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ABC KILLER: CHANCE TO BINGE ON MOVIE NOW SHOWING ON SHOWMAX

- Citizen reporter

You can now binge on The ABC Killer on Showmax.

We spoke to director Jasyn Howes, who also made the Safta-nominated Boetie Boer.

This is your second Showmax true-crime series in a row set in the 90s and about a serial killer.

What's the attraction?

When I was researching for Boetie Boer, I met Tamsen de Beer.

She told me how, 30 years ago, she was a rookie journalist working the night shift at The Star when she received a call from someone claiming to be SA's most prolific serial killer. I didn't go and seek the story. It found me.

What intrigued you about Moses Sithole?

He was our Ted Bundy. He was SA's most prolific serial killer, who targeted women of colour with the promise of work, in Atteridgeville, Boksburg and Cleveland.

He's serving 2 410 years in prison for 38 murders, 40 rapes and six robberies.