His killing spree caused a local sensation during the peak years of South Africa's apartheid regime.
Prior to his capture, he acquired the nickname "Pangaman" (panga being a local word for the machete with which he mutilated his victims).
Xitavhudzi was arrested after selling a stolen watch that had belonged to one of his victims.
He was the second in a series of at least a half-dozen serial killers to have plagued the township of Atteridgeville.
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