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Corrie Sanders

Corrie Sanders

Episode number: 1

Overview: Corrie Sanders became the WBO heavyweight champion in 2003 when he knocked out Wladimar Klitschko in the second round. He was fatally wounded on 22 September 2012 during an armed robbery.

Oos-Asië Tsoenamie

Oos-Asië Tsoenamie

Episode number: 2

Overview: We look at the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean in 2004 and triggered a series of fatal tsunamis. The impact of the tsunamis was also felt on the South African coast, some 5000 miles from the earthquake.

Gé Korsten

Gé Korsten

Episode number: 3

Overview: Gé Korsten won hearts with the iconic song "Liefling". However, few people knew about his battle with depression which in all probability led to his suicide in 1999.

Sean Davidson

Sean Davidson

Episode number: 4

Overview: In 2019, the euthanasia activist and founder of Dignity South Africa, Sean Davidson, is found guilty of murder for his role in the assisted suicide of three people.

William Endley

William Endley

Episode number: 5
Charmain Phillips & Pieter Grundlingh

Charmain Phillips & Pieter Grundlingh

Episode number: 6
Ruben Kruger

Ruben Kruger

Episode number: 7

Overview: Ruben Kruger, a captain in Cravenweek rugby and later a member of the 1995 World Cup team that won the tournament, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2000 and died from it in 2017.

Bles Bridges

Bles Bridges

Episode number: 8

Overview: We look back at the life of Bles Bridges before he died in a car accident in 2000. Bles is known for his song "Ruiter van die Windjie" and was also the first Afrikaans singer to perform in the Sun City Superbowl.

Flippie Venter

Flippie Venter

Episode number: 9
Laingsburg-vloedramp

Laingsburg-vloedramp

Episode number: 10

Overview: In January 1981, a large part of Laingsburg was washed away during a devastating freak flood. A cloudburst resulted in a bank of water rushing down the Buffalo River, destroying everything in its path.

Deon Helberg

Deon Helberg

Episode number: 11
Retief Liebenberg

Retief Liebenberg

Episode number: 12
Shrien Dewani

Shrien Dewani

Episode number: 13

Overview: Shrien was charged in 2010 with planning the murder of his bride, Anni, during their honeymoon in South Africa. It took four years to get him extradited from Britain to South Africa. In 2014, judge Jeanette Traverso found him not guilty in an application for dismissal.