struck by her brass in the face of blood-curdling allegations. Eyebrows raised in defiance, Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu, 46, sat nonchalantly in the dock of a Johannesburg court on Monday, hair pinned into two lopsided buns. (Photo by Emmanuel Croset / AFP)
JUDGE RAMARUMO MONAMA

‘She still threatens me’: Husband of serial killer Rosemary Ndlovu’s co-accused speaks

Rosemary Ndlovu and co-accussed Nomsa Mudau make second appearance in court amid fresh charges of conspiracy to commit murder

  • Bongeka Gumede
3 min read
Today Dr Gérard Labuschagne is the director of L&S Threat Management. (Hiram Alejandro Durán/M&G)
COUNTRY

How to catch a serial killer – and why South Africa is good at it

The country may have the third highest number of repeat murderers, but the police’s elite profiler unit has never lost a single case

  • Sarah Smit
  • Kiri Rupiah
11 min read
The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
SERIAL KILLER

The truth about your friends may frighten you

Helping out a neighbour may sometimes be less good for humankind than one would think.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
DURBAN

Sugar-cane serial killer found guilty

The sugar-cane serial killer was found guilty on 26 charges relating to killing 13 women in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Thursday.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
CANADA

The strange case of the severed feet

The discovery this week of a human foot off the coast of British Columbia — the fifth such find since last August — has sparked much speculation.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read