South Africa has recorded 45 mass-killing attacks in 2026, involving at least 210 deaths and 79 wounded.

Paul Llewellyn and Dr Gérard Labuschagne are joined by investigative journalist and organised-crime specialist Julian Rademeyer, author of Killing for Profit.

They examine the criminal economies behind South Africa’s mass violence — including gangs, extortion, illegal mining, taxi conflict and illicit firearms — and ask whether mass killing is increasingly being used as a tool of terror, retaliation and territorial control.

Julian also discusses failing intelligence structures, criminal governance, South Africa’s similarities with Brazil, and three interventions he believes could begin changing the trajectory. Sequence 01 Copy 02

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Are the Kempton Park killings linked — and how would investigators actually establish that?

Lt Col (Ret) Elmarie Myburgh brings around four decades of policing experience, including nearly three decades in investigative psychology and criminal profiling, to a detailed conversation with Paul Llewellyn about how suspected serial cases are actually investigated.

They unpack linkage analysis, modus operandi, victimology, geographical “comfort zones”, forensic evidence, DNA and the crucial difference between cases that appear similar and cases that can actually be proved to be connected.

Elmarie also explains why she worries that a major investigation can become “too top-heavy”, what her ideal investigative team would look like, how traditional media can help or hinder police, and what happens when social media produces an army of amateur “couch detectives”.

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After more than 100,000 people watched Profiler Africa's first Kempton Park investigation, viewers sent us their questions.

Former SAPS criminal profiler Dr Gérard Labuschagne returns to examine what is known about the deaths of nine women and what remains unconfirmed.

How would police establish whether the cases are linked? Could there be multiple offenders? Could more victims remain undiscovered? How might an offender be approaching women? What can geography and behavioural linkage tell investigators? And does SAPS have the right people running the investigation?

Gérard also explains what police should keep secret, why the discovery of a body does not tell investigators when the murder occurred, and why earlier unsolved crimes may matter.

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