South African man (21) raped, killed 6 Zim women
By Staff Reporter
A 21-year-old South African man is accused of raping and killing six Zimbabwean women in cold blood.
Sifiso Mkwananzi, an ex-convict, is expected back in court this Monday.
The suspect serial killer suspect was arrested in 2022 charged with the heinous crime and robbery in aggravating circumstances and possession of a firearm.
The bodies of his victims were found at a panel-beating workshop in Johannesburg.
Three of the murdered women were identified as Joyce Moyo, Nyarai Chihota and Patricia Magaisa.
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Mkwananzi, through his lawyer, Advocate Vuyolwethu Maqeka, admits killing the women, but denies the act was intentional.
“I could not fathom going to jail for an offence I did not commit,” he said.
“Killing them was just an instinctive reaction which suddenly arose during our arguments. I, therefore, deny that the murders were premeditated.”
Investigating officer Vincent Saunders said he believes the murders were revenge murders after he was jailed for 10 months in 2021, for raping a commercial sex worker.
He added that all the six women “were killed in the same manner and all the six were Zimbabweans”.
