05-08-2025
Alleged serial rapist, murderer arrested after using dating app to lure women
A man has been arrested at his 'hiding place' in Limpopo on 10 rape charges and one count of murder.
He allegedly used a dating app to lure women to his home in Tshwane.
In one incident, he allegedly killed a woman and buried her in a shallow grave at his home.
A 37-year-old man who allegedly preyed on women he had lured through a dating app has been arrested on one murder charge and 10 counts of rape.
Limpopo police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said the Tshwane man was arrested at his 'hiding place' in Mentz village, Limpopo, in the early hours of Monday.
His modus operandi, according to Ledwaba, was to lure women he had met on a dating app to his home in Eersterus, Tshwane.
There they were raped, and in a recent incident, one woman was raped and killed, Ledwaba said.
She was buried in a shallow grave at his home, according to Ledwaba.
'The matter was brought to the police's attention and massive investigations were conducted … resulting in the arrest of the suspect at his hiding place in Mentz village,' said Ledwaba.
Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe warned women to be careful when using dating apps and websites.
The man will appear before the Pretoria Central Magistrate's Court on charges of rape, murder and defeating the ends of justice.
Ledwaba appealed to people who were 'victimised by this suspect or other suspects' to report to their local police stations.
