Active for 8 years
(1982-1989) in South Africa

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6. Childhood
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10. 3 Timeline Events
11. Serial Killers Active During Spree
12. Boolean Statistical Questions
13. 10 Books Written About Johannes Mashiane
14. 3 External References
15. Internal References

Johannes Mashiane a South African serial killers and sodomite known as The Beast of Atteridgeville. Mashiane committed thirteen counts of murder and twelve counts of sodomy from 1982 to 1989. In 1977, Mashiane killed his girlfriend and was sentenced to five years in prison, he was released in 1982. Mashiane killed twelve boys by either strangling or stoning them between 1988 and 1989. In 1989, Mashiane committed suicide when he jumped under a bus in Marabastad while being chased by police. Micki Pistorius notes "Mashiane had a droopy eye and a tattoo of a cross and dagger on his left forearm." in his 2012 book Strangers On The Street - Serial homicide in South Africa.

Profile Completeness: 71%

Books that Mention Johannes Mashiane

Kevin Smith

Serial Killer Stranglers

Kevin Smith

Serial Killer Rapists

Micki Pistorius

Strangers on the Street

William Finnegan

Dateline Soweto

Nat Nakasa

The World of Nat Nakasa

Ezekiel Kalipeni

Sacred Spaces and Public Quarrels

Paul Weightman

The Glencaple Murder's

Micki Pistorius

Strangers On The Street - Serial homicide in...

10 Books that mention Serial Killer
Johannes Mashiane

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
1733630600	Serial Killer Stranglers	Kevin Smith	164 Total Including Juana Barraza	164
1733630619	Serial Killer Rapists	Kevin Smith	266 Total Including Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour	266
0141003561	Strangers on the Street	Micki Pistorius	Johannes Mashiane	2
0520915690	Dateline Soweto	William Finnegan	Johannes Mashiane	1
0869754645	The World of Nat Nakasa	Nat Nakasa	Johannes Mashiane	1
0865437076	Sacred Spaces and Public...	Ezekiel Kalipeni	Johannes Mashiane	1
1291006168	The Glencaple Murder's	Paul Weightman	61 Total Including Serhiy Tkach	61
0143527177	Strangers On The Street -...	Micki Pistorius	5 Total Including Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode	5
0816069875	The Encyclopedia of Seria...	Michael Newton	108 Total Including Anatoly Onoprienko	108
1920299289	Beyond Memory	Max Mojapelo	Johannes Mashiane	2

Johannes Mashiane AKA The Beast of Atteridgeville is a South African rapist and serial killer who accounted for 13 victims before committing suicide in 1989. Mashiane was being chased by police in the Pretoria suburb of Marabastad when he jumped underneath a bus.Mashiane started his murderous activity circa 1977 by killing his girlfriend.

External References

1. Johannes Mashiane on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 20, 2018.
2. Q6216846 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Oct 18, 2018.
3. Juan Ignacio Blanco, Johannes MASHIANE on murderpedia.org, Retrieved on Dec 4, 2018.

Internal References

Johannes Mashiane is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #12 of 20[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers active in South Africa
2. #45 of 250[ Page 3 ] of Serial Killer Stranglers sorted by Confirmed Victims
3. #63 of 307[ Page 5 ] of Serial Killer Rapist sorted by Confirmed Victims
4. #117 of 651[ Page 8 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
5. #216 of 651[ Page 15 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
6. #307 of 651[ Page 21 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
7. #388 of 651[ Page 26 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers

Statistics:

Serial Killers Statistics, charts Johannes Mashiane is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Serial Killers By Gender, Sexual Preference, Mannor of Death, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 1982
• 1983
• 1984
• 1985
• 1986
• 1987
• 1988
• 1989