

From the half-hourly bulletins, two things became clear: the police were prioritising the case, and the media were elevating it to the status of "high profile"… The driver, familiar with Brett's work, agreed to stay tuned to a news radio channel for the duration of the journey.

“At the time of the call I was on a journalism assignment in the province of Mpumalanga, but I managed to arrange a ride back to Johannesburg. Lying dead beside him was his close friend Brett Goldin, a talented young actor who was shortly to have flown to the UK to perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His naked body had been found next to a freeway in Cape Town. “Early on the morning of 17 April 2006, my sister called to tell me through her tears that our cousin, Richard Bloom, had been murdered (the day before). Writes Kevin Bloom in the G .uk, Friday 19 November 2010 How can they be, when so many lose their lives?’ asks Kevin Bloom in the Guardian… ‘ Some South Africans claim to be shocked by Anni Dewani's killing.
