Latest articles on Thozamile Taki

Vavi: Colonialism, apartheid created serial killers

Article Johannesburg - 4 May 2011

Colonialism, apartheid and international mining houses created serial killers and rapists, said Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.

Praise for investigators in sugar-cane killer case

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Jan 2011

Police investigators who gathered extensive evidence which led to the conviction of "sugar-cane" serial killer Thozamile Taki received praise.

Jubilation as sugar-cane serial killer sentenced

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Jan 2011

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.

‘Those who abuse women have no place in our society’

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Dec 2010

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.

Sugar-cane serial killer found guilty

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Dec 2010

The sugar-cane serial killer was found guilty on 26 charges relating to killing 13 women in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Thursday.

Mthethwa attends judgement in sugar-cane murders case

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Dec 2010

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa was in court on Wednesday as judgement was handed down in the case against serial murder accused Thozamile Taki.

Sugar-cane murders: Accused awaits fate

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Dec 2010

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.

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