| Jimmy Maketta | |
| Birthname: | Jimmy Maketta |
| Birth Date: | 1964/5 |
| Birth Place: | South Africa |
| Conviction: | Murder (x16) Rape (x19) |
| Beginyear: | April |
| Endyear: | December 2005 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| States: | Cape Town |
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.[1] A state psychiatrist described him as a psychopath.[1]
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.[2]