Vavi: Colonialism, apartheid created serial killers
Colonialism, apartheid and international mining houses created serial killers and rapists, said Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
Colonialism, apartheid and international mining houses created serial killers and rapists, said Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
Police investigators who gathered extensive evidence which led to the conviction of "sugar-cane" serial killer Thozamile Taki received praise.
A court has sentenced serial killer Thozamile Taki to 13 life sentences — one for each of the women he killed — plus a further 208 years.
The guilty verdict given to sugar-cane serial killer Thozamile Taki proves that those who abuse women have no place in society, the ANC in KZN says.
The sugar-cane serial killer was found guilty on 26 charges relating to killing 13 women in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Thursday.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa was in court on Wednesday as judgement was handed down in the case against serial murder accused Thozamile Taki.
Alleged sugar-cane serial killer Thozamile Taki will know his fate on Wednesday as judgement is expected to be handed down in the Durban High Court.
The case against a 36-year-old man, accused of murdering 11 KwaZulu-Natal women and dumping their bodies in sugar-cane fields, was postponed on Monday in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court for further investigation. Magistrate Giel van Aarde postponed the case until April 23.
The case against a 36-year-old man accused of murdering 10 KwaZulu-Natal women and dumping their bodies in sugar-cane fields was remanded on Friday in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court for further investigation. The courtroom was packed with relatives, and outside the court there was a heavy police presence.