Raymond Papapavlou and his wife, Simoné, appeared to be a happy couple. But behind the closed doors of their modest farmhouse outside Groblersdal in Limpopo, all was not as it seemed.
With 15 recorded murders on the province’s farms in the last year alone, farmers have come together to take their safety into their own hands.
The murder of Raymond Papapavlou last October rocked the rural community of Groblersdal in Limpopo. What first seemed like a random attack has turned into “a real murder mystery”.
Elzabie Brand, 54, and her parents, Breggie, 73, and Danie, 83, were attacked on July 26, with their three bodies found over the course of the next two days.
The latest South African crime statistics were likened to those of a war zone. Here’s how farm murders factor into the report.
In an attempt to do a good deed, Heinz Winckler received some serious backlash after attempting to wade into the farm murder debate.
As thousands of farmers yesterday took to the streets across South Africa to protest murders, another farmer was killed. Here’s what we know.
This story echoes like an apartheid-style murder and I watched, perplexed, on Sunday as certain subcultures of the Twitter feed buzzed with excitement at the possibility of a racial incident. This murder went largely ignored, surprisingly, given the magnitude of the violence committed in such a heinous act.
Stranger danger is a cliche for a reason.
The former Springbok hooker was stabbed a number of times in the chest while his 70-year-old father was shot three times and wounded by six robbers.
For all you true crime fans out there, this is an ideal way to spend those cold stormy nights when the power goes out.
Joining the Netflix true-crime canon is the brainwashed Lori Vallow, the “cult mom” in ‘Sins Of Our Mother.’
In January this year, farm worker Jeremy Sias was found not guilty of murdering Cremer, shocking everyone involved in the case.
The City of Cape Town is offering an R100 000 cash reward to anyone willing to help find those responsible for the brutal killing of one of its officials.
Still images from CCTV cameras outside the main farmhouse at Vaderlandsche Rietvlei Farm may help the State bolster its case against Jeremy Sias.
It’s approaching two years since Meghan Cremer’s body was found dumped in bushes in Olieboom Road, Philippi. Cremer lived in a cottage at Vaderlandsche Rietvlei Farm in Philippi, where she stabled two horses.
Hubert Caouissin has been jailed for 30 years after being found guilty of murdering four of his family members. He was convinced they were sitting on gold hidden during the Second World War.
The border between Lesotho and the eastern Free State is non-existent, and it’s created a situation that Carte Blanche likens to “a daily game of Russian Roulette”.
Before I switched to oat milk, I was an ardent almond milk user. With a great lack of research, I thought I was doing the right thing.
An East London farm owner and trainee sangoma, Fritz “Majeke” Joubert, brutally murdered traditional healer Anele Hoyana on the Geluksdal farm in Gonubie on Saturday.
The owners of the well-known strawberry farm are now further diversifying their portfolio, having become the first Western Cape recipients of a licence to start growing medical dagga.
According to law enforcement sources, there is now a fourth suspect in the Meghan Cremer murder case. The local community is so fearful of him that they are afraid to say his name.
This heartbreaking video offers a step-by-step account of what police and investigators say happened to the young Durban woman, murdered at the age of just 20.
The trial of four men, who stand accused of murdering and raping Stellenbosch student Hannah Cornelius back in May of last year, began yesterday in the Western Cape High Court.
Early this morning, South African time, Donald watched a video on Fox News that clearly struck a nerve. Off to Twitter he went, and the reaction was swift.
South Africans have seen our fair share of murder cases unfolding so far this year, and a few of those have been followed in great detail.
A 19-year-old hunter has been arrested in connection with the grisly murders of his ex-girlfriend and her best friend, after their bodies were discovered last weekend.
Siam Lee went missing on January 4, the search for her body ending in a gruesome discovery in KZN. Now attention has turned to the house from where she may have worked.
After a fence was erected between two Mpumalanga farms, a mysterious double murder occurred, diving the small farming town as questions have yet to be answered.
Using a lion as security guard might be the only way this farmer can keep unwanted guests off his premises. It’s not a decision everyone is too stoked with.