A new documentary will re-examine the shocking case of former Bulls player Joseph Ntshongwana, who brutally murdered four people with an axe.
had his appeal denied by the Supreme Court of Appeal , ensuring he would remain behind bars for a host of horrific crimes committed during a ‘reign of terror’.was convicted for brutally killing four people with an axe all within the space of a week back in 2011.
Dubbed the ‘axeman’ after the murders, he was also implicated in the rape and kidnapping of a woman, as well as two other attempted murders., will be shown on Showmax on Wednesday, 31 July 2024. The jaw-dropping 76-minute feature documentary follows Ntshongwana, who played for South Africa at U21 level and for the Blue Bulls between 1998 and 2001.
Ten years later, he was arrested and convicted for killing four men with an axe, and wounding two others. According to the statement released by Multi Choice, he allegedly claimed to be avenging the gang rape and subsequent HIV infection of his daughter – but police found he had no children… “There’s a saying that goes, ‘He couldn’t hurt a fly,’” says his former Blue Bulls teammate, Springbok winger McNeil Hendricks. “It’s hard to believe that Joseph Ntshongwana, as we knew him, had chopped people’s heads off.”
Other interviews include captain Rico Naidoo, colonels Jason McGray and Ze-Ev Krein, detective Marius Van Der Looy, and former South African Police Service head profiler Dr Gérard Labuschagne, as well as senior state advocate Nadira Moosa, psychiatrist Dr Zuber Moola, rugby journalist Brenden Nel, and key witnesses, among others. were heard,” says Perretta. “Fikile Mkhwanazi, the partner of murder victim Paulus Hlongwa, sharing her story was particularly powerful.
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