Jimmy Maketta

Jimmy Maketta (born 1964/65) is a South African rapist and serial killer who in 2007 pleaded guilty and was convicted on 16 counts of murder and 19 counts of rape. A state psychiatrist described him as a psychopath.

Maketta described how, from April to December 2005, he would attack farm labourers from a hill on Friday evenings near the township of Philippi, Cape Town.