Life and brutal death in the 1960s
The new series ‘Niggies’ relives the double murder of two young teens in the Free State mining dorp of Odendaalsrus in the 1960s
09 March 2025 - 00:00
In the sweltering heat of January 1966, as churches across South Africa prayed for rain, a brutal murder was unfolding in the mining town of Odendaalsrus in the northern Free State. ..
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