13 murders across 2 provinces
Taki killed 13 women across KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape — 11 bodies in sugarcane fields near Umzinto and 2 in tea plantations near Port St. Johns.
Snapshot · Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder
Ep. 115 | The Brutal Sugarcane Serial Killer
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Jun 17, 2026
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Even after Taki's arrest, the sugarcane fields hadn't given up all their dead — by October, detectives had pulled eight bodies from the field, and the count hit 11 on November 14th. Then two more victims were recovered from tea plantations near Port St. Johns in the Eastern Cape — Taki's birthplace — bringing the total to 13 victims across two provinces. Identity parades were organised at Hibberdine and Brighton Beach, and every witness independently and immediately identified Taki. The South African government issued a statement saying that had police not arrested him in September 2007, he probably would have continued his 'evil deeds.' The killings had spanned seven months — February to September 2007 — and only one thing stopped them: a stolen cell phone Taki had handed off to a relative, never imagining it would circle back.
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