My Only Story | Season 2: Back to School

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This investigation won gold in the Serialised Podcast category as well as a bronze in the Narrative/Documentary category at the 2022 New York Festivals Radio. It's My Only Story Season 2: Back to School - a podcast and a live investigation. Join us as we travel through South African schools, hunting for predators hiding in plain sight. This season is a co-production of My Only Story and News24.

Episodes

  1. My Only Story | 'Getting back to normal'? How SA's top schools are dealing with the fallout - a bonus episode

    12/10/2021

    My Only Story | 'Getting back to normal'? How SA's top schools are dealing with the fallout - a bonus episode

    It's been six weeks since the final episode of the News24/My Only Story live investigation aired, and the fallout at top schools continues. In this bonus episode, Johannesburg writer Deon Wiggett wades through the latest developments - stemming from the series. News24 Podcasts · www.news24.com

    16 min
  2. My Only Story | Episode 6: Who knew what? Did St Andrew's 'brush aside' warnings about David Mackenzie?

    10/29/2021

    My Only Story | Episode 6: Who knew what? Did St Andrew's 'brush aside' warnings about David Mackenzie?

    In our season finale, as a disturbing spring makes way for summer, answers are due from the water polo fraternity. News24 Podcasts · www.news24.com

    1h 37m
  3. My Only Story | Episode 5: Fiddling, sex jokes and flirting – another water polo coach named

    10/21/2021

    My Only Story | Episode 5: Fiddling, sex jokes and flirting – another water polo coach named

    The fallout from a News24/My Only Story live investigation has deepened, with yet another water polo coach suspended in the last week. www.news24.com

    50 min
  4. My Only Story | Episode 4: Problem under the water: predators, top schools and a culture of secrecy

    10/13/2021

    My Only Story | Episode 4: Problem under the water: predators, top schools and a culture of secrecy

    While sifting through embattled water polo coach David Mackenzie's past, Joburg writer Deon Wiggett found more hidden skeletons and closely guarded evidence that pushed him to investigate the behaviours of teachers outside St Andrew's College in Makhanda. News24 Podcasts · www.news24.com

    1h 1m
  5. My Only Story | Episode 3: 'It was inappropriate, wrong' - David Mackenzie's touchy water polo tactics questioned

    09/30/2021

    My Only Story | Episode 3: 'It was inappropriate, wrong' - David Mackenzie's touchy water polo tactics questioned

    Former pupils of under-fire school water polo coach David Mackenzie have come forward with allegations of inappropriate touching and intimidation. "If I knew what I knew now back then, then I definitely would have spoken to someone or spoken up about it because it was inappropriate and it was wrong," says a former St Andrew's College (SAC) pupil who joined the school in Grade 8 in 2017. News24 Podcasts · www.news24.com

    1h 1m
  6. My Only Story | Episode 2: The boys’ school, the water polo teacher and the creepy WhatsApp messages

    09/23/2021

    My Only Story | Episode 2: The boys’ school, the water polo teacher and the creepy WhatsApp messages

    A top South African water polo coach and mathematics teacher abruptly resigned from the prestigious St Andrew's College all-boys' school in the Eastern Cape after unlawfully sneaking a boy into his room one night. Despite disturbing evidence of inappropriate behaviour, the teacher moved to another boys' school in the same year, and is currently teaching at a yet another private school in Johannesburg. News24 Podcasts · www.news24.com

    48 min
  7. My Only Story | Episode 1: Teen's suicide reveals shadowy ring of predators at top SA schools

    09/15/2021

    My Only Story | Episode 1: Teen's suicide reveals shadowy ring of predators at top SA schools

    In 2018, a boy died in the clinic of an elite South African school. According to them, his death remains a mystery. We suspect there’s more to it than that. Join us as we hunt our way through a dozen famous schools to find out why Thomas Kruger had to die. News24 Podcasts

    47 min
  8. TEASER TRAILER | My Only Story | Season 2: Back to School

    09/14/2021

    TEASER TRAILER | My Only Story | Season 2: Back to School

    We are back with a brand new investigation. Coming September 2021, it's My Only Story Season 2: Back to School. Join us as we travel through South African schools, hunting for predators hiding in plain sight. Subscribe on your favourite podcast app and be the first to hear when and where the journey begins. This season is a co-production of My Only Story and News24. www.news24.com

    1 min
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This investigation won gold in the Serialised Podcast category as well as a bronze in the Narrative/Documentary category at the 2022 New York Festivals Radio. It's My Only Story Season 2: Back to School - a podcast and a live investigation. Join us as we travel through South African schools, hunting for predators hiding in plain sight. This season is a co-production of My Only Story and News24.

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