Huisgenoot: True Life Dramas

Tereza Troskie-Herbst is a well-known social butterfly, beauty queen and businesswoman, but in 2016 she and her family had to deal with an incredibly traumatic loss.

One night, an innocent 16-year-old boy, Nathaniel Julies, stands in front of a truck in Eldorado Park and eats cookies, not knowing that these would be his last moments on earth.

Michael Bush, aka Beau Brummell, was known as South Africa's naked king, but his controversial nudist resort near Bela-Bela in only a small part of its colorful history.

In 2017, the Garden Route was crippled by a devastating fire. The fire destroyed almost everything in its path - houses, vehicles and unfortunately also several lives.

When Springbok legend Naka Drotské and his loved ones were attacked on a farm in 2018, he instinctively did what he had done for years on the rugby field and outwitted his attackers. The act of heroism almost cost him his life.

Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari are kidnapped by Somali pirates. For 20 months they were held at 17 different places and their lives were hell on earth.

Jimmy Abbott was not only a giant in the boxing ring, but also in the lives of the people he touched. All his life he fought against his circumstances, his opponents and his weight. Unfortunately, in his last battle, against his health, he bowed the knee.

On August 25, 2017, Verna and Ryno Mulder had to live out their biggest nightmare, when their daughter Mienke choked on milk at her daycare and stopped breathing. Miraculously, the doctors were able to revive her, but Mienke had already suffered severe brain damage. This is where the Mulder family's difficult path began.

Shaninlea Visser is not someone who just lies down. After literally losing half her body to sepsis, she has a renewed zeal to make a difference. While she inspires others, she also dreams of being able to walk on her own again.

She was a formidable first lady who had to endure the pain and humiliation of her divorce in the public eye. Just when it seemed that she had found her feet again, she was murdered in her apartment on Bloubergstrand.

In the 1970s, in conservative South Africa, a young stripper, Glenda Kemp and her python "Oupa" made headlines. She was arrested several times and even named Rapport's "Newsmaker of the Year". Her life then took several interesting turns, from teaching to ministry.