Anton Swanepoel
Director
Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas (2017)
Season 16
The series is based on stories that appeared in Huisgenoot magazine. It focuses on the characters, experts and journalists behind the stories.
Released July 27, 2017
Episode 46 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Reality TV
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.factual
Production Companies: Red Pepper Pictures
Network: VIA
Country: South Africa
Languages:
English,
Afrikaans
S16E1 - Elsiesrivier-moorde
Shots in the night. Silence afterwards. Four people, including three children, are shot dead in a wendy house in Elsiesrivier in September 2019 - Their mothers who survived that night tell us what really happened.
July 7, 2025, midnight
S16E2 - Taytim-Lee Hendricks
18-year-old Taytim-Lee Hendricks was on her way to her parents' home in Bonteheuwel in 2022, when a car suddenly hit her and she was thrown onto the roof of a house as a result of the impact.
July 14, 2025, midnight
S16E3 - Ray McCauley
The life story of the infamous pastor Ray McCauley. He was a familiar face in the South African landscape and died on October 8, 2024.
July 21, 2025, midnight
S16E4 - Kirsty Theologo & Bronwyn Grammar
One night in 2013, Kirsty Theologo and her friend Bronwyn Grammar arrived home with severe burns. The events that unfolded later were unbelievable.
July 28, 2025, midnight
S16E5 - Pastoor Albern Martins - Deel 1
This week we look at the story of Pastor Albern Martins, better known as the "Gangster Pastor" who was shot in front of the Blue Downs Magistrate's Court.
Aug. 4, 2025, midnight
S16E6 - Pastoor Albern Martins - Deel 2
This week we look at part 2 of the story of Pastor Albern Martins, better known as the "Gangster Pastor" who was shot in front of the Blue Downs Magistrate's Court.
Aug. 11, 2025, midnight
S16E7 - Shantel Zeelie
On January 6, 2009, Shantel Zeelie's body was found under tree branches along the footpath at the Knysna Heads. The autopsy showed that strangulation was the cause of her murder. Her killer was not sentenced until March 2018.
Aug. 18, 2025, midnight
S16E8 - Sheldean Human
The story of Sheldean Human shook the whole of South Africa in 2007. In the episode we relive the tragedy.
Aug. 25, 2025, midnight
S16E9 - Mariska & Jacques du Plessis
On June 23, 2017, Mariska du Plessis called the police and said there was an argument between her and her husband, Jacques. Later, she called again and said robbers had shot him. It later emerged that she herself had shot her husband with a shotgun.
Sept. 1, 2025, midnight
S16E10 - Magdaleen & Ruzanne Weideman
Paul Prinsloo is accused of shooting his wife Magdaleen and stepdaughter Ruzanne Weideman to death with a hunting rifle at their home in Kosmos on November 27, 2023.
Sept. 8, 2025, midnight
S16E11 - An-nei Stumke
An-nei Stumke, a payroll clerk at an agricultural company in Patensie, embezzled millions of rands without her employer's knowledge between June 2016 and January 2019.
Sept. 15, 2025, midnight
S16E12 - Die Rondebult-Moorde
In the Rondebult murders in January 2024, the bodies of three people were found in the back of an abandoned bakkie in a field near Germiston. The victims were the parents and sister of the accused, Eugene Botha.
Sept. 22, 2025, midnight
S16E13 - Zack du Plessis
This week's episode celebrates the life of beloved actor, Zack du Plessis.
Sept. 29, 2025, midnight
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