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Pages in category "South African criminals" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... List of serial killers in South Africa; P. Gary Porritt; S.
South Africa has exceptionally high rates of murder, gender-based violence, robbery and violent conflict. [105] A survey for the period 1990–2000 compiled by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ranked South Africa second for assault and murder (by all means) per capita and first for rapes per capita in a data set of 60 countries. [106]
South Africa's First Convicted Female Serial Killer 1923–1932 3 3 Executed in 1932 Poisoned two husbands and her son with strychnine for life insurance [21] Mfeka, Samuel Bongani: The Kranskop Killer 1993–1996 6 6+ Sentenced to life imprisonment Raped and strangled women around KwaZulu-Natal [22] Mogale, Jack: The West-End Killer 2008 ...
"The 2021 South African unrest, also known as the July 2021 riots,[23] the Zuma unrest[24] or Zuma riots,[25] was a wave of civil unrest that occurred in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces from 9 to 18 July 2021, sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court.[21]: 52 Resulting protests against ...
Greatest amount of jail time given as a result of an appeal. Found guilty of crimes ranging from rape of an elderly woman in Tulsa County, Oklahoma to larceny, robbery and kidnapping, and sentenced to 2,250 years. He appealed, was reconvicted, re-sentenced and received an additional jail term of 9,500 years, later reduced by 500 years.
Pollsmoor is a maximum security penal facility that continues to hold some of South Africa's most dangerous criminals. Although the prison was designed with a maximum capacity of 4,336 offenders attended by a staff of 1,278, the current inmate population is over 7,000 (a figure which fluctuates daily).
South Africa: 1994–1995 38 76 Known as South Africa's Ted Bundy. Sithole preyed on unemployed women, posing as a businessman and luring his victims with the prospects of a job, before leading them to an isolated place, where he raped, tortured, and murdered them. He was sentenced to 2,410 years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 930 years.
A mass shooting has various definitions, but is defined by South African police as an incident in which three or more people are shot with a firearm. [1] Mass shootings in South Africa are mostly perpetrated by gangs, and are usually motivated by competition for turf and resources, as well as illegal mining.