Veld of Hope | EP 7

In mid-1990s South Africa, a job interview could mean more than employment. For women struggling to find work, it could mean stability, independence, and a way forward.But some of those opportunities were never real.As women disappeared and bodies were discovered across Atteridgeville, Boksburg, and Cleveland, investigators began uncovering a pattern built around false job offers and trust.Content Warning: This episode discusses murder and sexual violence. Listener discretion is advised.#Documented187 #TrueCrimePodcast #ABCMurders #SouthAfricaTrueCrime #VeldOfHopeReferences• BBC News. “South Africa Serial Killer Jailed.” BBC News, 5 Dec 1997.• Mail & Guardian. “Sithole Gets 2 410 Years.” Mail & Guardian, 6 Dec 1997.• Shaw, Mark. Crime and Policing in Post-Apartheid (Uh-par-tide) South Africa. Indiana University Press, 2002.• Gordin, Jeremy. A Lifetime of Violence: The Story of South African Serial Killer Moses Sithole (Mo-zis Si-tó-lay). Ashanti Publishing, 1997.• Smith, David. “Sithole’s Sentence and South Africa’s Serial Killers.” The Guardian, 1997.• South African Press Association (SAPA). Court coverage and trial reporting, 1995–1997.• Johannesburg (Jo-han-iss-burg) High Court Records, Republic of South Africa v. Moses Sithole (Mo-zis Si-tó-lay), Case Files (1997).