The ABC Killer, Moses Sithole

Moses Sithole has the highest body count of any convicted serial killer in South Africa. For two years in the 1990s, he terrorised the women of Atteridgeville, Boksburg and Cleveland earning him the moniker of the ABC Killer.

The man known as the ABC Killer was also known by a few other names including The South African Strangler and The Gauteng Strangler. Most commonly though, he is known by his own name, which has been sending chills down the spines of South Africans for decades – Moses Sithole.

In researching this case, I used a variety of resources including documentaries I found on YouTube – one of which is from our very own South African You Tuber, Mfundo Ndala. Whenever I cover a serial killer case my go-to is always Micki Pistorius’ series of books. For this case, I used her book Strangers on the Street.

The trial of Moses Sithole officially began on the 21st of October 1996, a year after his arrest. When the victims’ names were read out in court, it became clear to all present that Moses Sithole was being charged with the murder of some of the victims who had originally been attributed to David Selepe.

The court was sealed off with barbed wire to prevent the public from gaining access to Sithole. Enormous crowds of women gathered outside the court on each day of his appearance singing “Sithole, why are you killing us?”

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