Killings that shook nation

"THE ABC KILLER": TRUE-CRIME DOCCIE ON MOSES SITHOLE

- Citizen reporter

Thirty years ago, then rookie journalist Tamsen de Beer was working the night shift at The Star newspaper when she received a life-changing call from someone claiming to be South Africa's most prolific serial killer.

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Through repeat conversations, the two developed a disturbing rapport. "It was like a journey I was on with him," says De Beer.

"We were bonded in a strange, ugly way. I was hoping he was okay all the time, which is absolutely crazy."

Months after Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president, her caller hunted young, black women across Atteridgeville, Boksburg and Cleveland in Gauteng – which earned him the nickname ABC.

He would go on to be convicted of 38 murders, 40 rapes and six robberies – all committed in just over a year, in broad daylight, while sober.