A woman is killed by a lover, a stranger, a family member and their story dominates headlines for a few weeks. Hashtags hit the Twitter streets and calls for justice intensify.
When a woman kills her children, South Africans react with shock and horror. When a man is wrongly incarcerated, citizens call for answers and stringent criminal justice procedures. And then something new comes along and the news cycle moves on. And that’s often where their story ends. They are forgotten and SA moves on to the next juicy story.
Not anymore. With Drum Behind the Headlines, we want you to know that these events changed lives. That people are still in mourning, that others are still struggling to rebuild their lives. That when they stopped trending, their loved ones had to start living.
For the next six weeks, we go behind the headlines and talk to the families of Karabo Mokoena, Sibusiso Bulose, Uyinene Mretyana, Flabba and the victims of the so-called Facebook killer.
We will never forget, and neither should you.
