Duma drove a minibus taxi in Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal. Between September and October 2007 he took passengers who were alone, drove them out of the city, raped the women, and shot them. Seven people died: Patricia Kippen, thirty-nine, Elaine Anderson, fifty-nine, Mqeku Zondi, Hlengiwe Shangase, Masizane Mtshatsha, Thamsanqua Mbindwane and Noxolo Dlamini.
He was arrested within weeks and dealt with in two sets of proceedings, which is why this roster carries two sentences. On November 14, 2007 he received two life sentences plus thirty-five years on the counts then ready for trial, and on August 16, 2009 six further life sentences plus 104 years on the remainder.
The speed of the series, seven killings in about six weeks, and the fact that he used his own working taxi throughout are what the South African reporting fixed on. The accessible record is that reporting and the sentencing remarks; no judgment is published.