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NOTE: Listener’s discretion is strongly advised. “That’s how cruel people are,” says Ndeni Mntungwa, surveying the littered wetland of Yende Park in central Daveyton, where he found his son Jabulani’s mutilated body nine years ago. And then, about a year after this murder, the body of Wandile Jasop was found as well. Both were killed for their private parts in the same dark park, just metres from each other, and nearly one year apart. Yet to this day, not a single person is convicted for these heinous crimes. No witnesses. No DNA evidence. No accepted admissions. Only a state patient. An acquittal. And the spectre known as ‘Pinto’, a shadowy businessman, looms large over this dark chapter. Reported in pockets over six years by News24 broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, with crucial 2025 contributions by video journalists Yolanda Mdzeke and Rosetta Msimango, this limited series draws on exclusive family testimony, on-record whistleblower accounts, National Prosecuting Authority case details, official police correspondence, and key security sources to piece together what happened, and what didn’t, in this intriguing, dark puzzle.News24’s Sharlene Rood has also crafted timelines and character cards for you to follow while you listen. The complete series is out now on all of your favourite streaming platforms: YouTube, Spotify, IONO, and Apple. Comment below and send a voice note to broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer: 072 562 3179. This podcast utilises licensed Epidemic Sound tracks and Creative Commons audio, with special thanks to Shane Ivers for Zebra Township (via Silverman Sound Studios), ScovinieBeatz for various sampled tracks via Pixabay, and limited fair-use audio clips pulled from the archived productions Bopha! and YizoYizo. This series has been rigorously quality-checked by News24's editors.

"Only your money can go to jail [in South Africa]," says Ndeni Mntungwa, Jabulani's father. The exclusive finale in the Daveyton Muti Murders, out this Sunday, 6 September, wherever you get your podcasts. #News24Video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video

NOTE: Listener’s discretion is strongly advised. In Part 2 of News24’s narrative podcast investigation, The Daveyton Muti Murders, we honour the memory of budding Wits University student, Wandile Jasop, and detail a deeply disturbing cycle of extreme violence unfolding in the historic Ekurhuleni town in the late 2010s. Reported over nearly six years by News24 broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, with crucial 2025 contributions by video journalists Yolanda Mdzeke and Rosetta Msimango, this limited series draws on exclusive family testimony, on-record whistleblower accounts, National Prosecuting Authority case details, official police correspondence, and key security sources to piece together what happened, and what didn’t, in this intriguing, dark puzzle.News24’s Sharlene Rood has also crafted a handy timeline for you to follow while you listen. Part 3 – Covenant: Pinto lands on Sunday, 6 September, on all of your favourite streaming platforms: YouTube, Spotify, IONO, and Apple. Comment below and send a voice note to broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer: 072 562 3179.  This podcast utilises licensed Epidemic Sound tracks and Creative Commons audio, with special thanks to Shane Ivers for Zebra Township (via Silverman Sound Studios), ScovinieBeatz for various sampled tracks via Pixabay, and limited fair-use audio clips pulled from the archived productions Bopha! and YizoYizo. This series has been rigorously quality-checked by News24's editors.

Wandile Jasop’s father circled the body in Yende Park three times. He didn’t recognise his own son. Part 2: Shoes is out this Sunday, wherever you get your podcasts. #News24Video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video

Please note: Listener’s discretion is strongly advised. News24 this Sunday brings you The Daveyton Muti Murders, a three-part narrative podcast investigation into the historical Ekurhuleni town’s disturbing history of ritual killings. The saga begins with Jabulani Mntungwa, a 20-year-old aspiring young man who leaves his sleepy hometown of eMkhondo for the bright lights of Gauteng’s East Rand. Reported over nearly six years by News24 broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, with crucial 2025 contributions by video journalists Yolanda Mdzeke and Rosetta Msimango, this limited series draws on exclusive family testimony, on-record whistleblower accounts, National Prosecuting Authority case details, official SAPS correspondence, key security sources and more to piece together what happened, and what didn’t, in this intriguing, dark puzzle. Part 2 ‘Shoes’ comes out Sunday, 30 August, and part 3 ‘Covenant: Pinto’ lands Sunday, 6 September on all of your favourite streaming platforms, YouTube, Spotify, IONO, and Apple. Comment below and send a voice note to broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer: 072 562 3179. This podcast utilises licensed Epidemic Sound tracks, and Creative Commons audio, with special thanks to Shane Ivers for ‘Zebra Township’, via Silverman Sound Studios, ScovinieBeatz for various sampled tracks via Pixabay, and limited fair-use audio clips pulled from the archived productions Bopha! and YizoYizo. This series has been vigorously quality-checked by News24's editors.