Ch4 Unreported World s51e01 (2026.11.06) South Africa's Whistleblower Hitmen

Darshna Soni reports from Johannesburg on the business of contract killers who are used to silence whistleblowers. South Africa has a thriving marketplace of hitmen, with killings commissioned through middlemen and carried out for relatively small sums. Once the preserve of gangland turf wars, a hitman's services are now used to settle scores across the country, with 141 targeted killings in 2022 alone.

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