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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 [22] Mfeka, Samuel Bongani: The Kranskop Killer 1993–1996 6 6+ Sentenced to life imprisonment Raped and strangled women around KwaZulu-Natal [23] Mogale, Jack: The West-End Killer 2008 ...
South African police officers convicted of crimes (1 C, 10 P) South African politicians convicted of crimes (1 C, 17 P) South African sportspeople convicted of crimes (10 P)
Rhodes purchased the first batch of Witwatersrand gold from Bantjes for £3000. This purchase was the first transaction of the newly formed company, Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa. [9] News reached the rest of the world, and prospectors from Australia to California began arriving in masses, and settlers arrived in soon-to-be Johannesburg.
Annanias Mathe (c. 1976 – 27 December 2016), [1] sometimes spelled Ananias Mathe, was a notorious serial rapist and armed robber from Mozambique who achieved further notoriety in 2006 by being the only person to have ever escaped from the maximum high-security C-Max Penitentiary in Pretoria, South Africa.
On 23 May 2005, the two invaded the Middelburg house of the Mutebu family because they falsely believed the family had won the lottery. [3] Upon entering the residence, they used wires to bound the hands and feet of Vusi Motebu, 33; his wife, Thuli Mathebula, 30; and their daughters, eight-year-old Nhlanhla and seven-year-old Koketso. [4]
The Numbers Gang is a South African crime organization that originated as an African nationalist organisation. It is believed that they are present in most South African prisons. The gang was founded in KwaZulu-Natal. [1] [2] The gang is divided into groups — the 26s, 27s and 28s. It is one of the oldest crime organizations in the world.
George Harrison was the prospector who allegedly discovered gold in the Witwatersrand on Langlaagte farm. He was a friend of George Walker [1] and George Honeyball. He apparently found the main reef in 1886. He later left the Rand. He is believed to have sold his claim for £10. [2]
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