Prostitution murders in South Africa
2020 - 2029
2021: 1)
April 2020: Robyn Montsumi, 29 Mowbray, Cape Town, died while in police custody after she was arrested for possession of drugs and kept in a single police cell where she allegedly hanged herself.
2010 - 2019
2019
March 18 2019: Ayanda Denge, trans, Cape Town
2018
January 4 2018: Siam Lee, 20, Durban. It is alleged that her death was linked to more than R50000 owed to a Nigerian drug dealer. It is believed Siam might have been taken for ransom until the debt was paid. “Her murder was clearly not planned; it seems to have been a kidnapping gone wrong,” said a private investigator who is assisting the police investigations.
2016
February 2016: Name unknown, Nelspruit, murdered by a sexbuyer (not in map yet)
February 2016: Names unknown, Quigney, two shot to death and one injured by sexbuyer Aaron Khoza, 47 (not in map yet)
January 8 2016: name unknown, Burgershoop Cemetery, corner of Halgryn and Luipaard Streets, Krugersdorp West, two perpetrators were arrested in May 2016
December 2015: Name unknown, Petunia Road, Primrose, Germiston, body found in a rented room
November 9 2015: Koketso, Pretoria. Koketso had last been seen on November 5th.
October 2014: name unknown, 24, Krugersdorp West, committed suicide by hanging 2)
September 2 2014: Carmen Williams, 30, Cape Town, Woodstock, found under a bridge, she was eight months pregnant
August 18 2014: Desiree Murugan, 39, indian, Durban, Shallcross Stadium, stabbed 192 times and head decapitated by sexbuyer and five other man (three of them minors)
August 15 2014: Crystal Ann Newman, 23, Ocean View, Cape Town, murdered by Eben Kotze. Crystals body had been wrapped with sheets and tucked in the bushes.
August 3 2014: Anita Mambumba, 38, Cape Town, Khayelitsha, died from a head injury
August 2 2014: Shemise Gordon, „Klientjie“, 19, Cape Town, Kenilworth, beaten and stabbed, Shemise had run away from home and was using drugs
July 28 2014: Anisa Adams. 25, Cape Town, Loop Street, found murdered in the street
July 2014: Sonja Pietersen, 22, Cape Town, Heathfield, shot to death
April 13, 2013: Nokuphila Kumalo
March 13 2013: Anita Tumelo Loba, Steelport, murdered by sexbuyer Paul Andrew Opperman (age 25)
February 2010: Adrin Erna Haf, „Josie“, 24, beach near Noordhoek, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, was found semi-naked, Adrin was raped and then bludgeoned to death, then tossed into the sea
2000 - 2009
January 12 2001: name unknown, Capital Inn, Hotel, Church Street, Pretoria, strangled to death by a local man, 31
1990 - 1999
November 1999: name unknown, picnic spot, Pretoria. Strangled to death and had heid genitals burnt.
December 23 1999: name unknown, Danville, Pretoria, had been strangled and their genitals burnt. Found together with another murder victim.
December 23 1999: name unknown, Danville, Pretoria, had been strangled and their genitals burnt. Found together with another murder victim.
September 6 1998: name unknown, Marabastad, Pretoria.
August 1998: name unknown, Sunnyside, Pretoria, stabbed several times in the neck
May 15 1996: Theresa van der Vint, 16, Macassar 3)
April 14, 1996: Elizabeth Thompson, age unknown, Brackenfell
April 7, 1996: Katrina Fredericks, age unknown, Brackenfell
March 24, 1996: Francis Seliston, age unknown, Brackenfell
January 3, 1996: Gloria Samuels, 39, Durbanville
October 13, 1995: Shahieda Abrahams, 31, Durbanville
September 20, 1995: Patricia Gibson, 35, Camps Bay
September 15, 1995: Marilyn Persent, 30, Milnerton
September 9, 1995: Shireen Jooste, 38, Philadelphia
August 10, 1994: Bridgette Lindt, 28, Milnerton
July 8, 1994: Margaret Phillips, 23, Somerset West
June 12, 1994: Susan Opperman, 34, Gordons Bay
March 1, 1994: Elmarie Engelbrecht, 22, Worcester
September 8, 1993: Nolundi Mbukwana, 23, Gordons Bay
July 8, 1993: Unknown victim, Kraaifontein
March 31, 1993: Francina Manuel, 30, Durbanville
March 13, 1993: Sarah Meintjies, 29, Philadelphia
March 12, 1993: Elizabeth Martincich, 29, Worcester.
October 28, 1992: Christene Fieltyn, 22, Atlantis