Moses Sithole. True Crime Serial Killers

In the dawn of South Africa's democracy, when the world celebrated freedom and rebirth, a predator emerged from the shadows. Between 1994 and 1995, Moses Sithole, known as the "ABC Killer, " raped and murdered at least 38 women across Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Boksburg. His victims were young, Black, and unemployed-women searching for opportunity in a fragile new nation. He offered hope in the form of fictitious job interviews.
What they found instead was horror. Drawing on police files, trial records, and firsthand accounts, Moses Sithole: True Crime Serial Killers is a chilling exploration of one of Africa's most infamous murderers. It exposes not only the mind of a manipulative killer but also the systemic failures that allowed him to thrive amid chaos-the corruption, the poverty, the police indifference, and the fragile institutions of a society rebuilding itself after apartheid.
Through the voices of survivors and investigators, author Johann Bachmann reconstructs the terror that gripped South Africa in the mid-1990s. From Detective Micki Pistorius's groundbreaking profiling work to Thandiwe Mkhize's desperate search for her missing sister, the narrative moves beyond true crime-it becomes a portrait of endurance, grief, and resilience in the face of brutality. This book refuses to glorify the killer.
Instead, it honors the women whose lives were stolen and shines a harsh light on the inequality and violence that still haunt modern South Africa. It is a story of justice pursued through trauma, and a nation forced to confront its darkest truths. Haunting, compassionate, and meticulously researched, Moses Sithole: True Crime Serial Killers is more than a recounting of crimes-it's a sociological autopsy of post-apartheid South Africa, where the promise of freedom clashed with the enduring shadow of violence.