The Daveyton Muti Murders Part 2

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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.
Chapters
  • 00:00 Content Warning & Series Recap
  • 01:00 Introducing Episode 2 — Shoes
  • 01:50 Sydney Jasop — A Life in Daveyton
  • 03:10 Daveyton's Place in History — O.R. Tambo
  • 04:30 August 1982 — Wandile Jasop is Born
  • 05:30 The Making of a Young Man
  • 07:00 The Dream — Wits University
  • 08:30 Sunday 15 July 2018
  • 09:30 The Search Begins
  • 11:00 Springs Mortuary
  • 12:00 The Body in Yende Park Was Wandile
  • 13:00 Ronni Learns What Happened
  • 13:45 The Connection — Same Park, Same Pattern
  • 14:30 The Shoes
  • 15:15 The NPA Confirms — Genitals Severed
  • 15:45 A Dish Full of Blood
  • 16:30 Mpho Mpedi — A Sinister Explanation
  • 17:15 The Community Mobilises — Sydney Fights Back
  • 18:15 Introducing Whistleblower 'Cinder'
  • 19:15 Phatwa Bekwa — A Name Emerges
  • 20:00 The NPA Confirms — Suspects Named
  • 20:45 The Last Saturday Night — What Happened?
  • 21:30 Premeditated — 'Cinder' Speaks
  • 22:00 The Alleged Confession
  • 22:30 Phatwa's Mother Visits the Jasops
  • 23:00 Episode 3 — Coming Next
28 Aug English South Africa News · Society & Culture

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