Nicholas Lungisa Ncama’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African serial killer
Is Murderer
Criminal
Serial killer
From South Africa
Type Crime
Gender male
Birth

Port Elizabeth

Nicholas Lungisa Ncama is a South African serial killer who was convicted in 1997 of 3 murders and sentenced to life in prison. His victims all came from the Port Elizabeth area of the Eastern Cape.

Criminal Activity

Ncama raped and strangled his victims, some of whom were or were related to notable personalities in the Eastern Cape. His first victim was a local police woman, Constable Luyanda Ngcizela (21) whom he strangled with electrical wire. Her body was found by a bus stop in Empa, near to Mthatha on the 28th of May 1997.

Ncama went on to murder provincial legislature secretary Nompumelelo Mpushe (26) on 1 June 1997. Her body was found near Fort Jackson. His next victim was Cynthia Ndlaku, the wife of a Port Elizabeth Methodist minister followed by Prasella Dayal (41), and her daughter, Rishmi (5) both of East London. His last murder was that of his step-daughter Sonia Zinto (15) whom he raped and strangled and left semi-naked in an empty room in KwaZakhele in October 1997.

Arrest and Conviction

Ncama was arrested in November 1997, but succeeded in escaping from police custody on the 3rd of April 1998. Ncama, a martial arts enthusiast, had been directing police to various criminal exhibits in a house when he escaped.

He was sentenced in Grahamstown on the 17th of December 1998 to life imprisonment + an effective 42 years in jail. Ncama was ultimately convicted on 3 counts of murder (Ngcizela, Mpushe & Zanto), 1 count of rape, 1 count of indecent assault (Zanto) and 1 count of attempted rape.

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