Elias Xitavhudzi was a South African serial killer who murdered 16 women in Atteridgeville, South Africa, in the 1960s. Xitavhudzi, who was black, targeted only whites in the then-strictly segregated community. His killing spree caused a local sensation during the peak years of South Africa's apartheid regime. Prior to his capture, he acquired the nickname "Pangaman" (panga being a local word for the machete with which he mutilated his victims).
After his arrest, he was tried and sentenced to death. He was the second in a series of at least a half-dozen serial killers to have plagued the township of Atteridgeville.
See also Daisy de Melker Elifasi Msomi Moses Sithole List of serial killers in South Africa
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