Mamelodi’s suspected serial killer Daniel Ntokozo Masango has been denied bail and will reappear in court next year on 15 February.
This emerged when he made a brief appearance in the Mamelodi Magistrate’s Court on three charges of kidnapping, murder and rape last week.
Masango (25) was arrested in May in relation to the murder of Katlego Ndlovu who had also been raped.
Her badly burned body was found in a dumpster behind a Shell garage in Mamelodi.
Though he had only been linked to one murder, the local community believed Masango was involved in the murder and rape of other women whose bodies were found in the same area.
Scores of residents turned up for his court appearance to voice their opposition to him being granted bail. They had signed a petition claiming they feared he would become a victim of mob justice should he be released on bail.
The petition had 500 signatures.
Strike Mtshweni, secretary of the 4+1 taxi association said people such as Masango should not be granted bail.
“They do not belong in society.
Mamelodi is a peaceful place, not a place for crime.
The law must make an example of him. Rapists and murderers must be permanently eradicated from our society.”
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