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The brutal killing of ‘incorruptible’ lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk, with Kyle Cowan

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The hit on a top Johannesburg insolvency lawyer has reverberated throughout the country’s legal fraternity. Now, while the police attempt to arrest the gunmen who so brazenly snuffed out Bouwer van Niekerk’s life last Friday, details are slowly emerging about the multimillion-rand cryptocurrency trading fund that he was engaged with. Kyle Cowan, our senior investigative journalist, is piecing this puzzle together for us in this 101st edition of The Lead on News24.Finally, we end off with “On This Day in SA History”. You can send host Graeme Raubenheimer a voice note with your questions or thoughts on this episode to: +27 72 562 3179. Mail your comments to: thelead@24.com. Editions drop Monday through Thursday, at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.
Chapters
  • 00:01 Graeme's intro
  • 01:55 Crossing to Kyle Cowan
  • 35:59 AD: News24's Listen Up!
  • 36:53 On This Day in SA History
9 Sep 2025 English South Africa News · Society & Culture

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