#pangaman

Elias Xitavhudzi, also known as Pangaman, was a South African serial killer who killed 16 people in Atteridgeville, South Africa, in the 1950s. Xitavhudzi targeted white people only in the then-segregated community. His killing spree was at the peak of apartheid in South Africa. He got the nickname “Pangaman” – a panga being a type of machete with which he would mutilate his victims. Xitavhudzi was arrested when he attempted to sell the watch of one of his victims. In prison he quickly confessed to his crimes and was convicted of 16 murders. He was sentenced to death and hanged on November 14, 1960. He was one of a series of serial killers to have come out of the Atteridgeville area.