The Vile of Lies

Rustenburg is a city built on a lie, and a single, brutal murder threatens to expose it all. In The Vile of Lies, former prosecutor Lefa Molapo is drawn back to the corrupt hometown he fled when his friend, Sizwe, is framed for the execution of a whistleblower. Meanwhile, homicide detective Zinhle Ndala refuses to accept the official story of a "robbery gone wrong" and begins her own rogue investigation.As Lefa fights for his friend in a compromised courtroom and Zinhle uncovers a trail of phantom projects and tampered ledgers, their paths converge on a shocking truth1. The murder of Lazarus Maleke is just one piece of a long-standing, systematic scheme of municipal theft orchestrated by a ruthless syndicate known as the "Council of Crooks" and their cunning mastermind, "The Matron''