The Wynberg Regional Court has sentenced 42-year-old convicted serial murder accused Ayanda Dayi to four terms of life imprisonment for the murders of four men in separate incidents.
Dayi was sentenced on Tuesday in the Wynberg Regional Court.
In addition to the four life terms, he received 15 years’ imprisonment for robbery with aggravating circumstances, three separate 15-year sentences for illegal possession of firearms, four years for illegal possession of ammunition, and 10 years for attempted murder. The court also declared him unfit to possess a firearm.
According to Captain Frederick C. van Wyk, the convictions stem from a series of violent crimes committed in 2024. One of the incidents that drew widespread public attention involved the fatal shooting of three bread delivery workers in Delft.
The victims, employees of Sasko, were travelling in a truck to deliver bread to a spaza shop along Symphony Way on 16 May 2024 when they were attacked. A video of the shooting circulated widely on social media, sparking national outrage.
Earlier that same year, Dayi was involved in a double murder in Dunoon, where two men were shot and killed before their vehicle was hijacked.
The court heard that Dayi was on parole at the time of the killings. He had previously been convicted of rape in August 2002 and sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment.
The Western Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General (Adv) Thembisile Patekile, commended the work of the investigating and prosecution teams for ensuring that justice is served.
