Nicholas Lungisa Ncama is a South African serial killer who was convicted in 1997 of three murders and sentenced to life in prison.
[1] Ncama raped and strangled his victims, some of whom were related to notable personalities in the Eastern Cape.
His next victim was Cynthia Ndlaku, the wife of a Port Elizabeth Methodist minister, followed by the murder of Prasella Dayal (41), and her daughter, Rishmi (5), both of East London.
His last murder was that of his step-daughter Sonia Zanto (15) who was raped[3] and strangled and left semi-naked in an empty room in KwaZakhele in October 1997.
[5] Ncama, a martial arts enthusiast, had been directing police to various criminal exhibits in a house when he escaped.