Gruesome testimony during murder case of alleged Univen serial killer

To cut human flesh into pieces and sell it “can make good money”. This statement was made in a sworn affidavit by serial murder suspect Ndivhuwo Ntsieni (24) after he was arrested. Ntsieni made another appearance in the Limpopo High Court in Thohoyandou earlier this week, where he stands accused of killing at least five people, raping four women and robbing his victims.

Senior magistrate Luxson Ramavhale read out the sworn affidavit in a packed Court B in Thohoyandou on Tuesday. According to the confession of the former Univen student, he met a certain man known only as Rendani at Tshakhuma village in March 2014. Rendani apparently told him (Ntsieni) to assist in the business of robbing and killing people and cutting their flesh into pieces, so that they can sell these and make good money.

In the affidavit, Ntsieni states that Rendani gave him R100 as payment to start a business of robbing people around Golgotha in Thohoyandou. He later claimed that the money acted like a demon, spurring him on to attack and rob more people walking around Golgotha and the University of Venda campus.

He is accused of killing Livhuwani Mmbodi, Tshililo Ndou (9), Shudufhadzo Thagisa, Zwivhuya Mashau and Brenda Ndove.

A police officer, Major Shumani Raphulu, told the Limpopo High Court that he managed to arrest the 24-year-old suspect in July 2014 at the house he was renting at Golgotha, a section of Thohoyandou. Raphulu told Acting Judge Jackson Mushasha that he managed to trace the suspect through cell phone records he got from a service provider.

At the time of our going to press, Major Raphulu was still testifying in the case.

News - Date: 13 May 2016

Silas Nduvheni

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