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PODCAST | True Crime SA shines a spotlight on gender-based violence

True Crime South Africa

  • NICOLE ENGELBRECHT
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University of Fort Hare students marching outside the East London campus on Wednesday to highlight the issue of gender-based violence./SINO MAJANGAZA
University of Fort Hare students marching outside the East London campus on Wednesday to highlight the issue of gender-based violence./SINO MAJANGAZA University of Fort Hare students marching outside the East London campus on Wednesday to highlight the issue of gender-based violence./SINO MAJANGAZA
Mandy Silva was found brutally beaten and strangled to death in her home in 2015
Mandy Silva was found brutally beaten and strangled to death in her home in 2015 Mandy Silva was found brutally beaten and strangled to death in her home in 2015 Picture: Supplied

The annual commemoration of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence began on November 25 and runs until 10 December.

This week True Crime South Africa dedicates its Spotlight minisode to crimes of this nature.

Included in the discussion is the unsolved murder of Mandy Silva, who was found brutally beaten and strangled to death in her home in 2015.

There’s also an update in the murder case of Jesse Hess and her grandfather, Chris Lategan.

A convicted wife-killer’s ex-girlfriend shows us why we should play our cards close to our chests on social media.

The power of podcasting is proved as a sexual predator goes to ground after being exposed by a courageous rape survivor.

Remember their stories:

For more episodes, click here.

Community Intervention Centre (24-hour trauma helpline: 082 821 3447).

Join the conversation on Twitter at #TrueCrimeSA.

E-mail the show: wordsmith195@gmail.com