Duncan Alfreds, News24
Protesters lined up outside the court building where the murder trial of Brian George Mudyiwayana got under way on Wednesday.
He has pleaded not guilty to six counts of murder.
He admitted to living in South Africa without the required permit.
An alleged serial killer charged with the murder of six people has pleaded not guilty, only conceding to being in the country illegally.
The trial of 32-year-old Zimbabwean national Brian George Mudyiwayana commenced in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Swellendam on Wednesday. The case is in connection with a string of murders committed in the towns of Wolseley, Worcester, Swellendam and De Doorns.