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Niggies

Genres: Drama, Miniseries, Period Drama
Broadcast on: kykNET

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Seasons

Season 1

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
kykNET 25 Mar 2025 20 May 2025 Tuesdays, 20h00 - 21h00 9


Season 1


Niggies (Cousins) is a South African, Afrikaans-language television miniseries based on true events which tells the story of two 12-year-old cousins who were kidnapped and murdered in 1965 in the sleepy town of Odendaalsrus in the Free State.

Issie's brother, André, swears to do everything in his power to bring the culprit to book, but it would take him almost 20 years.

Niggies begins with the double abduction and murder of Issie Fourie and Petro Nel in Odendaalsrus in 1965, but the series stretches across the 1960s and 1980s, with South Africa still in the steely grip of Apartheid.

The action takes place in Odendaalsrus, Allanridge and Kroonstad in the north-eastern Free State.

Government censorship kept the white minority in the dark about the real turmoil of the time, making events like the Fourie-Nel murder even more of a seismic shock in a conservative part of a conservative country.

Beer Adriaanse plays the role of the older André and newcomer Janru Steenkamp plays young André.

Carel Nel is Captain At van Wyk, who leads the investigation.

Tinarie van Wyk Loots and Jacques Bessenger play Issie's (Lané Vertue) parents, Marie and Dries Fourie.

Neels Clasen and Erica Wessels are the parents of Petro (Izebella Louw), Henning and Ousus.

Petro's older sister, Henda, is played as a 17-year-old by Anja Taljaard and as a 35-year-old by Cintaine Schutte.

Albert Pretorius and Roeline Daneel star as Gustaff and Maks Fouché – close relatives of the victims.

Other actors include Jana Kruger, Liam Bosman, Wessel Pretorius, Daneel van der Walt, Stian Bam, Ludwig Binge, Mbulelo Grootboom, Neels van Jaarsveld, Melissa Myburgh, Deon Lotz, Michele Burgers and Emma Nelson.

Niggies is produced by Wolflight Films, with Roelof Storm as executive producer.

Saartjie Botha and Philip Rademeyer wrote the screenplay and the director is Jaco Bouwer.

Original music is by Pierre-Henri Wicomb.


Season 1 Cast

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Albert Pretorius	...	Gustaff Fouché
Roeline Daneel		...	Maks Fouché
Tinarie van Wyk-Loots	...	Marie Fourie
Neels Clasen		...	Henning Nel
Erica Wessels		...	Ousus Nel
Mbulelo Grootboom	...	Samuel
Janru Steenkamp		...	André Fourie (1966)
Carel Nel		...	At van Wyk
Lara Boshoff		...	Poppie Fouché (1966)
Lané Vertue		...	Issie Fourie
Anja Taljaard		...	Henda Nel (1966)
Izebella Louw		...	Petro Nel
Dwayne Vorster		...	Sarel Slabbert
Peggy Tunyiswa		...	Sophie
Ludwig Binge		...	Manie Cilliers
Ropa Tatiana Chiwala	...	Nthabiseng
Belinda Marais		...	Search Team Woman
Pierre Nelson		...	Kok
Johann Vermaak		...	Mike
Shaun Chad Smit		...	Constable 1
Annerika van der Spuy	...	At's Secretary
Sjaka September		...	Coert Barnard
Johann Dippenaar	...	Paul the Lifesaver (as Johann Dippernaar)
Jacques Bessenger	...	Dries Fourie
Deon Lotz		...	Commissioner
Marcel van Heerden	...	Priest
Thandiwe Mesele		...	Bontle
Kristen Raath		...	Ria Fourie
Emma Nelson		...	Klippe Fourie
Neels Clasen Jnr	...	André Fourie Jnr
Wessel Pretorius	...	Stefan Verwey
Beer Adriaanse		...	André Fourie
Jane de Wet		...	Poppie Fouché (1987)
Cintaine Schutte	...	Henda Nel (1987)
Jana Strydom		...	Santjie Schoeman (as Jana Kruger)
Wilhelm van der Walt	...	Spyker
Melissa Myburgh		...	Maggie Willemse
Morné Visser		...	Koos
Gérard Rudolf		...	Pastor Swart
Michele Burgers		...	Old Aunty
Jaak van Loon		...	Herklaas Basson
Anton Treurnich		...	Henry Cloete
Danie van Niekerk	...	Jakes
Dries Botha		...	Hendrik Willemse
Heinrich Wentzel	...	Hans Theron (1966)
Liam Bosman		...	Barend Theron
Daneel van der Walt	...	Francina Theron
Leceur Viljoen		...	Jopie
John B Swart		...	Pieterse
Heinrich du Preez	...	Kotze
Stian Bam		...	Johannes Theron
Mienke Ehlers		...	Sonja Theron
Jacques Theron		...	Hans Theron (1987)
Sebastian La Cock	...	Victor
Rijk Loubscher		...	Willem
Jacques Adriaanse	...	Carel
Amelie van Heerden	...	France Theron
Bernard Daum		...	Bothma
Michael Payne		...	Prison Guard
Melt Sieberhagen	...	Priester
Neels van Jaarsveld	...	Stoney
Wian Taljaard		...	Piet Pragtig
 


Season 1 Cast

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Gustaff Fouché

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Maks Fouché

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Marie Fourie

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Henning Nel

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Ousus Nel

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Samuel

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Dries Fourie

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Commissioner

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Priest

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André Fourie

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Poppie Fouché (1987)

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Henda Nel (1987)

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Santjie Schoeman (as Jana Kruger)

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Maggie Willemse

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Koos

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Pastor Swart

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Old Aunty

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Johannes Theron

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Sonja Theron

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Priester

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Piet Pragtig


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