Kabelo Rodney Maake is a rapist and serial killer from Limpopo,[1] South Africa. Within months of serving a jail term for rape, Maake in 2010 lured three women on dates before robbing and killing them.
Background and murders
In October 2009 Maake was released on parole from a 17-year sentence for rape.[2] The following year he joined 1.5 million listeners to Clayson “TC” Monyela's show on Capricorn FM, which featured a lonely hearts slot where the public phoned in to arrange dates.[2] Via the show he arranged to meet Catherine Morema[3], a 25-year-old retail worker from Senwabarwana.[2] Maake met Morema in Mahwibidung village before robbing her in a deserted, bushy area and used a cloth to strangle her.[3] Maake robbed her of a handbag containing money, a phone, and a bank card[1] and left her corpse tied to a tree.[3] This murder was in June.[2]
The next was in September[2] and was of Mahlako Millicent Rachuene[3], also 25 and from Lebowakgomo.[2] The two again met at Mahwibidung and Maake robbed her, and forced her to call her family for ransom money.[3] He bound her hands behind her back and strangled her, using her bank card to steal money from her account.[1] She was also contacted via the radio show.[2]