The Station Strangler: a focus on past dark horrors

In a new documentary, director Nadine Cloete unearths the haunting unsolved murders of 22 boys from the Cape Flats, exposing the racial inequalities that allowed the killer to evade justice

08 September 2024 - 00:00

A cold wind swept through the streets of Camps Bay, carrying with it an unsettling stillness that mirrored the heaviness inside the Theatre on the Bay. It was the first screening of The Station Strangler, a new Showmax documentary directed by Nadine Cloete, and the smell of popcorn mingled with the collective grief that hung in the air...

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