Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas — Season 18
About this season
The series is based on stories that appeared in Huisgenoot magazine. It focuses on the characters, experts and journalists behind the stories.
Episodes (13)
1. Die Verdwyning van Joshlin Smith (Deel 1)
8.0Aired 26 January 2026
In February 2024, 6-year-old Joshlin Smith disappeared in Middelpos, Saldanha. The disappearance shocked all of South Africa, but what happened that led to 3 people being sentenced to life imprisonment for human trafficking in May 2025?
2. Die Verdwyning van Joshlin Smith (Deel 2)
10.0Aired 2 February 2026
In February 2024, 6-year-old Joshlin Smith disappeared in Middelpos, Saldanha. The disappearance shocked all of South Africa, but what happened that led to 3 people being sentenced to life imprisonment for human trafficking in May 2025?
3. Martha Jordaan
10.0Aired 9 February 2026
September 2016: Martha Jordaan from Kroonstad disappears without a trace. Her boyfriend Wayne Errol Henstock tells everyone she got a job on a guest farm. But the truth? Martha was much closer than he let on. What really happened to Martha?
4. Marius Botha
10.0Aired 16 February 2026
In January 2016, Marius Botha's body was found in his home in Parklands near Bloubergstrand. In November 2020, four years later, someone was first arrested for his murder and was found guilty of premeditated murder in March 2025.
5. Carmen Gouws
9.0Aired 23 February 2026
Carmen Gouws will turn 21 on October 7, 2023. On the same day, her body was found on a farm near Lutzville. She had, among other things, an axe wound to her head and was suspected of being raped.
6. Leilani Murphy
9.0Aired 2 March 2026
On Friday, June 22, 2012, Leilani Murphy's parents saw her for the last time. On Sunday, June 24, 2012, her body was found in a car on someone's property in Bridgton, Oudtshoorn. But what happened between Friday and Sunday?
7. Susanna Kilmister
10.0Aired 9 March 2026
68-year-old Susanna Kilmister was murdered on a smallholding outside Mbombela in February 2022. Her grandson, who also lived with her, was arrested the same day.
8. Jesse Mitchell
10.0Aired 16 March 2026
In the early hours of 16 October 2024, first-year student Jesse Mitchell was murdered in Stellenbosch. On his 19th birthday. He was stabbed in the neck while riding an electric bicycle past Rudolf Hufke. Mitchell was fatally wounded.
9. Tazne van Wyk
Aired 23 March 2026
On February 7, 2020, Tazne van Wyk was kidnapped. A suspect was arrested 10 days later. On February 19, her body was found in a storm drain along the N1 outside Worcester after the suspect pointed out the location.
10. Michelle Botes
Aired 30 March 2026
We look back at the life and career of beloved actress Michelle Botes.
11. De Deur Moorde
Aired 6 April 2026
In March 2020, a body was found along a road in De Deur, Gauteng, and later another body. Both bodies were burned. After quick investigation, a woman was arrested in October 2020 and the story that followed is shocking.
12. Leeu-saak
Aired 13 April 2026
In 2004, SA was abuzz with the so-called lion case where a man was thrown into a lion enclosure to dispose of his body. In 2016, one of the accused's name appeared in the media again - but it was a different incident.
13. Lucas Maree
Aired 20 April 2026
We look at the life of beloved musician Lucas Maree, who passed away in 2011.