Twenty years after being sentenced to life for murdering former first lady Marike de Klerk, her killer will return to his home city of Gqeberha, where he will be released on parole.
As messages of condolence streamed in for a much-loved Gqeberha physiotherapist, Richmond Hill residents described how they tried in vain to save Marolien Schmidt after she was stabbed by an intruder in the early hours of Women’s Day.
While they wait for the body of their son to be repatriated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the family of a Kariega man described as fearless are still trying to make sense of the fiery helicopter crash that claimed his life.